China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm ( electrek.co )
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election ( www.theguardian.com )
China hands over lavish new presidential palace to Vanuatu, ahead of PM's visit to Beijing ( www.abc.net.au )
China's bribery campaign across Oceania continues.
'Love triumphs over prejudice' in Thailand as marriage equality bill passes ( www.sbs.com.au )
Thirteen people killed and dozens wounded in Kenya as police open fire on protesters ( www.sbs.com.au )
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in first bilateral meet since re-election ( www.abc.net.au )
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages ( www.bangkokpost.com )
Exclusive: Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat ( www.reuters.com )
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter....
Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024 ( edition.cnn.com )
Hamas accuses Israel of trying to evade negotiations ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
A member of the Hamas political bureau has accused Israel of trying to evade negotiations for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange. Husam Badran added on Wednesday that the occupation regime is trying to distract attention from this obvious fact....
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer ( www.theguardian.com )
Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support ( www.bbc.com )
Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail ( www.theguardian.com )
A compound crime: Israeli army hits Gaza family, uses them as human shields, and runs over their mother ( euromedmonitor.org )
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team documented a compound and comprehensive crime against a civilian family comprising an elderly woman and her four children, including three young women and a one-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter....
Italy targets the mafia by taking away their most precious assets: their children ( www.sbs.com.au )
After a stop in Cuba, 2 Russian ships dock in Venezuelan port as part of ‘show the flag’ exercises [July 02 2024 | The Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17202719...
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Zelenskyy: If Trump Has Plan to End the Ukraine War 'He Should Tell Us Today' ( www.commondreams.org )
[UK] General election - live: Sunak ‘fears losing own seat’ as poll predicts bigger Labour landslide than 1997 ( www.independent.co.uk )
The Hulk jabs Macron ahead of key French election ( www.politico.eu )
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland ( www.theguardian.com )
Israel approves the largest Palestinian West Bank land grab in three decades ( www.salon.com )
Putin's War in Ukraine Fuels Income Rise for Russia ( www.newsweek.com )
New data shows that Russia is now a "high-income" country, despite the enforcement of numerous sanctions intended to hurt the economy.
Conservatives say Labour rivals heading for record-breaking UK election win ( www.reuters.com )
As always, conservatives don’t live up to their “we’re going to make the economy strong!1” claims. Sadly, the UK Labour is more neoliberalism in action, and so will be promptly voted out next cycle.
Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv ( www.theguardian.com )
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