Australia tries to stop a violence against women 'epidemic', starting with schools (www.bbc.com)
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Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years (www.theguardian.com)
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan’s search for the truth during the early days of the pandemic was seen as a threat by the authorities...
US announces $400 million military aid package for Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
The US announced on Friday a new $400 million military aid package to Ukraine....
Northern lights dazzle over UK, Europe and across the hemisphere (www.theguardian.com)
Aurora borealis sightings further south than usual from Ireland and Britain to Czech Republic and Germany as solar storm hits Earth’s atmosphere
Pope tells Italians they need to have more babies (www.euronews.com)
Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year....
Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years (www.cnn.com)
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
Israel orders people in more areas of Gaza's Rafah to evacuate (www.reuters.com)
Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah....
Joost Klein from the Netherlands disqualified from Eurovision 2024 (eurovisionworld.com)
Japanese angst as India set to become 4th largest economy (www.dw.com)
Once an economic powerhouse that was the envy of much of the world, there is deep concern in Tokyo that the economies of China and Germany have already surpassed Japan’s — and that India’s will do so next year....
Eurovision Is Plunged Into Crisis as Deep Political Divisions Intensify (www.rollingstone.com)
Did China's Xi Jinping expose disunity in Europe? (www.dw.com)
The Chinese president’s visit to Europe yielded little breakthrough on issues like trade and Ukraine. But it did show that Beijing prefers to work one-on-one to avoid collective opposition to its interests....
Slovakia’s Fico plots to dismantle the free press (www.politico.eu)
Journalists warn new populist prime minister is trying to sideline those in the media he disagrees with....
Report: Israeli Prisons Subject Palestinians to Constant Torture, “Revenge” (truthout.org)
India poll watchdog's inaction lets PM Modi commit 'brazen' violations, opposition says (www.reuters.com)
India’s opposition said the nation’s election commission was allowing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue “unchecked and brazen” violations by not taking action on opposition complaints of religious hate speech and misrepresentation....
Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government’s response (apnews.com)
Madhya Pradesh: Summer Storm Damages World's Largest Floating Solar Plant at Omkareshwar Dam (Watch Video) (wattsupwiththat.com)
Indore: A summer storm on Tuesday damaged a floating solar plant at Madhya Pradesh’s Omkareshwar dam. The floating solar plant,
