Venezuela earthquake is a double tragedy for Canada’s Druze community. Druze Canadians with family ties to Venezuela and Syria are seeking news of relatives after the June 24 earthquakes while marking a year since deadly violence in Sweida.


Venezuelan Canadians mobilize earthquake relief as Ottawa pledges $9M in aid. Community groups in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary are raising funds and supplies as Canada commits $9 million to humanitarian relief after the June 24 earthquakes.


Proof-of-citizenship wait jumps to 19 months as queue nears 100,000. The wait for citizenship certificates has nearly doubled since spring, after changes to citizenship-by-descent rules opened the door to new applicants.


Immigrant women turn skills and passions into businesses run from home. For some immigrant women, businesses run from home offer income and greater control over their schedules after setbacks in Canada’s labour market—but financing, childcare and business guidance remain difficult to access.


6 in 10 economic immigrants who accessed federal services were spouses or dependants; new deadline raises concerns. New IRCC data provide numbers behind concerns over settlement-service deadlines. Previously unpublished figures show more than 35,000 economic immigrants accessed federally funded services after becoming permanent residents in 2024–25; new rules will shorten the amount of time to receive support.


From professional careers to survival jobs, how underemployment can erode identity of skilled newcomers. For many skilled newcomers, working far below their qualifications can mean more than lost income, it can erode confidence, strain relationships and reshape their sense of self.


Turkish families rally in Toronto as work permits following earthquake are set to expire. More than 200 demonstrators marched to Queen’s Park, saying three years was not enough to rebuild their lives, complete professional licensing and qualify for permanent residence.


Russia’s Higher School of Economics to offer free tuition to members of the BARS combat reserve and drone troops who serve a year under contract. Moscow’s Higher School of Economics will cover tuition for anyone who completes a year of service in a BARS volunteer unit or in Russia’s drone forces, the country’s state news agency TASS reported, citing the university’s press service. The offer is open only to applicants who sign the one-year “special contract” through the university itself, which confirmed the terms to the Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti.


Community reacts to recent surge of reckless driving deaths. Four pedestrian deaths in less than 10 days has Milwaukee residents and a Vision Zero leader talking about how to help prevent reckless driving.


Black bass in Great Lakes can live more than 10 years, study finds. By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva A new study based on data from competitive angling events in the Great Lakes found that more than 20% of black bass weighed-in at these events are over 10 years old.


This technology is being called the ‘future of grazing in the West’. Barbed-wire fences changed the western US in the 1800s. Can virtual fences change it back?


Daria Kasatkina, once Russia’s top-ranked women’s player, marries Natalia Zabiiako, a figure skater who won Olympic silver for Russia’s squad in 2018. Daria Kasatkina, the Russian-born tennis player who now competes for Australia, has married figure skater Natalia Zabiiako, a silver medalist in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kasatkina is ranked No. 63 in the world. The couple announced the marriage on Instagram.


Ukraine’s defense minister wanted the army’s top general fired. Zelensky fired the minister instead. Here’s how all three explain it. On July 15, it emerged that Mykhailo Fedorov would resign as Ukraine’s defense minister, a post he had held for just six months. Rallies in support of Fedorov began across Ukraine, and European Union officials expressed surprise and demanded an explanation from President Volodymyr Zelensky. Even before the resignation, Ukrainian media had reported a conflict between Fedorov and Ukraine’s commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrsky. Fedorov later confirmed the rift himself. Here’s a summary of what Fedorov, Syrsky, and Zelensky have each said.


Sanctioned Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev accuses Ukrainian military intelligence officers of organizing the attempt on his life in Monaco. Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev says officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry organized the attempt on his life in Monaco.


Milwaukee is experiencing dangerous air quality. Here’s how you can stay safe. Exposure to hazardous air conditions could cause problems for residents, who are being urged to stay indoors.


Days after EU sanctions, Russian social network VK agrees to sell its RuStore app store to the head of the company that developed it. VK has agreed to sell 100 percent of the RuStore app store to Dmitry Pankrushev, the chief executive of the company that develops it, the company said in a press release Thursday.


Hamilton Police Board Changes Meeting Time Without Public Notification. Police Board met this morning at 10:30 a.m., instead of the publicly published start time.


Russia says it returned the bodies of 501 Ukrainian soldiers and received 31 in exchange. Russia and Ukraine again exchanged the bodies of fallen soldiers, State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliyev told the business news outlet RBC. Russia handed over 501 bodies to Ukraine and received 31 in exchange, Saraliyev said. Ukraine had not confirmed the exchange at the time of publication.


Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov stopped rubber-stamping the General Staff’s requests. Six months in, Zelensky sided with the generals. Mykhailo Fedorov, who spent six months as Ukraine’s defense minister, will not be reappointed to the new government. His departure came amid a broader reshuffling of Ukraine’s cabinet: on July 14, the Verkhovna Rada accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, and the rest of the ministers automatically lost their posts. Some will keep their jobs, Ukrainska Pravda reported, but the government’s resignation also gave President Volodymyr Zelensky an occasion to settle the question of the “rebellious” Fedorov.


Google Play removes Max, Russia’s Kremlin-backed messenger, and VKontakte, VK’s flagship social network — three days after the EU sanctioned VK, their parent company. VK said on July 16 that the Max messenger and the VKontakte social network apps had been removed from the Google Play app store. The Odnoklassniki social network app is also unavailable there.


An 80-year-old man died waiting in line for fuel in Perm Krai. He’s the third person to die at a gas station in Russia since late June. An 80-year-old man died at a gas station in Lysva, a city in Perm Krai, the local newspaper Iskra reported. He had fallen ill while waiting in line to fill up his car. Bystanders called an ambulance, but paramedics could not save him.


5 things to know and do the weekend of July 17. Get a free haircut and combat summer learning loss; celebrate Frida Kahlo; enjoy several festivals; and more.


Post From Community: MPS to close Summer Academy and all MKE REC sites Friday due to dense smoke advisory. Superintendent Cassellius announces decision in consultation with Health Commissioner Totoraitis.


A rapper touted his support for Russian soldiers in Ukraine. A Moscow court fined him for drug-themed lyrics anyway. The Nikulinsky District Court in Moscow fined David Nuriyev, the rapper better known as Ptakha, 80,000 rubles (about $1,000) on an administrative charge of drug propaganda, the independent Russian outlet Mediazona reported.


Ukrainians protest and Z-bloggers celebrate after Zelensky fires the defense minister who cut Russia off from Starlink and flooded the front with drones. On the evening of July 15, news broke that Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov would be dismissed from the post he had held since January. Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has yet to formally approve his removal. Fedorov confirmed the news, acknowledging at a press conference that he had clashed with Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s commander in chief. The dismissal set off protests in cities across Ukraine, with demonstrators calling for his reinstatement and Syrsky’s removal. Here is how people in Ukraine and abroad have reacted to Fedorov’s ouster.


More States Improve in the PGI, Yet Top Education Grades Stay Out of Reach. TL;DR Punjab, Kerala and Delhi emerged as the highest-scoring States in the latest Performance Grading Index (PGI). The top-performing States excelled in different aspects of school education, highlighting that there is no single path to strong performance. Between 2021–22 and 2025–26, the number of States and Union Territories in the Prachesta performance bands increased from


In the world’s deadliest country for childbirth, Nigerian women are turning to traditional birth attendants. Illustration Description: A stylized illustration shows two adults (an elderly midwife and a young nurse) gently passing a newborn baby from one pair of hands to another. The baby lies on its back wrapped in a light cloth, with only the adults’ arms and parts of their bodies visible. Bukola Osoba had prepared herself for the pain…


‘He was telling the truth’: The queer Zimbabwean artist whose music outlived him. Image Description: A young man stands on a quiet street, holding a microphone with both hands. A soft glowing soundwave passes across his chest, suggesting music or a voice. A few blurred figures stand behind him, watching from a distance. Charles TJ completed what he called his “life’s work”—his debut album, Unmuted—earlier this year. The project,…


They lost everything to Sudan’s war. Then rebuilt from scratch. More than three years since war broke out in Sudan, millions of lives have been systematically unraveled. Women have borne a disproportionate share of that destruction, they have been displaced from homes, separated from networks of support, and forced into roles they were never prepared for but have refused to collapse under. The following testimonies…


I live under Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Here’s what 40 years of total power looks like. Illustration description: An elevated royal throne stands alone at the center of a large circular platform above a map-like landscape. Small roads and buildings spread across the land below, making the throne appear dominant over the country beneath it. From Friday, 24 to 26 April 2026, the last absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa, King Mswati…


We analyzed 900 Senegalese news headlines about the anti-gay crackdown. Here’s how local media is covering it


Ghana’s queer movement is losing a fight it could be ‘winning’. Illustration description: A split illustration shows two contrasting scenes separated by a dark brick wall. On the left, several officials sit around a conference table beneath the Ghana flag in a formal meeting room. On the right, a small crowd of people holds protest signs in a dim outdoor setting. In March, the international community…


Boys Like Us: A YouTube series offers a different portrait of queer life in Nigeria. Image Description: Four people standing closely together against a warm yellow background with soft, wavy patterns. One person wears a green shirt with a stethoscope, another wears a gray tank top, a third wears a pink robe, and the fourth wears a dark suit with a red tie. The figures appear posed like a group…


‘He plays with men’: The northern Nigerian women married to husbands living double lives. Image Description: A woman sits on a prayer mat in a dimly lit, clay-walled room, illuminated by a small lantern. Her husband stands behind her, facing the wall, where his shadow splits into two overlapping silhouettes—one masculine, one feminine. For Fati, who grew up in a conservative Muslim society, the way her husband Ahmadu gesticulated…


Social Development Commission considers bankruptcy pathways as it deals with debt. Options include filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 for liquidation or under Chapter 11 for restructuring, or continue trying to secure funds to relaunch as a scaled down organization.


India’s carbon credit market needs evidence before it scales. India’s carbon market conversation is widening beyond energy and industry. Forests, farms, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves and rice fields are increasingly being viewed as spaces where climate action, ecological restoration and rural livelihoods can converge. Carbon credits are expected to help bring private finance into these landscapes. But the global experience of the voluntary carbon market shows that a project can be registered, verified and even generate credits without necessarily delivering the climate or community outcomes that buyers assume. After evaluating 2,346 carbon-crediting projects and nearly one billion tonnes of issued credits, a 2024 study in Nature Communications estimated that less than 16% of the credits examined, represented real emission reductions. The study does not mean that every carbon project has failed, but it shows how badly results can diverge from claims when baselines, additionality or monitoring are weak. Specific cases make the warning harder to ignore. In 2025, the carbon certifier Verra reviewed Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ project and found that actual deforestation in the reference area was far lower than


Nowhere to belong: After the USSR collapsed, I became stateless in Estonia. Stateless people are not political abstractions. They are not legal anomalies. They are not clerical problems waiting for administrative correction. They are people.


How climate crisis is redefining home, and who counts as a refugee. Climate change is increasingly driving displacement, raising urgent questions about development models that foster unequal growth while exacerbating ecological risk. Every June, around World Refugee Day, the United Nations refugee agency releases Global Trends, its annual account of forced displacement. We have just crossed another World Refugee Day, and the figure remains unthinkable: 117.8 million


Beyond Legislation. Much has already been written about Syria’s new People’s Assembly: how it came into being, who its members are, and what political, professional, or social backgrounds they represent. These are important questions, and many insightful observations have already been made. They tell us a great deal about the political settlement that produced this parliament and about the constituencies that are likely to shape its work....


Stripped of Protection. As Mustafa* sat in a meeting in late June, he received a text that changed his life. The message contained a link to a news article about a verdict that had just been issued by the US Supreme Court regarding a case in which Mustafa was a plaintiff. In a 6-to-3 ruling, America’s highest court had greenlighted the termination of a special humanitarian-based immigration status...


Those Still Waiting. Justice for those who committed crimes against people and property? Certainly. But not only that.


Syria’s Kindergartens: A Market With No Price Controls. As private educational institutions continue to expand their services and raise fees, one question remains: how long can Syrian families keep up with the rising cost of early education?


An Openly Declared Massacre. Syrian social media is rife with incitement campaigns targeting Alawites. The posts have in common the dehumanization of members of the Alawite community and holding them collectively responsible for the crimes of the Assad regime, and mix in religious accusations of apostasy, sectarian hatred, and calls for collective revenge. Accompanying this hate speech is an ecosystem of official and semi-official media loyal to the authorities...


Comments on ‘Syria: A Modern History’ by Daniel Neep. Appearing at a timely moment, Syria: A Modern History by Daniel Neep (New York: Basic Books, 2026) meets a growing demand for a synthesis of modern Syrian history as the country enters its most profound transformation since independence. Ours is a historical moment that invites a look backward in order to better understand what might help us move forward. In this 450-page book, divided into...


Five Months of Home, Four Hours of Hell. Where should I begin, my beloved? – Traditional song from Suwayda *** I went to Syria for the very first time on 8 February 2025. Almost exactly two months prior, my partner and I – along with millions of Syrians worldwide – stayed up late into the night, fixated on the unfolding events. Exhausted from a week of monitoring, I eventually fell asleep, and awoke...


The woman seen in this video is Ambika Shukla, the sister of BJP leader Maneka Gandhi. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. On 28 June 2026, Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest and is currently on an indefinite hunger strike in support of the demands (here,


Joseph Young, veteran economic developer, takes the helm as the new CEO of the Nebraska Chamber. In 2011, Young helped pass the Business Innovation Act, the cornerstone state program helping startups. He also has worked across the Nebraska business community on policy issues. Young takes the helm of the NE Chamber as the state wrestles with brain drain and job growth issues.


Memorializing Women Victims of War in Bosnia. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), post-war monuments represent the political and ethnic forces of localities, encouraging a narrative in which women often have no voice.


How Three Women Rebuilt the Federal Climate Website That Trump Trashed. After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline.


One-time funding won’t fix financial strain for Michigan’s Fisheries Division. By Anna Barnes Officials from Michigan's Fisheries division say further cutbacks on staffing and fish stocking are likely as the costs of operations rise.


Within days, Zelensky has fired his cabinet, ousted his defense minister, and is now replacing his security council chief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Ihor Klymenko, the former interior minister, the post of secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC). A decree formalizing the appointment is already being prepared, Zelensky said.


Venezuela earthquakes reveal a child protection system unprepared for disaster. After Venezuela’s earthquakes, families searched for missing children within a strained protection system that struggled to respond amid collapsed buildings, scarce resources, and institutional gaps.


Russian singer Grigory Leps, sanctioned by the European Union over his support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, apologizes for dismissive remarks about Russian family incomes. Russian singer Grigory Leps has apologized for remarks in which he suggested that most Russian families get by on a monthly income of 200,000 to 300,000 rubles.


Russians detained for reading the Bible at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque are now back in Russia. Two Russian citizens detained at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia for reading the Bible flew home to Russia on the evening of July 17, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, citing the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul. The diplomatic mission confirmed that the Filonovs had departed for Moscow on a scheduled flight at 7:50 p.m. local time.


‘Why do ministers get rotated more than soldiers?’ Kyiv protesters ask, after Zelensky pushes out the defense minister they didn’t want to lose. Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the cabinet led by Yulia Svyrydenko — after just one year in office. But Ukrainians are more concerned about the fate not of the prime minister but of the defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. His dismissal has already triggered street protests, the resignation of military commanders, and bewilderment among Ukraine’s Western allies. The Verkhovna Rada has already confirmed a new cabinet lineup: it no longer includes any prominent political figures; the emphasis is instead on loyal managers. The defense portfolio will go to a former head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). At Meduza’s request, Ukrainian journalist Kostiantyn Skorkin explains the latest chapter of the government crisis in Kyiv.


DataWatch: Wisconsin air pollution reaches record highs as wildfire smoke engulfs the state. Wildfire smoke drove Wisconsin's highest Air Quality Index readings in at least 16 years, surpassing the unprecedented pollution levels recorded in 2023.


El Niño early action urged as extreme weather looms. Forecasters warn rapidly intensifying El Niño could be among strongest yet as regions worldwide brace for impacts.


“Multicountry polycrisis” could engulf the Horn, Scholars warn. Five leading famine, conflict and humanitarian specialists have warned that the Greater Horn of Africa could descend into a major regional emergency during the second half of 2026 and into 2027. They


It’s time for ‘corn sweat’ as mid-summer hits. By Demonte Thomas During the summer, corn undergoes a process called evapotranspiration, known by many as "corn sweat" to cool itself down. It raises questions about whether the state's vast corn fields are making already hot and humid conditions even more uncomfortable.


Cricket’s greatest all-rounder, Barbados’ Sir Garfield Sobers, dies at 89. “Sobers became an example of the West Indian’s claim to [...] full participation, on merit, in a world that had long assumed such mastery was the preserve of the coloniser.”


FT and Meduza: Zelensky weighs firing top general Oleksandr Syrsky amid protests over ousted defense minister. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is weighing whether to dismiss Oleksandr Syrsky as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, the Financial Times reported, citing a senior Ukrainian administration official.


Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, may have lost the use of 10–15% of its warehouse space to Ukrainian drone strikes, source tells The Bell. Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries logistics centers in the Moscow and Tambov regions may have affected roughly 10 to 15 percent of the marketplace’s total warehouse space, a Wildberries source told The Bell. The strikes are unlikely to paralyze the marketplace’s operations, the source said, though they could put serious strain on logistics in the Moscow market — the company’s largest.


Photos and videos show the aftermath of Ukrainian drone strikes that killed eight night-shift workers at online retailer Wildberries’ warehouses in Russia. In the early hours of July 18, Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries logistics centers in the Moscow and Tambov regions. At a warehouse in the city of Kotovsk, seven night-shift workers were killed and 25 were injured. In Elektrostal — home to Wildberries’ largest warehouse in Russia, with a floor area of more than 360,000 square meters (about 3.9 million square feet) — 24 people were injured. Two more were injured in Noginsk after a strike hit an oil depot. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes were a response to Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, likely referring to strikes on Nova Poshta facilities. He also said the Wildberries warehouses held components used to produce drones, as well as “navigation equipment.” After the strikes, large fires broke out at the logistics centers. Subscribers to the Telegram channel Astra reported that smoke from the burning facilities in the Moscow region was visible from 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) away.


Hamilton Police Board Issues, Quickly Retracts, Public Apology For Violating Open Meeting Rules. On Friday, the Police Board apologized for violating open meeting laws; then 16 minutes later retracted the apology.


Sonam Wangchuk solidarity protest turns violent in Santiniketan, students on hunger strike allege assault by ABVP. A group of students of Visva Bharati university in Santiniketan on Saturday alleged that several members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) attacked them while they were observing a 24-hour-long hunger strike and protest in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk. The protest was not limited to Visva-Bharati students but was open to students and supporters


Cali Shucaac and the poetic politics of resistance. Remembering Cali Shucaac, poet, veteran, and witness, whose life carried Somali oral memory through colonial partition, state violence, and the struggle for dignity, self-determination, and lasting


Hamilton Conservation Authority Seeks 3.7% Levy Increase in Accelerated 2027 Budget. HCA Board approved the compressed schedule July 2, with final budget approval now set for October 1 — ahead of a provincial deadline and this fall's election.


70 years on, Argentine court declares ‘Operation Massacre’ a crime against humanity. The victims’ families testified in court for the first time: "We want justice served. Even though their killers are no longer here, I want the truth known.”


No, Sunita Williams did not visit CJP protest site at Jantar Mantar. A video going viral on social media shows former NASA astronaut Sunita Williams walking through a crowd, guided by police personnel. Users claim the visuals show her arriving at Jantar Mantar to express solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 22 days, demanding Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. An


5 things to know and do the week of July 20. Celebrate Hank Aaron; find jobs at two job fairs; take a bike ride in Lindsay Heights; and more.


MPS after-school programs lose thousands each month as childcare stabilization funding ends. About 90 Community Learning Centers and camps based in Milwaukee Public Schools received monthly childcare stabilization payments before funding ended in June.


Here’s what you need to know to vote in the August primary election in Milwaukee. Wednesday is the last day to register to vote online or by mail before the Aug. 11 primary.


AISHE 2023–24: Higher Education Enrolment Grows Across Gender and Social Groups. TL;DR The latest AISHE data shows that higher education enrolment in India has continued to increase, reaching 4.46 crore in 2023-24. While female participation and enrolment across all major social groups have grown over the past five years, differences remain in the gender composition of different institution types and programme levels. ContextThe Ministry of Education


#Aids2026: What The Polygamist gets wrong about HIV — and what would save lives in real life. This is the first in Bhekisisa's series of commentaries marking the International Aids Conference in Rio de Janeiro that starts on Sunday. Netflix's The Polygamist has sparked conversation across Africa — but its portrayal of HIV also spreads harmful myths. Thabani Nyoni explains why ending Aids will depend as much on defeating stigma as on scientific breakthroughs.


Hamilton Farmers’ Market Traffic Decline Accelerates to 14.1 Per Cent in June, Report Cites Downtown Crime. Market Board report says shootings, stabbings, and visible homelessness are keeping shoppers away as second-quarter traffic falls 9.3 per cent year-over-year.


Footage of a hotel attack in Georgia has racked up 17 million views, with viewers casting it as a hate crime. Georgian police say the real cause of the fight was a wedding DJ’s ruined equipment. A man broke into a hotel room at the Agarani Estate in Kakheti and punched one of the female tourists staying there in the face. The victim’s friend, Polina Kurta, posted a video of the incident on Instagram. As of publication, the clip had drawn more than 17 million views and 227,000 likes.


Deprivation of nationality in the Gulf: Stories from Kuwait and Bahrain. Many stateless people in the Gulf live in extremely difficult conditions: excluded from education, employment, public healthcare and freedom of movement, while also suffering political and social discrimination


Coming home from Al-Shabaab: What determines whether communities forgive in Somalia. People whose immediate family had been killed by al-Shabaab were measurably less willing to accept defectors, a reminder that reconciliation has to compete with real grief and fear.


Editor’s Note: The Launch of TPR Open Data – First Project is the Building Permits Database. The Public Record's first open data release covers every Hamilton building permit filed since 2011 — with monthly updates going forward. Council voting records, attendance, and more will be released as open data in the coming weeks.


A glossary of World Cup terms for the social sector.


Ukrainian drones strike Moscow region, injuring several; oil depot in Podolsk and warehouse in Domodedovo catch fire. Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow region overnight on July 20, Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said more than 400 drones flew toward the region, with a large portion shot down at long range and another 85 intercepted on approach to Moscow.


Russian forces kill 3, including child, and wound more than 40 in strike on Zaporizhzhia. Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs on the evening of July 19, partially destroying a residential building, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported.


The Fight Against Contemporary Fascism: Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the role of activism. Rising neo-fascist tendencies are sweeping Europe, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnian activist groups, however, are prepared to resist even the most covert forms.


Russian urbanist drops City Council bid a week after breaking his spine while fleeing police. A Chelyabinsk urbanist who had been running for a seat on the City Council has dropped out of the race. Mikhail Popov, who jumped from a second-floor window and broke his spine when police came to his home on July 13, announced his withdrawal on the morning of July 20.


This viral video does not show an old personal video of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke; it is of a couple from Bangladesh. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. On 28 June 2026, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest and began an indefinite hunger strike in support of the movement’s demands.


Post From Community: Ascension Wisconsin and Outreach Community Health Centers launch mobile health clinic to serve medically underserved in Milwaukee. This collaborative effort is designed to meet a critical community need by delivering high-quality, preventive and acute care directly to vulnerable and medically underserved residents in Milwaukee.


11-year-old boy dies after falling with father on Mount Elbrus, Russia’s highest mountain. An 11-year-old boy died on Mount Elbrus while climbing with his father, 40, the Investigative Committee’s investigative department for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic announced after opening a preliminary inquiry into the incident.


Over 20 Russian politicians barred from State Duma race over ‘extremist symbols’ charges. At least 21 Russian politicians have been charged with displaying “extremist” or Nazi symbols — charges that bar them from running for office — ahead of elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe, an independent Russian news outlet.


Joey’s Notepad: Ankle Strain, Rest, and Decreasing “On Scene” Coverage During Recovery. Barton Street. Those two words together are likely all the explanation I need to provide for you to understand how I strained my ankle this weekend.


New Jersey farmers denied disaster aid for late freeze. As disaster relief becomes more political, Congress is looking to overhaul FEMA.


BJP leaders share old video from Patna claiming CJP protestors pelted stones at newly launched hydrogen train. As thousands of youth supporters of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) marched towards the Parliament on July 20 demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and clashed with Delhi Police, a video surfaced on social media where people can be seen pelting stones at a train inside a rail station. X User Janardan Mishra


Post From Community: We Energies invited to Public Works Committee to discuss rate cases, data centers. Editor’s note: Post From Community is the place for community announcements and event postings. If you have a community-oriented event you feel our readers would be interested in, please submit here. By Ald. Alex Brower, 3rd District – City of Milwaukee Alderman Alex Brower has introduced file #260484 – communication from We Energies and other agencies relating to rate


Learning to love an eco-friendly lawn. South Jersey mows, waters and weeds. Is it time to kill the traditional grass lawn?


Zelensky reviews 11 candidates to replace Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky, Bloomberg reports. Volodymyr Zelensky is reviewing a list of 11 candidates to replace Oleksandr Syrsky as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, Bloomberg sources reported.


Viet Nam’s gas projects stall amid investor claims of unbankability and a renewables pivot. The country has bet on reaching 22.5 GW of LNG by 2030, but unbankable contracts and policy gaps have stalled its plans four years to the deadline


Cambodia’s power grid reaches villages, but many can’t afford to connect. High connection costs keep many rural families from accessing reliable power, leaving them dependent on firewood and vulnerable to health risks


Dust clouds Viet Nam’s wood pellet boom. While the country's key wood pellet buyers, Japan and South Korea, improve traceability of imported biomass fuel, pellet manufacturing in Viet Nam remains a regulatory blind spot, leaving nearby communities exposed to air pollution.


From forest sanctuary to Cambodia’s scam zone. As authorities crack down on alleged scam operations in Thmor Da SEZ, long-running disputes over protected forest loss, land concessions and displacement remain unresolved


Viet Nam’s love for tender beef comes with hidden costs. Beef lovers grapple with food fraud and environmental impacts as climate change intensifies and traceability gaps persist


How brands create an illusion of traceability. Vietnamese buyers ask for tender and beautifully marbled beef. Companies are responding with fat injections and vague origins


Hotpots, barbecues and alcohol: A diet gone red. Vietnamese consumers, particularly men, are eating more imported beef while grappling with high rates of gout


Fight over who expands Wisconsin’s power grid heads to Washington. After losing a major transmission project to a startup, American Transmission Company asks federal regulators to reopen the bidding, escalating a fight over who will build — and profit from — Wisconsin's grid expansion as data centers drive demand.


A Ukrainian drone strike on two Wildberries warehouses killed eight people. This Thursday, less than a week after the attack, Russia’s largest online retailer will reopen one of the facilities. Wildberries will resume operations at its Kotovsk warehouse in the Tambov region on July 23, five days after Ukrainian drones struck the facility in the early hours of July 18.


School district officials weigh sending more students on MCTS buses. For MPS high schoolers, getting to school can mean late buses and long waits. The district is weighing whether it should send more students on county buses.


The special beauty of the Beautiful Game in a city with a global soul. Canada's Round of 16 exit was bittersweet for Toronto residents. Watching the World Cup unfold in their new city, many found something more lasting than a win.


India’s transgender law heightens HIV treatment barriers. Transgender women in Bihar state lost welfare payments after India amended its transgender rights laws.


Beyond the build: Green jobs in SA’s renewables industry. South Africa's renewable energy industry has created tens of thousands of jobs, but most disappear once construction ends. Refilwe Mochoari and Thabo Molelekwa investigate


Titanium, conflict and consent. Andiswa Matikinca investigates a case of history repeating itself as another rural Eastern Cape community stands united in resistance against a proposed heavy-minerals mine


The people beneath Malawi’s minerals rush. Malawi’s emerging mining industry pits economic promise against environmental, cultural concerns. Mbauwo Chavula investigates


Unprepared projects hold back climate finance. After three years of following JET money, Thabo Molelekwa finds the focus of high-level discussions now is how to prepare and implement projects


Is local lagging? Billions are flowing into South Africa's green economy. #PowerTracker investigates whether local manufacturers, workers and communities are truly benefitting


A silent killer lurks in Zimbabwe coal capital’s rivers. The rivers in Hwange carry toxic waste from coal mines, sickening residents, livestock and fish alike. Could selenium poisoning be the culprit? Oscar Nkala investigates


Oxpeckers lifts the veil of secrecy from Botswana’s flagship gas project. After months of tense discussions with authorities, Oxpeckers journalist Sello Motseta finally gets to see the environmental plan for Botala Energy’s coal bed methane project


The tech inside Uganda’s militarised conservation state. The deployment of advanced data-aggregation platforms illustrates the dual-use risks of modern eco-surveillance. By Benon Herbert Oluka, Sam Schramski and Tulani Ngwenya


Sold as brides, lost at sea: The trafficking of stateless Rohingya girls. Marriage has become a migration route for Rohingya refugee girls, as brokers exploit families’ hopes of overseas grooms, turning promised reunions into trafficking journeys driven by deception, coercion, and profit.


FBI Director Kash Patel plans to visit Russia in October. FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to travel to Russia in mid-October 2026, Politico reported, citing sources.


An old protest from Bihar is falsely shared as CJP protesters attacking a hydrogen train in Delhi. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. On 28 June 2026, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest and began an indefinite hunger strike in support of the movement’s demands.


Four Indian citizens killed in Russian strike on ship in Black Sea. India’s Foreign Ministry summons senior Russian diplomat. India’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires Vladimir Ladanov and expressed “serious concern” over the deaths of Indian citizens in a Russian strike on a cargo ship.


AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops call for peace and dialogue ahead of December elections. Juba – At the conclusion of their annual assembly, held from July 15 to 17, 2026, the Catholic bishops of South Sudan issued an urgent appeal to address the serious challenges facing the country. Among their main concerns are the nation’s mounting economic challenges, including sharp currency depreciation and skyrocketing prices of goods and services, as well as ongoing violence between armed groups and security forces, and the encroachment of Uganda People’s Defence Forces into South Sudan’s southern borders.With democratic elections scheduled for December 22, 2026, the bishops called on political leaders, institutions, and all citizens to prioritize peace, dialogue, and constitutional order. They also raised concerns about the December 22 election date, which coincides with Christmas, noting that a “looming transitional and constitutional crisis” exists regardless of whether elections proceed.In the statement, released by Sr. Laurencila Akinyi of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Anne , the bishops also appealed to the international community and humanitarian partners to step up their support for a population severely affected by food insecurity. Recurrent flooding continues to devastate large areas of the country, destroying crops and undermining the livelihoods of thousands of families.Finally, the bishops reaffirmed the urgent need to fully implement the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement in good faith and to base electoral decisions on dialogue, mutual trust, constitutional order, and the common good. They also appealed to all South Sudanese to reject violence, hatred, tribalism, and misinformation, emphasizing that citizens share a common destiny.


An old, unrelated video is shared as showing a massive bike rally heading towards Jantar Mantar after Sonam Wangchuk was taken to the hospital. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. On 28 June 2026, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest and began an indefinite hunger strike in support of the movement’s demands.


Russia’s Supreme Court declares two groups behind Aeroflot hack ‘extremist organizations’. Russia’s Supreme Court has designated the hacker groups “Cyber Partisans BY” and Silent Crow as “extremist organizations,” acting on a request from the Prosecutor General’s Office.


An old video of Sunita Williams at the Kerala Literature Festival is being shared as visuals of her joining the CJP protest. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Amid these protests, a video showing Sunita Williams being escorted by security personnel is being shared on social media (here, here, here) with the


Women, volleyball and Kiryandongo. On a rough field inside Kiryandongo refugee settlement, displaced women are building a volleyball community that gives girls room to compete, form friendships and recover a sense of agency after war.


New Jersey towns use home rule to block data centers, a step beyond Gov. Sherrill. At least two dozen municipalities lean on a powerful Jersey tool to keep high-tech warehouses from draining water and power.


Brownsville’s Saronic Autonomous War Plans Echo a Confederate’s Post-Civil War Profit-Seeking Killings. The ongoing ‘murder-suicide’ of our living Rio Grande Valley (ie. economic development) has the same billionaire overlord vibe as the slave-picked cotton profits fought for by ‘Rip’ Ford in 1865.


'Many Worlds, Celebrate!' A Call for Submissions. Through August 2, Deceleration invites poems, flash fic and creative nonfic, song, and art for our upcoming summer Creative Review highlighting counterimaginaries for the U.S. 250th.


As Democrats aim to retake the Wisconsin Legislature, here are the races we’re watching in the Aug. 11 primary. Control of the Legislature won’t be known until the Nov. 3 general election, but the primary could offer clues about who has momentum.


Here are 11 free concert series in Milwaukee. There are still plenty of opportunities to get out in the community and enjoy live music this summer.


Food for Health fills void by providing medically tailored meals to those in need. The organization is Wisconsin’s first accredited medically tailored meal provider, preparing and delivering meals designed for people living with chronic health conditions.


HACM launches ‘Save your Spot’ campaign for housing waiting lists. People who’ve applied for public housing must log into HACM’s Rent Café applicant portal to update their contact information and confirm they want to stay on the wait list.


Post From Community: Why are people talking about building a new courthouse in Milwaukee, and what is the Public Safety Building? After years of planning, Milwaukee County Supervisors will weigh in on the scope of a critical courthouse project and financing options during July committee meetings.


Level Crossing Accidents Fell Sharply, but Some States Remain at Risk. TL;DR Indian Railways has significantly improved level crossing safety over the past decade. The number of level crossings has fallen by over 40%, while 97% are now manned and all unmanned broad-gauge crossings have been eliminated. Level crossing accidents have dropped from 45% of all train accidents in 2013–14 to just 3% in 2024–25. However,


#Aids2026: Thembi Xulu, the hip-hop mum trying to bring the anti-HIV jab home. From negotiating South Africa's bid to make the groundbreaking HIV prevention injection lenacapavir, to helping to chart the country's Aids programmes through unprecedented donor funding cuts, Thembi Xulu has become one of Africa's most influential HIV leaders. As delegates gather in Rio for the International Aids Conference, Bhekisisa profiles the woman helping shape the next chapter of South Africa's HIV response.


India has heat action plans. But where is the budget? For millions of Indians, heat is experienced not through meteorological bulletins but inside a tin-roofed room that does not cool after sunset, at a work site where stopping work means losing wages, or in fields under a scorching sun. Yet extreme heat remains difficult to locate as a distinct priority in India’s public finances. Published in June 2026, Standing the Heat is a joint report by Greenpeace India, the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), and the Budget Analysis and Research Centre Trust (BARC) that examines Union Budget data from 2020–21 to 2026–27 to understand allocations for heat response. It maps 130 schemes across various ministries that could support preparedness, adaptation, and resilience. The report’s central finding is revealing. While India has several programmes that may reduce heat vulnerability, there is no dedicated national heat budget, no Union scheme designed exclusively for extreme heat, and no financing framework that connects key ministries overseeing climate, health, labour, water, housing, agriculture, and disaster management. This gap is critical because heat risk


Zelensky appoints Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, dismissing Oleksandr Syrskyi. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, replacing Oleksandr Syrskyi in the role.


Photos show massive fires after Ukraine strikes Russian retailer Wildberries’ warehouses for the second time in a week. Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries logistics centers in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, in Stavropol Krai, in the early hours of July 22, setting off large fires. Helicopters from the Russian Emergency Ministry were deployed to help fight the blazes. According to Krasnodar Krai authorities, ten people were injured in the attack, three of them in serious condition. In Nevinnomyssk, five people were injured, none of whom required hospitalization. Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim said staff had been quickly evacuated from the warehouses. Meduza has compiled photos and videos of the aftermath.


Old video from Mumbai falsely circulated as Naseeruddin Shah joining Jantar Mantar stir. On July 20, the day the CJP-led ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest-march saw clashes between youth protesters and security personnel in Delhi, News18 published a report at 10 pm titled, ‘Naseeruddin Shah Reaches Jantar Mantar With Sons Imaad, Vivaan Amid CJP Protest’. The report was based on a viral clip being circulated on social media showing Naseeruddin


ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Chifeng. Vatican City - Today, Wednesday 22 July 2026, the Reverend Joseph Chang Yanfeng received episcopal ordination. The Holy Father appointed him bishop of Chifeng on 15 June 2026, having approved his candidature within the framework of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.The Reverend Joseph Chang Yanfeng was born on 4 April 1984 in Beizhen . From 2000 to 2006 he attended the Theological Seminary of Shenyang, after which he carried out a period of pastoral training at the parish of Lindong from July 2006 to February 2007. From 2007 to 2010, he studied at the Catholic University of Daejeon in South Korea, where he was awarded a degree in biblical theology. He was ordained a priest on 18 November 2010 for the diocese of Chifeng. From 2010 to 2013, he worked in the diocesan curia and, at the same time, in various parishes within the same circumscription. From October 2013 to September 2019, he served as parish priest of Chifeng Cathedral and subsequently, from 2019 to 2021, as parish priest of Lindong. Since 15 October 2021, he has held the post of diocesan administrator of Chifeng.


Aircraft linked to U.S. veteran served RSF supply routes. A Reuters investigation has identified links between companies controlled by Steven Shaulis, a former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets, and a network of


The man next to Renuka Chowdhury in this video is Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain, not Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. On 20 July 2026, the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march organised by the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP), demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over irregularities in conducting exams, turned violent in Delhi. According to media reports, several people from both sides were injured in the clashes between the security forces and the protesters. Against


How an AI research tool helped challenge support for police violence in Brazil. In 2023, Brazil recorded 45,747 intentional violent deaths — among the highest rates in the world. Like many democracies, the country has long grappled with the issue of large-scale public support for state violence.


Based on viral fake letter, Republic, News 18 claim Jamaat-e-Islami support to CJP. A news bulletin from media outlet Republic on July 21 claimed that Bangladeshi Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, had openly expressed support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on July 20, further linking it to an alleged “anti-India toolkit”. “Was this a coordinated effort by this anti-India toolkit..?” asks the reporter


Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, Mykhailo Drapatyi draws reactions from Kyiv, Moscow, and the West — including visible concern from Russian war bloggers. Mykhailo Drapatyi became commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on the evening of July 21, replacing Oleksandr Syrskyi. The appointment capped a conflict between Syrskyi and Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov: Zelensky fired Fedorov, prompting protesters to take to the streets on the ex-minister’s behalf, and Syrskyi’s resignation followed. Drapatyi has a reputation as a new-generation commander who — unlike Syrskyi — welcomes initiative from the ranks and tries to keep his soldiers alive. Here’s what else commentators are saying about Ukraine’s incoming and outgoing commanders in chief.


Ruling: City of Hamilton can request restaurants provide security footage for City employee disciplinary reviews. The City of Hamilton can continue to request local restaurants, and other places of business, to turn over security footage that shows Hamilton paramedics inside of those businesses. In a Labour Arbitration decision, posted to CanLII earlier today, the union representing Hamilton’s paramedics challenged this practice arguing that it violated the collective agreement, privacy laws,


Study finds one of Michigan’s healthiest forests in Grand Rapids. By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov Surrounded by busy roads, neighborhoods and businesses, Ken-O-Sha Park doesn’t look like one of Michigan’s most valuable forests. But a new study found the 100-acre park in Grand Rapids is home to one of the state’s highest-quality remaining forests.


Buildertrend built an AI chatbot to help customers. Here’s what it learned. The construction management company has gone all in on artificial intelligence, expecting all teams to experiment with the technology. The Bailey AI chatbot, first deployed in February, is a lesson in customer-facing use cases.


Opinion: We must oppose and ban the use of Flock technology. Nickolas X. Doherty contends that mass surveillance technology used by Milwaukee police and other law enforcement entities is dangerous to the community.


How does a general who resigned over the deaths of 12 soldiers return a year later to lead Ukraine’s army? Meet Mykhailo Drapatyi, the new commander-in-chief. Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed General Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief. He replaces General Oleksandr Syrskyi, whom Zelensky dismissed at the height of a political crisis: Mykhailo Fedorov, who had also been dismissed as defense minister days earlier, had accused Syrskyi of scheming and blocking military reforms. Protests in support of Fedorov broke out in Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities, and demonstrators demanded Syrskyi’s removal as well. Ukrainian journalist Kostiantyn Skorkin explains who Drapatyi is and why his appointment is not simply a concession to the protesters.


Disaster Recovery Center for flooding support now open in Milwaukee County. Residents in need of support can now apply for FEMA individual assistance in person at a Disaster Recovery Center, or for low-interest loans at a Business Recovery Center.


Scammers target injured Wisconsin workers with fake worker’s compensation hearings. Wisconsin officials warn that scammers are using fake worker’s compensation hearings to trick injured workers, most of them Spanish-speaking, into paying bogus fees.


The World Cup is over but don’t forget the feeling of connection that made it so joyful. Unity and diversity were on display during the World Cup. Let’s keep that same energy


After sweeping US charges linked to Nijjar assassination, Sikh Canadians ask what happened to evidence of Indian government involvement. In 2023, an Indian intelligence agent identified in U.S. court filings only as “CC-1” reached out over encrypted messaging to Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national with a history in narcotics and weapons trafficking, and made him an offer: help arrange the assassination of a New York-based Sikh rights leader with dual Canadian-American citizenship, and CC-1 would make Gupta’s criminal case in Gujarat disappear.


New blood test speeds childhood cancer diagnosis. Liquid biopsy test for Burkitt lymphoma proved quick and accurate in East African studies.


Can lived experiences shape scholarship programmes? Vishesh* is studying for his Master of Arts in social work. This is his first time away from his home in Buldhana district, Maharashtra. His parents are farmers, with an annual income of INR 2,00,000. He is the first person from his family to ever pursue a postgraduate degree. Twice a week, Vishesh wakes up before sunrise to take the local train to Karjat, 70 km east of Mumbai, for his fieldwork with a livelihoods- and disability-focused nonprofit. The journey costs him INR 50 weekly. The fieldwork allowance provided to cover travel and food almost always falls short. To cover his expenses, he often skips dinner in the college dining hall, saving INR 50 each week. Vishesh, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community, was eligible for the Government of India's Post-Matric Scholarship. In recent years, the scholarship has undergone several changes: Other Backward Classes (OBC) students are no longer eligible for it, and administration of funds has shifted from central to state governments, with each state now maintaining its


An unrelated Bihar road rage video is falsely shared as showing a Muslim man attempting to set a car on fire during the CJP protest. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest on 28 June and began an indefinite hunger strike. On 20 July, protesters launched a “Chalo


Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio meet in the Philippines, discuss war in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila, the Philippines, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.


FT: EU to let Greek company keep shipping Russian gas to win approval for new sanctions package. Greek shipping company Dynagas will be allowed to keep transporting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) despite European Union sanctions, the Financial Times reported, citing European diplomats.


As support for Putin slips, the Kremlin lowers the ruling party’s election target amid fears a landslide victory would look suspicious. Russia’s Presidential Administration announced in March 2026 that it expected United Russia, the country’s ruling party, to win 55% of the vote in September’s elections, with 50% turnout, according to a public statement.


Old, unrelated video from Uttarakhand falsely linked to Delhi’s ‘Chalo Sansad’ protest. On 20 July 2026, the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march organised by the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP), demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in conducting exams, turned violent in Delhi. According to media reports, several people from both sides were injured in the clashes between the security forces and the protesters.


A just cause, a troubling recognition. Somaliland has secured formal recognition from Israel, but this breakthrough carries political, moral, and security costs, drawing its statehood campaign into the conflicts shaping the Red Sea and the


Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, starts compensating sellers for goods destroyed in Ukrainian drone attacks. Sellers say it’s not enough. Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, has announced it will compensate sellers for goods lost in Ukrainian drone attacks. On Wednesday evening, July 22, marketplace owner Tatyana Kim said that sellers whose goods were damaged in Elektrostal, in the Moscow region, would receive payments “within 24 hours.” She said the company would prioritize “supporting the smallest and least protected entrepreneurs,” adding that more than 88,000 sellers fall into that category.


A Nepal Gen-Z protest video falsely shared as showing a student throwing back a tear gas shell at police officers during the CJP protest. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest on 28 June and began an indefinite hunger strike. On 20 July, protesters launched a “Chalo


House subpoena of BreakThrough News threatens press freedom. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:New York, July 23, 2026 — In a direct attack on the First Amendment, the House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed independent news outlet BreakThrough News, demanding internal records under the guise of investigating foreign influence in the tax-exempt nonprofit sector.The committee, chaired by Rep. Jason Smith, is seeking BreakThrough News’ financial records, internal communications, and more. Lawmakers claim the probe focuses on tax compliance. But abusing congressional subpoena power to target a news outlet whose coverage a committee chair doesn’t like undermines core press freedom guarantees.The following can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern: “Congress shouldn’t be using a tax investigation as a pretext to dig through a newsroom’s internal communications or financial records. Freedom of the press applies to all journalists, regardless of whether politicians like their editorial slant or their politics.“Allowing a congressional committee to harass an independent newsroom with a broad subpoena sets an awful precedent. If lawmakers can abuse tax oversight to single out outlets whose reporting offends them today, no newsroom in America is safe from government intimidation tomorrow.” FPF strongly urges the House Ways and Means Committee to withdraw its subpoena against BreakThrough News and stop using congressional oversight as a tool to retaliate against independent media.Please contact us if you would like further comment.


Pollinator problem: A new predator is stalking mason bees. Attracted by a backyard conservation boom, houdini flies are threatening bee populations


Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens. Speakers at Saturday's ‘Apply Heat’ day of action decried the rising numbers of ICE-related deaths and called for long-term resistance.


United Russia’s top Duma candidate, war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, declared stock in Apple, Intel, and Nebius Group in his election filing. Yevgeny Poddubny, a Russian war correspondent and one of the top five candidates on United Russia’s list for the State Duma elections, declared shares in several foreign companies, including Apple Inc., Intel Corporation, Procter & Gamble, and Nebius Group N.V., the Russian business daily Kommersant reported.


The data center fight is going global. As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.


Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so. To fill openings for nurses, surgical techs and more, UW Health pays staff to train for new health careers, on the clock. Now, as other states struggle to find enough health workers, the company wants to show them how it’s done.


5 things to know and do the weekend of July 24. Check out lowriders; enjoy a community picnic; get a free backpack and supplies; and more.


MPS is overhauling its transportation system. Here’s what you need to know and how you can get involved. Milwaukee Public Schools needs to cut $3.5 million in transportation costs to align with the budget. Here’s what it’s considering and how you can have a say in it.


Russia passes ‘civil death’ legislation to freeze exiled critics’ money, block their passports, and cut off consular aid. On July 22, State Duma deputies passed two laws intended to ensure the “inevitability of punishment” for those evading Russian justice abroad. Human rights advocates from the organization First Department directly call the new rules a path toward the de facto stripping of citizenship from opponents of the ruling regime, whom the authorities are prosecuting under political articles of Russia’s Criminal Code.


Sberbank to close foreign-currency and multicurrency Visa and Mastercard cards starting September 1. Sberbank will discontinue servicing foreign-currency and multicurrency Visa and Mastercard cards starting September 1, 2026, TASS and RBC reported.


What HIV got right — but obesity still hasn’t. As delegates gather in Rio de Janeiro for the International Aids Conference next week, one of the biggest lessons from HIV has nothing to do with a virus. South Africa has already learned what happens when stigma keeps people away from life-changing treatment. Now, as obesity rises and effective medicines remain out of reach for most people, we're at risk of making the same mistakes all over again.


I Set Out to Test-Drive a Chinese EV. Here’s What It Taught Me about Carney’s New Deal. 49,000 imported cars may remake our entire auto industry


Russia to ban dairy imports from Armenia. Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) will restrict imports of dairy products from Armenia starting July 27, 2026.


Ukraine launches one of its biggest strikes on Russia this year, targeting Wildberries warehouses and a missile plant. Russia’s air defenses shot down 571 Ukrainian drones overnight on July 24 over 15 regions of Russia, occupied Crimea, and the Sea of Azov and Black Sea, the Defense Ministry reported.


Japanese-Filipino children’s painful quests for filial recognition and citizenship. It is very difficult for the Japanese-Filipino children to locate their Japanese fathers. Despite NGOs’ help, many suffer the pain of “endless waiting,” frustrations, and anxieties.


FSB says it detained a woman in Moscow on suspicion of working for Ukrainian intelligence. It says she plotted to blow up a security officer’s car. Russia’s Federal Security Service detained a Russian woman born in 1996 in Moscow, accusing her of trying to bomb a security officer’s car on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence, the FSB’s Public Relations Center announced.


Number of funeral companies in Russia jumped more than 20% in a year. Russia had 995 registered companies and individual entrepreneurs whose main line of business is funeral services as of mid-2026, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing data from the Russian corporate database service Rusprofile. That’s up 22.5% from a year earlier: the fastest growth in the number of funeral companies in Russia over the past five years.


On rare trip outside Moscow, Putin visits aviation plant in Siberia. Vladimir Putin paid an unannounced visit to an aviation plant in Irkutsk. State media, including TASS, did not report on the trip until the afternoon of July 24.


Russian missile strike on private training ground near Kyiv kills 10, injures around 100. Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and the surrounding region on the afternoon of July 24. Ukrainian media, citing Valerii Borovyk, the founder of the defense manufacturer First Contact, reported that the attack hit a training ground in Kyiv region’s Bucha district.


An unrelated video from Mysuru, Karnataka, is shared as visuals of students protesting in Nashik, Maharashtra. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 20 June 2026, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined the protest on 28 June 2026 and launched an indefinite hunger strike. On 20 July 2026, protesters’ “Chalo


Five Things: AgTech Connect 2026. The annual conference is part of The Combine’s overall mission in growing the state’s agtech ecosystem — encouraging the rise of new research and startups to transform the ag industry. Topics covered include data ownership and usage, raising capital, understanding customers and emphasizing the importance of people in a business journey.


New prize rewards making public records truly public. Dear Friend of Press Freedom:One of the most important press freedom cases in the country deserves far more attention: Journalist Catherine Herridge has paid at least $4,000 in fines for refusing to reveal a confidential source, and she’ll owe even more unless the Supreme Court steps in. Plus: a new award for public records reporting, and the Justice Department’s subpoenas to The New York Times go down in flames. New prize rewards making public records truly publicAre you a journalist who uses the Freedom of Information Act in your reporting? You could win $25,000.This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) launched the Penlight Prize, honoring outstanding paywall-free reporting based on public records. Inspired by our partnership with Wired to drop paywalls for articles based on public records — a huge success for that outlet — the award recognizes journalism that makes publicly funded documents and the reporting based on them available to everyone, not just subscribers.We hope this award encourages more journalists to use FOIA and more news outlets to unlock their articles built on public records.


Canada says a human always decides your visa. Applicants say they can’t tell. A new study, supported by the experience of immigration lawyers, describes a system where automated triage shapes outcomes long before an officer signs a refusal — and where almost no one outside IRCC can see how.


The Fight Against Surveillance Cameras Is a Struggle for Democracy. The efforts of communities who have canceled, rejected, or deactivated automated license plate readers have exposed these as authoritarian tools, both a symptom and a mechanism enabling this political moment.


Ten States Account for 84% of India’s Stampede Deaths. TL;DR An analysis of NCRB data from 2001 to 2024 shows that stampede deaths in India continue to occur in irregular spikes rather than following a sustained decline. A total of 147 people lost their lives in stampedes in 2024, while the deadliest year in the dataset was 2011, with 489 deaths. The analysis also


Protecting Pangolins in India: When an armor is not enough. After 80 million years of evolution, and one group of species still fights for survival. This time, though, the threat is humans.


Mumbai cop threatens youth protestors of framing them in fake drug cases; shunted after video goes viral. After a viral video of a police driver threatening to “plant powder” on detained protesters was met with outrage online, Mumbai Police on July 23 suspended the man and ordered an inquiry. The incident happened amid the Cockroach Janata Party protests demanding the resignation of Union education minister owing to the paper leaks and irregularities


How much will it take to rebuild Venezuela after the earthquakes? Early damage estimates vary widely, but all point to the same conclusion: rebuilding Venezuela will require unprecedented financial resources and long-term economic recovery efforts.


How Indonesia and Singapore handle information pressure. From election debates to AI‑manipulated content, audiences in both countries rely on legacy media for credibility while increasingly consuming politics through fast, visual and creator‑driven formats. Trust in news continues to slide globally, yet when elections arrive, audiences in Indonesia and Singapore behave differently. New evidence from both countries shows that even in a fragmented,


No, Piyush Goyal did not call for hanging ‘cockroaches’; viral video is a deepfake. Amid the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protests and the surrounding uproar over police brutality against student and youth demonstrators, a video of Union Minister Piyush Goyal has gone viral on social media over this past week. In the clip, Goyal can purportedly be heard saying, (translated from Hindi), “I believe that we should hang a


Taare Zameen Par: Celebrities break silence, back CJP-led youth uprising. Several celebrities have come out in support of the youth-led protests that have swept Delhi since July 20, condemning the police crackdown on demonstrators and backing the students’ demands for accountability and education reforms. The ‘Sansad Chalo’ march, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), drew tens of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of


Hargeisa book fair opens with Eswatini as guest country. The 19th edition of the Hargeisa International Book Fair opened on Saturday, bringing together writers, academics, artists and government officials for six days of discussions, literary events and


BJP leader, Right-wing handles share clipped video, claim communal agenda behind CJP stir. On July 23, when the Cockroach Janta Party(CJP)-led protest in Delhi demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan was at its peak, a five-second video went viral, in which a man could be seen chanting “Nara-e-Takbir” and the crowd responded with “Allah Hu Akbar.” Sharing this clip, several BJP leaders and supporters claimed


The public demanded data center news, and Wisconsin Watch is delivering. For the past six months we’ve produced multiple stories to inform the public debate about this hot topic.


Podcast: Dr. Matthew Farber and his students hunt for wild yeasts to brew beer. A Rowan University professor teaches biology through the art of what he calls “yeast hunting.”


Raising the bar: Rebuilding Canada’s immigration consulting profession. Canada fundamentally changed how immigration consultants enter the profession, replacing a licensing model centred primarily on examinations with graduate-level education, competency-based assessment and enhanced ethical training. Five years on, what has changed – and what hasn’t?


In-Canada Workers Initiative: Ottawa says new immigration for temporary workers is not a lottery–it sure feels like it. Canada is fast-tracking permanent residence for up to 33,000 temporary workers based on nothing but application date, IRCC says — but it won't say who's actually benefiting.


5 things to know and do the week of July 27. Attend a neighborhood meeting; honor doulas, birthworkers and midwives; meet your new adoptable pet; and more.


Milwaukee teens use AI tools to create apps to help solve community problems. From skin care to entrepreneurship, Milwaukee Vibe Coding Summer Camp gave teens a free opportunity to learn AI and coding skills and use them to resolve everyday challenges.


UAE and African Students Drive Foreign Student Enrolments in India. TL;DR Foreign student enrolment in Indian higher education reached a record 58,134 in 2023–24, more than doubling since 2010–11. While neighbouring countries continue to account for a large share of students, enrolment from countries such as the UAE, the United States, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe has grown rapidly, reflecting a gradual diversification of India’s international student


Support Global Voices’ Spotlight: Indigenous Rights. Through August, our newsroom and contributor community will collaborate with different Indigenous activists, civil society groups, and collectives to tell stories about their challenges and strategies for asserting and preserving their rights.


Eating chicken on Ganga can’t be an offence, no law bars that, says Justice Ujjal Bhuyan. Asserting that there was no law that prohibited eating chicken on the Ganges, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court on Saturday, July 25, criticised the arrest of 14 young Muslim men in Varanasi in March this year. While delivering the fourth Justice GP Singh memorial lecture at the National Law Institute University in Bhopal,


After Ukrainian drones hit a Wildberries warehouse in St. Petersburg, one eyewitness spoke to Meduza about the fire, the road closures, and the workers left waiting. Early on the morning of July 24, Ukrainian forces attacked more Wildberries logistics centers — this time in Crimea, the Leningrad region, and St. Petersburg. In Russia’s northwest, drones damaged two separate warehouse complexes, in Shushary and Utkina Zavod. Authorities did not report any injuries. Nikolai (name changed), a St. Petersburg resident who was near the site of the drone strike in Shushary, told Meduza what happened after the attack.


Ethnic Vietnamese face discrimination and statelessness in Cambodia. "Sometimes they say that we came to take their land. But how can we do that? We don’t have anything here."


Russian online retailer Wildberries hides military gear from ‘everything for the SVO’ searches — but it’s still on the site. Wildberries has stopped displaying military-related goods in search results for the terms “everything for the SVO” and “SVO,” Ukrainian Telegram channels have reported.


BJP members pelting stones during Kolkata CJP protest? Ranchi video falsely viral. A video is viral on social media, depicting a few men atop a fire service truck, pelting some objects at a crowd while police stand nearby. Text written in Bengali, which translates to “Media will now say that those [objects] were tomatoes, not stones”, is superimposed on the viral clip. Many social media users have


These viral videos allegedly showing BJP leaders making inflammatory remarks against CJP supporters are AI-manipulated. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on 20 June 2026 over alleged examination irregularities. The party ended the protest on 27 July 2026 after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government assured action on examination reforms (here, here). Amid these developments, multiple videos are being shared on


Can we nonprofits display the courage we ask of others? Last week, amid the roar of young voices asking for accountability, amid the courage of their songs and the humour of their memes, there was the usual absence of support from government officials and business leaders. But this time there was also an eerie silence from an extremely important segment of the country: the nonprofits. Some of us in the team spent the week on social media scouring the handles of nonprofits, especially those who work with the youth, to find out what they were doing for the people they serve. And we could count on half a hand the number of organisations who had put out even a single post, story, or tweet supporting the protests, leave alone providing tools and advice to the youth who were standing up to a powerful government. We—who do not hesitate to ask the world of everyone, who berate governments, businesses, philanthropists, and patriarchal communities for not doing enough—were nowhere in the picture. We, who claim to be the drivers of social change,


Sudanese army retakes key North Kordofan towns. The Sudanese army has made one of its most significant advances in Kordofan this year, saying it has recaptured the towns of Bara, Umm Sayala and Jabra al-Sheikh following a large-scale offensive.


This viral video predates the CJP protest and does not show clergymen heading to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on 20 June 2026 over alleged examination irregularities. The party ended the protest on 27 July 2026 after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government assured action on examination reforms (here, here). Amid these developments, a video showing a large group


Russia’s Udmurt Republic reports ‘most massive’ Ukrainian drone attack. Zelensky says Ukraine struck oil facility. Ukraine struck Russia’s Udmurt Republic with drones on the morning of July 27, Governor Alexander Brechalov said, adding that air defense forces were repelling “the most massive attack in recent times.”


AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Vatican City - On June 10, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization , confirmed Fr. Kizito Takaendesa Nhundu, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Harare, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Zimbabwe for the five-year term 2026-2031


Prairie Portraits: Parker Crane. The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.


Mexico World Cup celebration video falsely linked to Delhi CJP protest. A 17 second long video is viral on social media platforms, showing a woman wearing a head mask, dancing and grooving while sitting on the shoulder of a man amidst a huge crowd also dancing around her with loud music playing in the background. A man from behind removes her mask from behind, and the


Montenegro will require visas for Russians, Belarusians, and three other nationalities, starting November 1. Montenegro will introduce a visa requirement for Russian citizens, the government announced in a press release published on its website July 27.


Putin expands the size of Russia’s army for the sixth time since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree raising the army’s authorized size to 2,426,130 personnel, with service members now numbering 1,535,000, up from 1,510,000.


A Russian court sentenced Kirill Cheplygin to 19 years for the brutal murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend. He’s fighting in Ukraine instead. Kirill Cheplygin, a resident of Achinsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, was sentenced to 19 years for murdering his ex-wife and her boyfriend. He has since signed a contract with Russia’s Defense Ministry and left for the war in Ukraine, his ex-wife’s mother told the newspaper Gorod A.


Live Coverage: Hamilton City Council Public Works Committee. Road safety, pedestrian safety, public alleyway closures, and election year councillor motions. Follow along for live coverage.


Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine in disgrace in 2014. A new investigation says he now lives in Sochi — under his mother’s maiden name. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is now living in Sochi and using documents in the name of “Oleg Nikolayevich Leonov,” according to an investigation by the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Telebachennya Toronto.”


Fire Point’s chief designer says Ukraine could hit Moscow with ballistic missiles as soon as this fall. Denis Shtilerman, the owner and chief designer of Fire Point, told journalist Dmitry Gordon that Ukraine could carry out its first ballistic missile strikes on Moscow as early as this fall.


Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor has changed a lot since January — and not much at all. Wisconsin Watch checked in with the five remaining candidates as they made their pitch to voters across the state.


Check out these farmers markets and other free neighborhood events in Milwaukee this summer. Buy fresh fruits and vegetables, join a wellness class, learn about arts and culture and more at community events this summer.


Can Wisconsin voters void a returned absentee ballot? New lawsuit sends issue back to court. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said they can’t, contradicting its past guidance and legal arguments.


Here’s what you need to know about the proposed cuts by MCTS. The proposed cuts are the result of the Milwaukee County Transit System’s long-term structural budget shortfall.


Russia’s ‘Red Book’ exists to keep rare species alive. After September 1, builders who claim ‘no other site available’ get a legal green light to wipe one out. The independent Russian data project “To Be Precise” has published an article explaining how Russia’s “Red Book” is compiled, why it exists, and why it periodically touches off scandals. We’re retelling it here, with a few examples and details of our own.


Post From Community: Public invited to help decorate huge BRONZEVILLE wood letters as part of Bronzeville Week art project. The huge letters are works of art paying homage to the rich history of artists who have lived and worked in Bronzeville.


Boko Haram conflict zone hides huge bird haven – study. Researchers use aerial surveys and modelling to study birdlife on one of Africa's least accessible wetlands.


The hidden cost of manganese. How a key mineral for the energy transition is destroying ecosystems and communities in South Africa's Northern Cape. Stephan Hofstatter, Marcello Rossi & Paul Tullis investigate


Dear Protest… Dear Protest, Are you okay? There was a time when this question was asked only to people. These days, it seems to be asked of the country. I picked up the morning paper, and there you were. From the front page to the gossip columns, everyone had an opinion on you. A little later, I sipped my tea as I scrolled on Instagram. Same story. Every other post, every other reel, there you were again. That’s when I began to worry. I tried the television next. Surely you’d be there somewhere too, buried beneath the shouting. One panel had already crowned you a patriot. Another had convicted you of treason. The verdict changed every few minutes. You never got to speak. I switched off the TV, folded the paper, and put my phone away. I sank into the sofa, and before I knew it, I was thinking about the last time I saw you. Do you remember? I do. I thought about Hyderabad first. Those impossible nights. A student writing


China’s clean technology dominance reshapes global net zero transition. Partnerships with China, not protectionism, will determine affordable, interoperable and equitable global decarbonisation and energy security. The global net zero transition has a supply chain, and it runs through China. This is not a geopolitical talking point — it is the operating reality of the fastest energy shift in human history. China now produces around


Almost 400 Ukrainian drones attack Moscow and Moscow region. A Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building on Zemskaya Street in Chekhov, outside Moscow, Moscow region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said. Chekhov Mayor Mikhail Sobakin said no one was injured, though two apartments were damaged.


Foreigners made nearly 3 million tourist trips to Russia in first half of 2026. That’s the worst showing in five years. Foreigners made 2.99 million tourist trips to Russia between January and June 2026, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing Rosstat data.


This video of CDS General NS Raja Subramani allegedly stating that 30,000 Army personnel resigned over the CJP protest is AI-manipulated. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began a sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar on 20 June 2026 over alleged examination irregularities. The party ended the protest on 25 July 2026 after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the government assured action on examination reforms (here, here). In this context, a video is being shared on