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A fight over circumcision is giving Europe a taste of the new US diplomacy

As ambassadorial jobs go, US diplomats can do worse than being posted to Europe. The residences are huge, and the life is peaceful – at least west of Kyiv. “You’re in friendly territory,” said Daniel Fried, a former US ambassador to Poland. When disputes arise, most can be kept behind closed doors. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/FGolWBT

Un beso forzado y el momento del #SeAcabó para el sexismo en España

El gesto no consentido de Luis Rubiales, presidente de la Federación Española de Fútbol, con la jugadora Jennifer Hermoso, desencadenó una ola de reacciones que algunos consideran como el #MeToo del país. from World News https://ift.tt/hTCW8io

Five ways technology is changing how you get your online shopping and takeout deliveries

New innovations in logistics are taking on the challenges of “last-mile delivery” and transforming the way we receive packages. Here are five technologies that are shaking up the industry. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/8FlieJp

The Race to Unlock a Vast Source of Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet

There’s enough geothermal energy below ground to power the entire country. Some are trying to tap it — by using techniques from the fracking boom. from World News https://ift.tt/EMZSCb5

A Global Cyber-Scam Industry Is Booming in Plain Sight in Cambodia

Despite announcing a crackdown last year, the illegal operations have continued to flourish, protected by powerful officials with close ties to the government. from World News https://ift.tt/uRrEeco

U.S. Commerce Secretary Faces a Wide Range of Issues in China

The secretary said she planned to discuss U.S. technology controls, commercial disputes and opportunities for doing more business in her visits to Beijing and Shanghai this week. from World News https://ift.tt/gOY9MuQ

A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones

A collection of small flutes carved from waterfowl bones may have been used as hunting aids, a new study suggests. from World News https://ift.tt/CyKtV1a

Thailand’s Weed Industry Is Poised to Grow Fast

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulatory ambiguity. Investors are piling in anyway. from World News https://ift.tt/nsjyoMX

This country is finally reopening after Covid. But it still requires a one-week quarantine

North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. But it will still require them to do a one-week quarantine. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/UHrx8Jb

A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens as wildfires grip Greece

In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece’s capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman standing in front of a burned house, its black, skeletal roof beams reaching imploringly into the smoldering sky as if begging for mercy. Tears streamed down her face as she contemplated what she lost. She cried softly in almost resigned despair. Greece is once again in the grip of wildfires, and this year they are worse than ever. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/ZmOtfGg

In a rare win, a migrant worker sued his bosses in Singapore. And won

A manual laborer from India has successfully sued his employers in Singapore for negligence after he fell off the back of an overcrowded lorry, in a rare legal win for migrant workers that has renewed debate about their treatment in the wealthy city state. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/J78qsun

The 'curse of 35': In China, millennials are already too old for some employers

When Han lost her job as an interface designer in Beijing in February, she figured her 10 years of experience meant she wouldn’t need to look long for alternative work. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/KdoHEgT

Niger orders French ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours

Niger’s junta ordered the French ambassador in Niamey on Friday to leave the country within 48 hours, according to the Nigerien Foreign Ministry. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/LKCsVld

Russia Denies Killing Prigozhin, Calling the Idea Anti-Putin Propaganda

The Kremlin and its proxies rebuffed suggestions that it was responsible for destroying a plane that reportedly carried the chief of the Wagner mercenary group. from World News https://ift.tt/g40xeYf

Japan prepares to launch X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening. from World | CNN https://ift.tt/ogPYS8O