Pineapple Pizza insulta fly over Italian - Hong Kong fencing final (www.reuters.com)
Cheung Ka-long’s 15-14 victory in an Olympic fencing final against Filippo Macchi has resulted in a war of words between their fans. Italy supporters have attacked Cheung’s social media accounts, arguing that the referees - from South Korea and Taiwan - may have been biased towards him. In response, Hongkongers have posted...
Mexican president says no evidence of fraud in Venezuela elections (www.reuters.com)
Mexican president says no evidence of fraud in Venezuela elections (www.reuters.com)
Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait, drawing China's ire (www.reuters.com)
Bank of England cuts rates from 16-year high, 'careful' on future moves (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of England cut interest rates from a 16-year high on Thursday after a narrow vote in favour from policymakers divided over whether inflation pressures had eased sufficiently....
Iran, its proxies will meet to discuss retaliation against Israel, say sources (www.reuters.com)
Funeral of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh held in Tehran...
Indonesia raises smoking age limit, will curb cigarette advertising (www.reuters.com)
CrowdStrike is sued by shareholders over huge software outage (www.reuters.com)
South Korea arrests official over alleged data leak exposing spies, reports (www.reuters.com)
Zelenskiy signs law allowing Ukraine debt payment suspension (www.reuters.com)
Venezuelans protest as observers say presidential vote undemocratic (www.reuters.com)
Russian-UK dissident Kara-Murza disappears from jail in latest sign a prisoner swap with West may be close (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) - Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British national jailed on treason charges for 25 years, has been moved from his prison in Siberia and is being sent elsewhere, Russia’s prison service told Reuters.
US appeals court lets Texas keep river barrier against border crossings (www.reuters.com)
July 31 (Reuters) - Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300-meter) long floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants at the river separating the United States and Mexico, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, rejecting a challenge by President Joe Biden’s administration....
Myanmar junta extends emergency rule amid escalating conflict (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/26070451...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, drawing threats of retaliation against Israel (www.reuters.com)
Drillers emit far more methane than US estimates, aerial survey shows (www.reuters.com)
EDF said that result was an emissions-rate about four times what the Environmental Protection Agency estimates. EPA derives its estimates mainly from industry reports to a database....
Grenada estimates damages from Hurricane Beryl at up to a third of economy (www.reuters.com)
July 30 (Reuters) - Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said on Tuesday that early estimates suggest that losses from deadly Hurricane Beryl, which hit the Caribbean earlier this month, likely total as much as a third of economic output.
Exclusive: Citi breached a rule meant to keep banks safe, made liquidity reporting errors (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - Citigroup repeatedly breached a U.S. Federal Reserve rule that limits intercompany transactions, leading to errors in its internal liquidity reporting, according to a Citi document from December seen by Reuters....
Exclusive: New US rule on foreign chip equipment exports to China to exempt some allies (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to unveil a new rule next month that will expand U.S. powers to stop exports of semiconductor manufacturing equipment from some foreign countries to Chinese chipmakers, two sources familiar with the rule said....
Boeing names aerospace veteran Kelly Ortberg CEO to steer turnaround (www.reuters.com)
New CEO will have to rebuild trust, reputation...
Heavy metal in most chocolates may not pose health risk, researchers say (www.reuters.com)
Concentrations of heavy metals found in single servings of some chocolates and cocoa-based products are too low in most cases to pose a health risk to consumers, research set to be published on Thursday in the journal Frontiers shows....
Russia launches one of war's largest drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv's military says (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar’s junta terrorised a Rohingya town. Then rebels burned it down. (www.reuters.com)
