- A summit and parade in China may signal a geopolitical shift. They might also be political jockeying AP News
- Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart The Guardian
- China’s new world order Financial Times
- China's Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by leaders of Russia and India Reuters
- News Wrap: China welcomes closest allies to annual security summit PBS
Georgian MP who accused west of ‘blackmail’ appointed security chief as report warns of autocratic takeover
Mamuka Mdinaradze appointed as study says his Georgian Dream party has consolidated control
A Georgian Dream MP who criticised the west over a “policy of blackmail and threats” has been appointed to lead the country’s security services as an authoritative report warned of an autocratic takeover.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, who was the parliamentary majority leader for the ruling party, was confirmed on Wednesday as head of the country’s powerful state security service.
Continue reading...World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has broken up – CNN
- World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, has broken up CNN
- One of the world's biggest icebergs is finally breaking up after 40 years Sky News
- World's largest iceberg, A23a, breaks. See satellite and aerial views. USA Today
- 40-year-old 'queen of icebergs' A23a is no longer world's biggest after losing several 'very large chunks' since May Live Science
- World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years Valley News Live
After Graham Linehan’s Arrest, Police Chief Says UK Should Clarify Free-Speech Laws – The New York Times
- After Graham Linehan’s Arrest, Police Chief Says UK Should Clarify Free-Speech Laws The New York Times
- Met Police chief calls for law change after Graham Linehan arrest BBC
- Top cop calls for law change after ‘The IT Crowd’ creator Graham Linehan arrested over ‘anti-trans’ posts New York Post
- How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon The Guardian
- UK comedy writer Graham Linehan arrested over social media posts criticizing trans activists Fox News
Watch: Fountains of lava shoot into the air as Kilauea erupts
The molten magma streamed down one of the world’s most active volcanoes and put on another fiery show on the Island of Hawaii.
Sudanese rape victims speak from Chad’s refugee camps
Hundreds of thousands of women and girls have fled Sudan’s war, only to be faced with violence again in Chad.
Mass evacuations in Pakistan’s flooded Punjab hit 300,000 in 48 hours
Pakistan began evacuations last month after India released water from overflowing dams into low-lying border regions.
China’s Xi steals the limelight in a defiant push against US-led world order
President Xi shows off his power and influence in an open challenge to US supremacy and the world order.
China’s Xi steals the limelight in a defiant push against US-led world order
President Xi shows off his power and influence in an open challenge to US supremacy and the world order.
Jeremy Corbyn to lead ‘Gaza tribunal’ into UK role in Israel’s war
The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory is among those set to contribute to the two-day event.
After the quake, Afghanistan’s children face a crisis within a crisis
Aid cuts have shuttered clinics and stalled relief; restore funding now to save lives.
100 killed in one day including children queuing for water in Gaza
Israel killed more than 100 Palestinians in one day in Gaza, including seven children.
Xi, Putin and Kim show united front at huge Chinese military parade
Speaking during the spectacle in Beijing, China's President Xi Jinping said the world faced a choice between peace and war.
Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report
Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted
Aid cuts in east Africa have led to cases of babies being born with HIV because mothers could not get medication, a rise in life-threatening infections, and at least one woman having an unwanted abortion, according to interviews with medical staff, patients and experts.
A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) sets out dozens of examples of the impact of disruption to Pepfar – the president’s emergency plan for aids relief – in Tanzania and Uganda.
Continue reading...Can Syria revive its oil wealth to help rebuild the nation?
Syria's Deir Az Zor is rich in oil. But the eastern province has been devastated by years of civil war.
How false rumours of Trump’s untimely ‘death’ spread on social media
Amid speculation and misinformation about his health, President Donald Trump is well and playing golf.
Man jailed for racial abuse of Ghana’s Williams in La Liga
The case is the latest incident of racial abuse in Spain's top flight after numerous reports by Real Madrid's Vinicius.
Israeli attacks disabled 21,000 Palestinian children in Gaza war, UN says
Estimated 132,000 children below the age of five are projected to be at risk of death from acute malnutrition by June.
Kim Jong-un promises to do ‘everything to assist’ Moscow after Putin meeting – The Guardian
- Kim Jong-un promises to do ‘everything to assist’ Moscow after Putin meeting The Guardian
- Putin thanks Kim for North Koreans fighting in Ukraine BBC
- Putin invites North Korea's Kim to Russia after holding talks in Beijing with him Reuters
- Putin and Kim hug as they bid farewell after Beijing meeting yahoo.com
- Putin Hails Kim's 'Initiative' in North Korea Troops Fighting for Russia Newsweek
Benefits ‘on the plate’: Big and small businesses eye growth in Mozambique
Path to development requires inclusion of Mozambican communities, says Antonio Grispos, secretary of state for commerce.