Over 11 months, the Ukrainian maritime corridor transported 60 million tons of cargo, primarily from the Greater Odesa ports, according to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA).Sonya Bandouil (The Kyiv Independent)
During a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Laos, the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell urged China to support the peace process in Ukraine and halt the export of dual-use goods to Russia, which bolster its military capabilities.Sonya Bandouil (The Kyiv Independent)
After a "challenging" manhunt, a teenager has been detained over the assassination of former Ukrainian lawmaker and linguist, Iryna Farion, Ukrainian authorities announced on July 25.Chris York (The Kyiv Independent)
Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuelsOliver Milman (The Guardian)
Russian forces targeted more than a dozen settlements in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, an official said, and a Russian drone hit an ambulance, wounding its driver.RFE/RL's Russian Service (RFE/RL)
Moscow's troops are attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses in the area, and the sector near Pokrovsk in the western part of Donetsk Oblast has become the hottest part of the front in recent weeks.The Kyiv Independent news desk (The Kyiv Independent)
The Russian military has recently expanded the Russian Central Grouping of Forces' area of responsibility in Donetsk Oblast, suggesting that the Russian military command has deprioritized the grouping's previous task to act solely as an operationalInstitute for the Study of War
Videos on social media that purport to show Romanian air defense units shooting down Russian attack drones above Ukraine are spreading a false narrative, Romania's Defense Ministry said in a statement on July 26.Elsa Court (The Kyiv Independent)
In the first half of 2024, Russia executed multiple hybrid operations aimed at undermining the trust of Czech citizens in their government, according to a report by the Czech Ministry of Internal...Olena Mukhina (Euromaidan Press)
The 59th Brigade is deployed near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast, a front-line town under heavy pressure by Russian forces.The Kyiv Independent news desk (The Kyiv Independent)
Lachlan’s siblings, “were caught completely off guard by their father’s efforts to rewrite what was supposed to be an inviolable trust and have united to stop him,” the Times reported. A trial in September set by a Nevada probate commissioner will determine whether Rupert is acting in “good faith,” in resetting the terms.
Rupert learned a lesson he would never forget after his own father’s death: Control is everything. Sir Keith got to the top of the masthead at the Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times and tried to cobble together a handful of newspaper shareholdings to pass to his son, but they were mostly snatched away and sold off after his death. A 21-year-old Rupert was left to sort out the mess.
Now, he’s trying to make sure Lachlan doesn’t have to duke it out with family foes after he passes. From wherever the 93-year-old is going next, the masterful media mogul wants to ensure Fox and News Corp. remain aligned to his own conservative political beliefs.
On Camera: Russian Nuclear-Capable Missile Destroys Zelensky’s ‘Secret’ Depot | Putin | Ukraine War Russian forces destroyed Ukraine’s…EUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Die Gen Z politisiert sich auf Tiktok. Wegen der Plattform glauben mehr junge Menschen an Verschwörungsideologien. Aber Tiktok bietet auch eine Chance: mehr Aufmerksamkeit für vergessene Konflikte.Krautreporter
The climate emergency poses a “real risk” to Spain’s traditional mass tourist model as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit the country’s most popular coastal destinations, a senior public health adviser has warned.
Héctor Tejero, the head of health and climate change at Spain’s health ministry, said the increasingly apparent physical impacts of the climate emergency had already led the ministry to begin talks with the British embassy on how best to educate “vulnerable” tourists about coping with the heat.
Asked whether the climate emergency could lead to tourism disappearing from parts of Spain in the future, Tejero said: “It’s a real risk because the big Spanish sol y playa tourist areas – the areas that are most dependent on tourism – are places where the impact of climate change is going to be greatest in Spain; places such as the south and the east of the peninsula – basically the Mediterranean coast. There’s a definite risk that the zones where there’s most tourism will become less habitable because of more heatwaves and much hotter nights.”
Such conditions, he added, could discourage tourists, or push up air-conditioning costs for hotels as the units would need to be on for longer periods of time.
“I’d say tourism is one of many sectors that’s at risk from climate change,” Tejero said. “Apart from the fact that it’s causing tensions in certain areas, it needs to adapt itself to the climatic reality that’s on the way. That’s why we need to adapt the tourist sector, consider reducing it, and try to mitigate the effects of climate change before they get worse. But Spain is the EU country that’s most vulnerable to climate change and that’s not going to change in the short term.”
Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to themSam Jones (The Guardian)
"Notice the cranes and vehicles at the bottom, which show off just how enormous the ELT is!"Samantha Mathewson (Space)
Campaigners say pollution is killing the lake, with wildlife suffering after blue-green algal blooms.Tara Mills (BBC News)