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Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls — ground.news: 51 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

For first time, all 15 Israeli High Court justices to convene for judicial reform law hearing of petitions against law to curtail power of Supreme Court — ground.news: 22 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

ISIS claims responsibility for Pakistan's political rally suicide bombing that killed over 50 — ground.news: 99 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

Senegal government dissolves opposition party as protests persist — ground.news: 25 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

Antarctica is missing an Argentina-sized amount of sea ice — and scientists are scrambling to figure out why — ground.news: 23 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

UN complaint lodged over Turkish 2021 airstrikes on hospital in Iraq — Guardian — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

Japanese man sentenced to 23 years in prison for 2021 'Joker' train stabbing, fire — ground.news: 30 media reports — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

Devon Archer: Hunter Biden, Burisma execs 'called DC' to get Ukrainian prosecutor fired: Hunter Biden put his father, Joe Biden, on speakerphone during meetings with business partners at least 20 times, and that Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell "the brand.": Archer also testified that Burisma executives pressured Hunter Biden in December 2015 to get help from Washington, D.C. — ground.news: 8 media reports → — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland does not have a clause in its laws punishing torture as a specific criminal offence, an omission that has long vexed rights groups and United Nations experts, who have renewed their calls for the nation to update its laws. — genevasolutions — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

How to make an on-demand bus network viable — epfl — 31 July 2023 (LINK)

— For her EPFL Master's project in civil engineering, Gaelle Abi Younes examined why on-demand buses have met with only limited success. She used technical and financial models to show how they could become a genuine alternative to cars in outlying areas.

West African nations threaten to use force if Niger's president isn't reinstated within a week — ground.news: 52 media reports — 30 July 2023 (LINK)

French embassy in Niger is attacked as junta supporters waving Russian flags march through the capital — ground.news: 113 media reports — 30 July 2023 (LINK)

Denmark to put legal limits on protests involving Quran burnings — ground.news: 48 media reports — 30 July 2023 (LINK)

EU rejects Niger coup authorities, cuts aid — www.dw.com — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

African Union gives 15-day ultimatum to Niger junta to end regime but soldiers seek continuity — ground.news: main source: ap, 33 media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

Kenya's government and opposition agree to talks after protests — ground.news: media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

Judge dismisses Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, says its use of 'Big Lie' regarding Trump isn't defamation — cnn / Yahoo — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

— The Court finds Nazi references in the political discourse (made by whichever 'side') to be odious and repugnant," Judge Singhal wrote. "But bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact." "CNN declined to comment on the decision"!

Son of Colombia's president arrested as part of money laundering probe — ground.news: 128 media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

Thailand fireworks warehouse explosion kills at least 10 people and injures more than 100 — ground.news: 109 media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

N. Atlantic ocean temperature sets record high of 24.9C (76.8F): US agency — ground.news: 39 media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

Official tells AP that Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in August — ground.news: main source: ap , 22 media reports — 29 July 2023 (LINK)

G20 environment meeting ends without agreement on climate crisis: no consensus on increasing renewable energies, phasing out fossil fuels, or peaking emissions by 2025 — ground.news: 27 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

UN Secretary-General appoints Ms Tatiana Molcean, 41, of Moldova as next Executive Secretary of UNECE — unece — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

US announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan — ground.news: 132 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Niger's General Abdourahamane Tchiani declared new leader following coup: marks the end of Niger's first peaceful and democratic transition since gaining independence in 1960 — ground.news: 20 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Majority of 667 fires in Greece were started by 'human hand', either by criminal negligence or intent, official says — www.theguardian.com — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Philippine ferry was overloaded when it flipped over, leaving 27 dead, official says — ground.news: 11 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin — ground.news: 21 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Emmanuel Macron makes 'historic' visit to Sri Lanka, the first by a French president — ground.news: 16 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

US Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall — ground.news: 26 media reports — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

No, the U.S. government didn't say alien bodies have been discovered: retired Maj. David Grusch asserted there was evidence of "non-human biologics" under evaluation, and that's not the same thing — www.verifythis.com — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

UN chief says Earth in 'era of global boiling', calls for radical action — ground.news: 67 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

New research suggests social media doesn't fuel political polarization — ground.news: main source: ap, 27 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

Putin promises African summit that Russia will make maximum efforts to avert a food crisis — ground.news: 26 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

US GDP growth accelerates to 2.4%, blowing past estimates — ground.news: 13 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

Shell profits cut by half due to plunging energy prices — ground.news: 8 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

You've got Mali: MoD accidentally emails Russia ally — www.bbc.com — 28 July 2023 (LINK)

Trump indictment: Additional charges, third defendant added in classified documents case — ground.news: 188 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

thehill.com: Five revelations from new Trump charges — (LINK)

Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of range complaints — ground.news: main source: Reuters, 21 media reports — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

How racism sparked the myth that MSG is unhealthy — medium.com ● — 27 July 2023 (LINK)

Fed raises interest rates to 5.3% to 22-year high, the 11th time in 17 months, and leaves door open for more — ground.news: 173 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Ecuador prison riot leaves 31 dead as gangs war in packed facility — ground.news: 33 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Niger soldiers say President Bazoum has been removed, borders closed — ground.news: 151 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Typhoon blows off roofs, floods villages and displaces 12,000 in northern Philippines — ground.news: 33 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

— The typhoon is expected to move away from the Philippines and head towards Taiwan and southeastern China later in the week.

NATO will step up security in Black Sea region after Russia declares parts are unsafe for shipping — ground.news: 32 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Australia court fines Facebook owner Meta $14 million for undisclosed data collection through a smartphone application advertised as a way to protect privacy — ground.news: 22 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

— The court also ruled that Meta, Facebook Israel, and the discontinued app Onavo must pay A$400,000 in legal costs to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which initiated the civil lawsuit.

Last of nearly 100 pilot whales that beached on Australia's southwestern coast are euthanized after rescue fails — ground.news: media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

— The cause of the mass stranding remains unknown, but scientists speculate that it may be due to illness or disorientation.

Ghana parliament votes to abolish the death penalty — ground.news: 9 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

— The country currently has 170 men and six women on death row, and their sentences will now be replaced by life imprisonment.

Macron tells New Caledonia separatists to accept pro-France votes — www.france24.com — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

— New Caledonia held three referendums in the past five years over its ties with France — all rejecting independence. But the pro-independence indigenous Kanaks rejected the result of the last referendum held in December 2021. Macron said he wanted a revised constitutional status for New Caledonia to be in place by the beginning of 2024.

To those seeking to break away from France, the president warned of China's growing influence in the South Pacific. China has notably signed a string of secretive deals with Solomon Islands, including on security and policing. But both countries deny any plan for a Chinese military base there.

Macron had been due to meet earlier on 26 July with pro- and anti-independence camps to discuss a future for the nickel-rich South Pacific territory of nearly 300,000 people. But the French leader said he was "personally hurt" by the absence of some pro-independence representatives at the meeting.

Cambodia's Hun Sen, one of world's longest-serving leaders, to hand power to his son — ground.news: 69 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

South Florida ocean temperature tops 101F (38V) two days in a row, potentially a record — ground.news: main source: ap, 72 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Mexican marines seize 7,200 bottles of liquid meth in mezcal bottles bound for Australia — ground.news: 11 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Kevin Spacey found not guilty on all charges in U.K. sexual assault trial — ground.news: 343 media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

UK's hard-right Nigel Farage Calls for more NatWest resignations after Rose's exit. Former politician says NatWest Chairman Davies should go and Coutts CEO Peter Flavel should also quit over row — www.bloomberg.com ● — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship — ground.news: media reports — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

Sam Bankman-Fried won't face campaign finance charge due to complication with regard to Bahamas extradition treaty, U.S. DOJ says — www.coindesk.com — 26 July 2023 (LINK)

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says — ground.news: 16 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

President Biden's determination to "build the economy from the middle out and the bottom up", appears to be paying off. — see_link — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Russia extends conscription for compulsory military service up to age 30 — ground.news: 53 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

CEO of UK bank NatWest resigns after leaking financial details of Brexiteer Nigel Farage to BBC News — edition.cnn.com — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

China appoints Wang Yi as its new foreign minister, replacing outspoken, absent Qin Gang, dismissed after 7 months — ground.news: 186 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Mexican armed forces were complicit in students' disappearance, new report finds — ground.news: 14 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Israeli military kills 3 alleged Palestinian gunmen in volatile West Bank — ground.news: 15 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Apple faces $1 billion UK lawsuit by apps developers over app store fees — ground.news: 13 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Study finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America — ground.news: 63 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Japan police arrest woman, parents in bizarre beheading of man at hotel in Hokkaido entertainment district — ground.news: 14 media reports — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

— The head of the victim, Hitoshi Ura, 62, has been missing since 2 July. Arrested are Runa Tamura, 29, and her father Osamu Tamura, a 59-year-old psychiatrist, and her mother. Police also noted that woman is a possible mental patient. Media reports quoted neighbors as saying that she has had difficulty attending school and had been reclusive since childhood.

Auschwitz museum and White House criticise Fox News' Greg Gutfeld for saying 'useful' Jews survived Nazi camps. Museum on site of former concentration camp said host wasn't being historically accurate — www.independent.co.uk — 25 July 2023 (LINK)

Thousands of Chromebooks Are 'Expiring,' Forcing Schools to Toss Them Out — www.extremetech.com — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Ecuador declares state of emergency amid violent clashes — ground.news: 18 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Israeli parliament passes divisive law weakening Supreme Court — ground.news: 248 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Twitter has officially changed its logo to 'X' — ground.news: 168 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Putin signs law banning gender reassignment surgery — ground.news: 76 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Former gynecologist Robert Hadden sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of patients — www.cbsnews.com — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

New Zealand's justice minister resigns after facing criminal charges in car crash — ground.news: 44 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

— Several other government ministers have faced scandals and resignations in recent months, including Transport and Immigration Minister Michael Wood, Police Minister Stuart Nash, and Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri.

Ukraine war: Russia attacks grain stores at River Danube ports — ground.news: 17 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Factcheck: Yes, Florida students will be taught Blacks benefited from slavery — www.firstcoastnews.com — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Greta Thunberg fined $144 over Swedish climate protest — ground.news: 69 media reports — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Corfu latest Greek island to evacuate over wildfires — see_link — 24 July 2023 (LINK)

Zurich among 9 most beautiful airports in the world: "Surrounded by the picturesque Swiss Alps, Zurich Airport offers travellers a seamless experience with its modern design, efficient layout, and breathtaking views — www.zoomtventertainment.com — 24 July 2023 (LINK)