Italy's coast guard rescues 177 people aboard burning ferry (www.reuters.com)
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact (www.reuters.com)
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces run for Taiwan presidency (www.reuters.com)
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, announced on Monday a bid to be Taiwan’s president in January elections, saying he wanted to unite the opposition and ensure the island did not become “the next Ukraine”....
UK says a supersonic Russian bomber likely to have been destroyed in drone attack (www.reuters.com)
Aug 22 (Reuters) - British military intelligence said on Tuesday that a weekend drone attack on an airfield deep inside Russia which Moscow blamed on Ukraine is highly likely to have destroyed a nuclear-capable TU-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber....
German supermarket seeks to charge shoppers 'true' environmental cost (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/948960...
At least four killed at Moscow mall after hot water pipe bursts (www.reuters.com)
Russia extends eligibility for military call-up by at least five years, senior officers to serve up to the age of 70 (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s parliament on Tuesday extended the maximum age at which men can be mobilised to serve in the army by at least five years - in the case of the highest-ranking officers, up to the age of 70.
Ukraine's counter-offensive slower than expected, but too soon to judge, Pentagon says (www.reuters.com)
Hamas critique removed from Palestinians' Abbas comments on Israel attack (www.reuters.com)
The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency published comments on Sunday by President Mahmoud Abbas that criticized Hamas over its actions but later removed reference to the militant group without providing an explanation.
India expels Canadian diplomat, says concerned about 'anti-India activities' (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5606904...
Huawei's new chip breakthrough likely to trigger closer US scrutiny, analysts say (www.reuters.com)
Biden orders US to share Russian war crimes evidence with ICC -official (www.reuters.com)
Top AI Companies Pledge to Watermark AI Content for Safety (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Anthropic, Inflection, Amazon, and Microsoft committed to developing a system to “watermark” all forms of content, from text, images, audios, to videos generated by AI so that users will know when the technology has been used.
Putin blames the West, Ukraine after mob storms Russian airport to 'catch' Jews (www.reuters.com)
Islamic jihad faction holding over 30 Israelis captive, its chief says (www.reuters.com)
Islamic Jihad chief Ziad al-Nakhala said on Sunday that his faction was holding captive more than 30 of the Israelis who were abducted in the Gaza Strip since Saturday after Hamas launched attacks on Israel....
Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections (www.reuters.com)
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022- state media (www.reuters.com)
China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births.
Norway regulator to fine Meta over privacy breaches (www.reuters.com)
Norway regulator to fine Meta over privacy breaches::Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined one million crowns ($100,000) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway’s data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.
Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test since coup (www.reuters.com)
Earlier today Israel granted 12 exploration licenses to 6 companies incl BP, for natural gas along the coast. (www.reuters.com)
Jordan asked US to deploy Patriot air defence missiles, army says (www.reuters.com)
Staunch U.S. ally Jordan asked Washington to deploy Patriot air defence systems to bolster its border defence at a time of heightened regional tensions and conflict, the spokesperson for the country’s army said on Sunday....
Russia will not probe Prigozhin plane crash under international rules (www.reuters.com)
Maui's displaced grow anxious as wildfire recovery drags on (www.reuters.com)
106 people dead, 86% of the destroyed/damaged buildings are residential, and only 27% of Lahaina’s disaster area has been searched. This will only get worse.
Biden orders ban on certain US tech investments in China (www.reuters.com)
Romanian port can ship more Ukraine grain after collapse of Black Sea deal (www.reuters.com)
BUCHAREST, July 21 (Reuters) - Romania’s Constanta port, Ukraine’s main alternative route for grain since Russia’s withdrawal led to the collapse of the Black Sea shipment deal, has capacity to handle extra cargoes until mid-August, the head of the port’s business association said....
