1. Nationalism and the glorification of money reaches an unprecedented intensity in the Paris Summer Olympics

2. His powerful political legacy lives on: comrade Wije Dias is commemorated on the second anniversary of his death

3. Dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus continues its spread across the US

4. 88 percent of its wells and 100 percent of its desalination plants damaged or destroyed: Israeli Defense Forces cruelly deny Palestinians water

5. Provoking a wider Middle East war with innocents in the crossfire: Israel retaliates against Hezbollah in Lebanon and assassinates a Hamas leader in Iran

6. Potential ecological devastation: oil tanker capsizes in Manila Bay

7. Another indication that the Australian healthcare system is in crisis: not enough available ambulances

8. Political storm in Israel: far-right mob riots and attempts to block the arrest and detention of soldiers accused of violently sodomizing a Palestinian prisoner

9. Just a down payment on what is to come: newly elected UK Labour government moves to introduce savage austerity measures

10. 12 times the size of San Francisco: Park Fire is the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s history

11. Fallen Leaves' director Aki Kaurismäki "closes the film off to life, rather than opening it up"

12. With no intention to follow through with them, US President Biden's reform proposals are unlikely to go anywhere

13. Vote for Joseph Kishore and Jerry White in 2024!