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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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[ India] Tens of thousands of protesters have defied police orders and descended on Delhi to demand the resignation of India’s education minister in one of the largest anti-government demonstrations in years.

Lemmy-worthy title if I’ve ever seen one.

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🐍 Not shocked by #Meta or the kind of people they put in charge of their “digital experiences for kids”¹.

The dam of the Belgorod reservoir has been destroyed as a result of UAV strikes

💥13 залізничних мостів. Операція ССО “Кондуктор”

also see https://maritime-executive.com/article/shadow-fleet-tanker-appears-to-spill-oil-off-coast-of-oman

However you look at it age verification is a major change to the internet and our freedoms.

Kuwait City (Kuwait) (AFP) – Residents of Kuwait, one of the world’s hottest countries, are cutting their use of air conditioning at the height of summer, as Iranian strikes on power plants turn rationing into a national priority.

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The Ministry directed that brigades be consolidated: General Syrskyi proceeded to establish three additional brigades. The Ministry directed the consolidation of Ukraine’s corps. Syrskyi took several of Ukraine’s best units and deployed them as a split formation across opposite ends of the front. The point at which things became dire was when Fedorov’s team started to try and resource technically innovative units, only to find that personnel were prioritised to 425 Assault Regiment, which persisted in human centric, high casualty attacks – accused of abuse of its own personnel – while stripping away supporting equipment from commanders of innovative formations that Fedorov had wanted to enable. At the point where it became clear that Fedorov’s desire to identify competent and innovative commanders would see those very individuals disempowered by the military leadership, the rift between the Ministry and General Staff became irreconcilable.

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) – A federal judge in California on Monday ordered Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery to temporarily pause their merger while a case brought by multiple states challenging the deal moves forward.

The platform offers internal and external AI models, including tools from Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral.

Declaración del grupo “Cuban Americans for Cuba” [Cubanoamericanos por Cuba] sobre “informe” de #MarcoRubio

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon fell to a historic low in 2025 after peaking the previous year, according to a report published Tuesday.

The X-37b says hello to some new satellites to tinker with.

Hungary’s government announced an investigation Monday into a large foreign investment by Chinese automaker BYD negotiated by a former foreign minister who last week resigned from Parliament to take an executive position at the company.

New Delhi (AFP) – India’s “Cockroach” party movement vowed Tuesday to press ahead with their campaign until the education minister resigns, a day after at least 180 people were injured in protests in New Delhi.

The 11th summit between the EU and South Korea in Brussels produced a joint statement condemning Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation and advancing the bilateral Security and Defense Partnership. Key takeaways:

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Police in southwestern Colorado say a man from British Columbia [Canada] has died after the helicopter he was piloting crashed on Sunday.

Russian ships are yet again begging to be smoked by an antiship missile.

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-21-2026

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/68277815

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-21-2026

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s Soviet-trained top commander Oleksandr Syrsky – who could be sacked this week – led some of Kyiv’s most decisive military campaigns, but clashed with reformers as drones and technology changed the face of war.

New Delhi (AFP) – India’s main opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, demanded on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi step down over the police crackdown against student protests demanding reforms in the education system.

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea reaffirmed its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine as the nations’ foreign ministers met in Moscow, Pyongyang’s state media reported Tuesday, increasing speculation Kim Jong Un may soon visit the Kremlin.

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od8V73BX1ps

Indonesian colleges and universities are linking up with institutions such as Tsinghua University and Sichuan International Studies University, marking a shift away from a decades-long tilt towards the West.

July 20 (Reuters) - Nicaragua’s long-serving president Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility of an electoral challenge when his term ends next year and further ‌entrenching the rule he shares with his wife.

Iceland first applied to join the European Union in 2009, in the wake of the collapse of its financial sector, but suspended accession talks in 2015.

It’s not a topic people here care to discuss much, wary of feeding Russian propaganda.

Sydney (AFP) – A top lawmaker from Australia’s far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV.

Nigeria and Ghana have condemned what they called the recent “Afrophobic protests targeting African nationals in South Africa.” In a statement, Nigeria’s ministry of foreign affairs said the two countries want the issue placed on the agenda at the next African Union summit.

The United States has imposed new airspace bans and financing restrictions on Sudan’s military-led government, accusing it of using chemical weapons in its war against rival RSF paramilitaries.

Sweden, Denmark, Canada are the top three.

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Full Speach.

Rima Hassan was born to a Palestinian father and a Syrian mother in a refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria, leaving her stateless at birth. The granddaughter of Palestinians expelled from the Galilee village of Al-Birwa during the Nakba of 1948, she arrived in France as a child and has since built her political career around the conviction that the struggle for Palestinian liberation belongs as much in Europe as in Palestine.

The problem with bullshitting Air Defense for decades.

New fireworks video just dropped.