- Ukraine Moves to Defang U.S.-Backed Anticorruption Agency The Wall Street Journal
- Zelensky’s Government Takes Aim at Ukraine’s Corruption Fighters The New York Times
- Anti-Zelenksy protests break out in Kyiv The Telegraph
- Ukrainian lawmakers vote to scuttle independence of anti-corruption agencies politico.eu
- Ukraine lawmakers vote to curb autonomy of anti-graft agencies Reuters
Homeland security denies reports that Ice ‘secretly deported’ Pennsylvania grandfather
The department said in a statement that Ice never arrested or deported Luis Leon to Guatemala, and that the reports were a ‘hoax’
Confusion swirled around the fate of a Chilean resident of the US after the Department of Homeland Security called reports of his deportation to Guatemala a “hoax”.
On 18 July, the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that the family of the man, Luis Leon, said he was handcuffed after showing up at to immigration office on 20 June to report a lost green card. They said he was first sent to a detention facility in Minnesota, then to Guatemala, where they said a Chilean relative informed them he was in a hospital.
Continue reading...Israel is proceeding with annexation, and there is only one way to stop it
Global grassroots organising is the only way to challenge Israel and its plan to legalise the theft of Palestinian land.
Global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza
UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah
Israel is facing intensifying international condemnation for its killing of starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and its attacks on humanitarian efforts, as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the “last lifelines keeping people alive [in the strip] are collapsing”.
An angry chorus of senior figures, among them the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and a senior Catholic cleric, expressed on Tuesday a growing sense of global horror over Israel’s actions.
Continue reading...Two-year-old girl sexually assaulted at Victorian childcare centre, mother claims
Exclusive: Worker named by ‘deeply traumatised’ child still has job and has not been charged because no one witnessed the alleged incidents and there was no CCTV
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A mother has claimed that her two-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a worker at a Victorian childcare centre but because there was no witness or CCTV of the alleged incidents, the educator is still working there and has not been charged.
Angela* told Guardian Australia that her daughter, Emily*, had disclosed the alleged sexual offences in mid-December, when she was nearly three. She said that on multiple occasions Emily had named the educator and said the offences had taken place while her nappy was being changed.
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Continue reading...DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
Six people have been pulled out alive, with one seriously injured, since shafts collapsed on Sunday.
DR Congo rescuers dig with bare hands for trapped miners
Six people have been pulled out alive, with one seriously injured, since shafts collapsed on Sunday.
White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria – Axios
- White House confirms Trump objected to Israeli strikes in Syria Axios
- How Long Can Israel Keep Frustrating the U.S.? Time Magazine
- Trump ‘caught off guard’ by Israel’s actions in Gaza and Syria last week as skepticism of Netanyahu grows inside White House CNN
- Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes, White House says AP News
- Netanyahu’s Hold on Power Is Slipping. Will Trump Help? Foreign Policy
‘Flour, fire and fear as I try to parent in a starving Gaza’
Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid writes about trying to take care of her children while worrying her family will starve.
Trump’s border czar to target sanctuary cities in US: ‘We’re gonna flood the zone’
Homan vows to escalate Ice operations after off-duty officer allegedly shot by undocumented person in New York City
The Trump administration is targeting sanctuary cities in the next phase of its deportation drive after labelling them “sanctuaries for criminals” following the shooting of an off-duty law enforcement officer in New York City, allegedly by an undocumented person with a criminal record.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s hardline border czar, vowed to “flood the zone” with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (Ice) agents in an all-out bid to overcome the lack of cooperation he said the government faced from Democrat-run municipalities in its quest to arrest and detain undocumented people.
Continue reading...The boy who bled to death as an Israeli soldier ‘celebrated his shot’
The youth of Sebastia have learned to hide in their homes whenever Israeli soldiers approach the town.
Number of aid seekers killed by Israel in Gaza tops 1,000: UN
Starvation, malnutrition kill 101 Palestinians during Gaza war, including 80 children, according to hospitals.
Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds – theguardian.com
- Russia using children to design and test its military drones, investigation finds theguardian.com
- Russian TV shows teenagers at 'world's biggest drone factory' making arms to hit Ukraine Reuters
- Russia appears to be launching its exploding Shahed-style drones from American-designed pickup trucks Business Insider
- Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories manned by teenagers The Telegraph
- Russia seen as boosting combat-drone output, switching attack angles Defense News
The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu turns to the world court as climate disasters mount – NBC News
- The tiny Pacific nation of Vanuatu turns to the world court as climate disasters mount NBC News
- World Court is poised to mark the future course of climate litigation Reuters
- ‘Historic’ ruling on climate change by World Court: What to expect Al Jazeera
- How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts The Conversation
- The UN’s highest court will decide Wednesday on the climate obligations of countries AP News
A Professor’s Search for the MingKwai, a Lost Chinese Typewriter – The New York Times
A Professor’s Search for the MingKwai, a Lost Chinese Typewriter The New York Times
‘Starvation is a war crime’, UN expert blasts Israel
The famine we’re seeing in Gaza now is the most horrific stage of Israel’s starvation campaign, a UN expert says.
How an Indian temple town is at the centre of hundreds of alleged murders
An ex-worker at Karnataka’s Dharmasthala temple says he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies, including children.
Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney over father’s 2024 election exit
Joe Biden's son directs expletive-filled accusations at the Hollywood actor for his part in the former president quitting the campaign.
Qatar confirms 2036 Olympic Games host city bid
Qatar signaled its interest as an Olympic Games host with established infrastructure from World Cup a key selling point.
Rains, flash floods kill 21 in Pakistan; tourists rescued in hilly north
Incessant monsoon rains cause landslides and flash floods, taking the total rain-related deaths this year to 242.