US orders immediate halt to some AI chip exports to China, says Nvidia (www.theguardian.com)
Fellow tech company Intel ‘reviewing regulations’ as timing of move brought forward...
Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
International leaders condemned an unprecedented incursion by Palestinian militants into southern Israel, while governments across the Middle East called for restraint after an attack that shook the Israeli security establishment....
Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F
‘Anything for my family’: Venezuelans in US welcome temporary protected status (www.theguardian.com)
Asylum seekers who arrived before the end of July – about 472,000 – will now be able to legally live and work in the US
UK election watchdog issues damning verdict on voter ID impact (www.theguardian.com)
Electoral Commission says policy could exclude hundreds of thousands of voters in a general election
African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention (www.theguardian.com)
The African Union (AU) appears to have left room open for military intervention by a west African political bloc to restore democracy in Niger, as Algerian state radio said it had refused a French request to fly over its airspace for a military operation....
The Guardian: Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2 (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)
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Unilever to comply with Russian conscription law if staff called up (www.theguardian.com)
Some Luck Catchin' Them Swans Then? (www.theguardian.com)
“A swan, or a cygnet to be precise, caused a flap among shoppers on Sunday when it wandered away from the River Avon and into the heart of the Georgian city.”...
Met police officer under investigation over alleged racially aggravated assault (www.theguardian.com)
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
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Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid (www.theguardian.com)
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Niger coup: West African countries suspend key military meeting on ‘standby’ force (www.theguardian.com)
Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Sexual harassment of girls is a scourge at schools in England, say MPs (www.theguardian.com)
Mpox (monkeypox) circulated for five years before global explosion in 2022, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
The Philippines summons Chinese ambassador after two South China Sea collisions (www.theguardian.com)
Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told (www.theguardian.com)
China and Russia harden positions on Gaza as war stirs geopolitical tensions (www.theguardian.com)
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Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
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US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
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Orkney could leave UK for Norway as it explores ‘alternative governance’ (www.theguardian.com)
#Orkxit?