Guatemalan journalist faces decades in prison ( www.ft.com )
One of Guatemala’s best known journalists is facing up to 40 years in prison on Wednesday in a case that has raised alarm about a squeeze on democracy in Central America’s largest economy....
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If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes ( www.euronews.com )
Russian commander claimed the Wagner mercenaries had kidnapped and tortured his soldiers during battle for Bakhmut ( www.theguardian.com )
In a video posted online, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, who called himself the “already former commander”, also accused Wagner soldiers of stealing arms, forcing mobilised soldiers to sign contracts with Wagner, and attempting to extort weapons from the Russian defence ministry in exchange for releasing kidnapped (Russian)...
Army of fake accounts on Twitter and Medium defends UAE presidency of climate summit ( web.archive.org )
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Tiananmen exhibit set to open in New York City two years after the shutdown of the Tianamen museum in Hong Kong in June 2021 ( web.archive.org )
The removal of the memorials in Hong Kong came after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong, leading the local government to essentially ban public commemorations of the 1989 killings. The 2,000-square-foot display includes newspaper clippings, letters written to protesters who were sent to jail, a...
China's dependence on food and energy imports could be its biggest weakness in a potential future conflict with Taiwan ( web.archive.org )
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Russian hypersonic scientist accused of betraying secrets to China ( web.archive.org )
Alexander Shiplyuk, head of Siberia’s Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM), is suspected of handing over classified material at a scientific conference in China in 2017. The 56-year-old maintains his innocence and insists the information in question wasn’t classified and was freely available...
UK: defence secretary Ben Wallace accused of concealing Russian ‘act of war’ against Royal Air Force plane ( feddit.de )
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5 ex-Memphis cops involved in Tyre Nichols' death charged with second-degree murder ( www.axios.com )
Guinea-Bissau’s capital has power cut off after government fails to pay electricity bill ( www.theguardian.com )
Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution ( www.theguardian.com )
Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement with China's EXIM Bank on debt, clearing IMF funding snag ( apnews.com )
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U.S. Expected to Provide Cluster Munitions to Ukraine, Official Says ( web.archive.org )
French senators want a wider TikTok ban ( www.politico.eu )
Monday was Earth's Hottest Day on Record, Initial Measurements Show ( lemm.ee )
“Monday was the world’s hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time, according to initial measurements taken on Tuesday by U.S. meteorologists.”