- After Alaska Summit, Europeans Worry Trump Will Pressure Ukraine The New York Times
- Europe now needs to step off the sidelines on Ukraine Financial Times
- Alaska summit: why Donald Trump should heed the lessons of Munich 1938 when he meets Putin The Conversation
- Trump and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit The New York Times
- Ukraine has lost. Britain must now prepare for Russia’s next onslaught The Telegraph
Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi – The Guardian
- Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi The Guardian
- Israel-Qatar Tensions Escalate After Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists The New York Times
- Al Jazeera reporter's death a 'significant escalation' of dangers media face, CPJ says NPR
- ‘Legitimization Cell’: Israeli unit tasked with linking Gaza journalists to Hamas +972 Magazine
- The world is outraged by a reporter’s death in Gaza. It’s part of a much bigger problem The Forward
Chimpanzees pick up communication styles from their moms, not their dads – NPR
Flash floods wreak havoc in northern Pakistan
Rescue efforts intensify in flood-hit villages as thousands remain stranded and death toll rises across Pakistan.
Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is US president – Reuters
- Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is US president Reuters
- Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is in office The Guardian
- Trump Says Xi Jinping Made Promise on Taiwan Invasion Newsweek
- Trump Tells Fox News He Believes Xi Won’t Act on Taiwan Bloomberg.com
- 'China is very patient': Donald Trump claims Xi assured him Beijing won’t invade Taiwan during his presid Times of India
Pakistan floods kill 220 as rescuers pull more bodies from landslides in northwest district – AP News
- Pakistan floods kill 220 as rescuers pull more bodies from landslides in northwest district AP News
- Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir BBC
- Sudden, heavy rain in Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal kills more than 400 people CNN
- More than 300 people dead in Pakistan after heavy rains, floods Reuters
- 'Death staring in face': Pakistan floods leave 344 dead; helicopter crash, mass funerals, widespread dest Times of India
Government forces Air Canada into arbitration in bid to end strike
Jobs minister says full resumption of services could take days, arbitration means 10,000 cabin crew will return to work.
Over 4 years since the Taliban took Kabul, millions of Afghans have been sent back to a country in crisis – ABC News
- Over 4 years since the Taliban took Kabul, millions of Afghans have been sent back to a country in crisis ABC News
- UN warns of funding shortages amid mass deportations of Afghan Refugees Khaama Press
- Return of more than 3 million refugees to the country We will not allow anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan خبرگزاری صدای افغان(آوا)
- 1.7 mln Afghans return from Iran and Pakistan in 2025 AnewZ
- UNHCR, UNICEF Sign Pact To Protect Afghan Children Menafn
This World-Renowned Negotiator Says Trump’s Secret Weapon Is Empathy – The New York Times
This World-Renowned Negotiator Says Trump’s Secret Weapon Is Empathy The New York Times
Trump-Putin summit ends with no ceasefire deal
The anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ended without a ceasefire deal in Ukraine.
“Expectations were low and nothing came out” of Trump-Putin talks
Analyst Melinda Haring says Europe is relieved Trump didn’t cut a land deal with Putin over Ukraine at the Alaska summit
Donald Trump slammed for ‘pathetic’ cold-call ‘desperately begging’ for Nobel Peace Prize – Irish Star
- Donald Trump slammed for 'pathetic' cold-call 'desperately begging' for Nobel Peace Prize Irish Star
- Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize politico.eu
- The ‘kingmaker’: Trump relishes his diplomacy as he jockeys for Nobel Prize Politico
- Trump ramps up campaign for Nobel Peace Prize ahead of Putin meeting NBC News
- Map of Countries That Have Nominated Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize Newsweek
Australia, Philippines launch largest military exercises near South China Sea – navalnews.com
Trump admin backs off Washington, DC police takeover after striking deal
US President Donald Trump had placed Washington's police department under federal control earlier this week.
11 Killed in Ryazan Explosives Plant Blast – The Moscow Times
- 11 Killed in Ryazan Explosives Plant Blast The Moscow Times
- A fire at a Russian industrial plant kills 11 and injures 130 ABC News
- At Least Nine People Killed in Blast at Russian Gunpowder Plant Bloomberg.com
- Blast at factory in Russia's Ryazan kills 11, injures 130 Reuters
- Explosion at Russian gunpowder plant kills at least five Meduza
Hundreds of flights grounded as Air Canada staff strike
The airline says the strike will disrupt travel plans for around 130,000 passengers a day.
How a father’s love and a pandemic created a household name
Made by a pharmacist whose son was sick with croup, Vicks VapoRub saw skyrocketing sales during the 1918 Spanish flu.
Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
The majority of deaths were recorded in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area.
Rain and storms forecast for much of Australia’s east coast for every day next week
Meteorologist says while there is disagreement over how much rain will fall, the general consensus is NSW and Queensland will have another wet week
For Australia’s east coast, the wet weeks are dragging on with no immediate reprieve in sight.
“I know people in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales will be sick of hearing this,” the Bureau of Meteorology’s Angus Hines told the ABC on Saturday. “But it will be another wet week across the eastern coastline, all the way from the Illawarra through New South Wales, through Sydney, Newcastle, through Brisbane up to the Wide Bay in Queensland”.
Continue reading...Death toll after monsoon floods in Pakistan rises to more than 320
Most of the dead were reported in the mountainous province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with more rain forecast
The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 321 people in the past 48 hours, the country’s disaster authority said on Saturday.
The majority of the deaths, 307, were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
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