Category 5 Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico (edition.cnn.com)
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Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say (www.thedailybeast.com)
Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush (apnews.com)
Former NSA employee pleads guilty to attempted selling classified documents to Russia (securityaffairs.com)
Armenia joins Russia's list of 25 countries where foreigners will be able to open accounts in Russian banks (www.armbanks.am)
The news of Russian Western isolation
If Israel invades Gaza it will be a disaster for both Palestinians and Israelis | Michael Barnett | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Police chief hails ‘exemplary behavior’ of Arab Israelis amid war with Hamas (www.timesofisrael.com)
Almost half of Russians say salary does not cover basic spending - survey (www.reuters.com)
Ground News - White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases (ground.news)
Surprised this has not been reported more
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1242124...
About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London (www.reuters.com)
Rightwing SVP expected to make gains in Swiss federal elections (www.theguardian.com)
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash (www.reuters.com)
SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told (www.theguardian.com)
China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (www.reuters.com)
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence (www.theguardian.com)
The US supports Israel because of 'Jewish wealth', claims BBC presenter (www.msn.com)
It’s very difficult to characterize this as an isolated incident of anti-semitism by the BBC considering it’s far from their first incident, and considering further that the BBC has spend 20 years and well over £300,000 keeping the 20,000 word Balen Report into their perceived anti-Israel bias buried....
Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty (www.newsweek.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1216504...
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities (www.telesurenglish.net)
The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....
Amsterdam sex workers and residents march together against controversial erotic center (nltimes.nl)
Philips Kept Warnings About Dangerous CPAP Machines Secret While Profits Soared. (www.propublica.org)
Exhibit #482,683 on why capitalism and medicine are inevitably a horrible combination.
U.S. journalist detained in Russia after visiting for family emergency (www.cbc.ca)
First on CNN: US Navy warship near Yemen intercepts multiple missiles, US officials say (www.cnn.com)
Guinea-Bissau’s capital has power cut off after government fails to pay electricity bill (www.theguardian.com)
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power (apnews.com)
