Liberate Hong Kong? Time’s up for that slogan, court rules in first security law trial wapo.st/3zE8JNB

Jeff Bezos isn't finished with his space plans cnn.it/2V9BqmC

An explosion and fire at a waste plant in Leverkusen, a city in western Germany, killed at least one worker and injured more than a dozen others. Officials declared the situation an “extreme threat” as they assessed the toxicity of the smoke. nyti.ms/3f0KDVA

Press groups raise alarm over threats to foreign media in China theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…

Today, the European Commission has appointed 12 members of the Investment Committee of the #InvestEU Fund. The appointment of the Investment Committee is another milestone for the implementation of the InvestEU Programme! Check out the list of members: europa.eu/!HV4FFm

Two weeks ago we presented our #EUGreenDeal proposals. Our goals: reach our climate targets, preserve nature and put jobs and social balance at the heart of this transformation. #NextGenerationEU will help make it real, by funding green, sustainable projects all over Europe.

Jag har tagit mig in i en belägrad stad i Afghanistan och jag är så omskakad att jag inte hittar ord för att beskriva fasorna jag bevittnar. Världen har lämnat de här människorna till en slakt. Gravida kvinnor skjuts. Bebisar bränns sönder. Folk vågar inte sova på nätterna.

Mask mandates are coming back, including in Vegas. Tourists aren’t happy. wapo.st/3zLlXZ2

I was honored to meet with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya at the White House this morning. The United States stands with the people of Belarus in their quest for democracy and universal human rights.

Ancient Gilgamesh tablet seized from Hobby Lobby by US authorities theguardian.com/books/2021/jul…

New Zealand rated best place to survive global societal collapse theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…

On our “Checks and Balance” podcast we look back at US-Cuba relations and how Fidel Castro used a visit to New York in 1960 to troll America econ.st/3rwUEPl

In Peru, a rural schoolteacher rises from obscurity to the presidency wapo.st/3zKaBEv

Six Rohingya refugees so far has been killed from floods hitting refugee camps in Bangladesh. theguardian.com/global-develop…

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Hjälp vad händer. En minut sedan: Hela min säng i Kabul börjar skaka fram och tillbaka. Det vibrerar i hela kroppen och känns som en jordbävning. Men det var det inte. En hög explosion följdes av skottlossning. Något dåligt händer i Kabul.

The head of Belarusian activist group has been found dead in Kyiv. The Police have started an ongoing investigation if what appears to be a suicide could be a murder. reuters.com/world/europe/m…

The Taliban is on verge of taking a key strategic provincial city, having taking 9/10 districts, according to Afghan officials. Losing the city would prove a major setback and a heavy blow to morale of both security forces and the Afghan government. theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…

South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Tuesday that it had recorded at least two cases of the new coronavirus delta plus variant, which some experts believe to be more transmissible than the original delta variant. wapo.st/3jn5C64

Most of the victims are men between 20 and 29. Sweden’s rate of homicide by shooting is two-­and-­a-­half times the European average econ.st/3ihxfhA