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Video Game Love Affair Between Indian and Pakistani Ends in Jail

New York Times The barrier-breaking romance of a Pakistani woman and an Indian man has led to criminal charges and nationalist intrigue. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/asia/pakistan-india-game-arrest.html

Video: ‘It’s not over’: 12 years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/3226853/video-its-not-over-12-years-after-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed

‘Morally bankrupt’: Australia urged to cut ties with Big Four firms amid PwC scandal

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Some lawmakers want the government to ban the so-called Big Four – PwC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG – from taking taxpayers’ money. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3226819/morally-bankrupt-australia-urged-cut-ties-big-four-firms-amid-pwc-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed

Warner Bros calls Barbie film’s South China Sea map ‘childlike crayon drawing’ after Vietnam ban

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The studio said the doodle was ‘not intended to make any type of statement’ after Vietnam decided to ban the film over the map. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3226844/warner-bros-calls-barbie-films-south-china-sea-map-childlike-crayon-drawing-after-vietnam-ban?utm_source=rss_feed

Our fragile oceans should not be a dumping ground for Fukushima’s radioactive waste water

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Doubts remain over whether Japan’s treatment system for the radioactive waste water and its subsequent dilution in our oceans will make it safe. Importantly, we cannot afford to upset our fragile marine ecosystem. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3226656/our-fragile-oceans-should-not-be-dumping-ground-fukushimas-radioactive-waste-water?utm_source=rss_feed

Lukashenko Says Prigozhin Is in Russia, as Wagner Mystery Deepens

New York Times After the mercenary boss staged a brief insurrection in Russia, the leader of Belarus said his country had taken him in, but now says the Wagner leader was in St. Petersburg and then “maybe he went to Moscow.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/europe/prigozhin-russia-belarus-lukashenko.html

Israel court acquits officer charged with killing autistic Palestinian

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The court said the officer was acting in “self-defense” when he shot and killed Eyad al-Hallaq in May 2020. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/06/706581/autistic-Palestinian-Israel-court

Titan Submersible Operator, OceanGate, Suspends Operations

New York Times The company made the announcement weeks after a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic presumably imploded, killing five people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/oceangate-titan-submersible-operations.html

Who Is Aleksandr Lukashenko?

New York Times The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/europe/who-is-lukashenko-belarus-ukraine.html

Ruble Hits Early War Lows Following Prigozhin’s Mutiny

New York Times The ruble fell as low as 94 rubles per dollar on Thursday before making a slight recovery by the end of the trading day. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/europe/ruble-prigozhin-mutiny-russia-economy.html