Israeli show’s satirizing of US student support for Hamas goes viral (www.timesofisrael.com)
TimesofIsrael.com
From the Galilee to Gaza : A Voice from Palestine (crimethinc.com)
Crimethinc.com
Inside MSNBC’s Middle East conflict (www.semafor.com)
'Historic' meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv (www.euronews.com)
The meeting wasn’t announced until the last moment for security reasons....
Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (www.theguardian.com)
The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud
With wary eye on China, U.S. moves closer to former foe Vietnam (www.washingtonpost.com)
The United States and Vietnam are poised to significantly enhance their economic and technological ties, bringing the former foes closer at a time of increased Chinese assertiveness in the region....
French government earmarks €4 bln for low-carbon hydrogen (www.euractiv.com)
The French government will release €4 billion in subsidies in the form of public-private contracts for the development of low-carbon hydrogen projects as part of the country's updated national hydrogen strategy.
US, Indonesia and 5 other nations hold war drills amid China concerns (apnews.com)
Soldiers from the U.S., Indonesia and five other nations began annual training exercises Thursday on Indonesia’s main island of Java while China’s increasing aggression is raising concern....
US cities say they turn food waste into compost. Is it a problem when they don’t? (www.theguardian.com)
The scraps in your bin marked ‘compost’ may end up as methane. Here’s what that means...
Asylum-seekers are being set up for rejection at a New Mexico detention facility, rights groups say (apnews.com)
A coalition of human rights groups on Tuesday leveled new criticism at a privately operated migrant detention facility in New Mexico where they say fast-track asylum screenings routinely take place without legal counsel or adequate privacy during sensitive testimony....
In Maui, Biden sees 'long road' ahead in recovering from deadly wildfires (www.reuters.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday praised the “remarkable resiliency” of the people of Maui, after wildfires killed more than 114 people on the Hawaiian island two weeks ago, and said America would stand by them for as long as it takes....
Federal student loan pause ends next month, some borrowers expect budgets to take a major hit (wtop.com)
Tensions rise as West African nations prepare to send troops to restore democracy in Niger (apnews.com)
Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s flailing democracy.
Months into new job at Amtrak, Andy Byford blasts boss’s Penn Station plans (gothamist.com)
Charles Ogletree, legal scholar who championed reparations, dies at 70 (www.washingtonpost.com)
The longtime Harvard Law professor also represented Anita Hill, rapper Tupac Shakur and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre....
Vermont’s flood-wracked capital city ponders a rebuild with one eye on climate change (apnews.com)
A beloved bookstore in Vermont’s small capital city moved across the street to a new spot farther from the Winooski River after an ice jam sent river water into the store in 1992.
As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, who will pick the crops? (www.npr.org)
Ghana parliament votes to abolish death penalty (www.bbc.co.uk)
Children’s cups sold on Amazon recalled for unsafe lead levels. What you should know (www.ledger-enquirer.com)
The 8 ounce and 12 ounce children’s Cupkin double-walled stainless steel cups were the subject of a July 20 recall, the company said. “After recently receiving feedback from consumer advocates and additional follow-up testing, we discovered that the double walled vacuum 8oz and 12oz cups may pose an unacceptable exposure to...
No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border (www.reuters.com)
Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia (www.reuters.com)
An 11-year-old boy caught a piranha-like fish in his backyard pond in Oklahoma (www.npr.org)
What we know about Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea (www.npr.org)
Pesticides: Public hearing with pesticide firms on toxicity studies (www.eureporter.co)
MI6 door ‘always open’ to Russian defectors, says UK spy chief Richard Moore (www.politico.eu)
