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Satellite imagery indicates Russia moving navy ships to other ports after Sevastopol attacks (www.cnn.com)
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has been relocating some naval ships from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea after a series of Ukrainian attacks, as Moscow meanwhile announced plans for a new base in a breakaway region of Georgia....
Italy is a Reliable Ally in Support of Ukraine. Silk Road? It Didn't Work (it.usembassy.gov)
Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says (apnews.com)
China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS (www.reuters.com)
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan....
Ukraine hit Russia's most treasured air-defense system on its own soil, reports say (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine damaged one of Russia’s most treasured air-defense system in a drone attack, according to multiple reports....
US shoots down Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria (apnews.com)
The U.S. military on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in Hasakah, Syria, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. One official said the drone was armed....
The Cryosphere Is Crying out to Us. We Should Pay Attention. (www.discovermagazine.com)
As of Sept. 20, 2023, the extent of sea ice for the Arctic and Antarctic was more than 4 million square kilometers below the long-term average. That's more than half the land area of the contiguous United States....
Outrage over Jerusalem video of ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting as Christians pass (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak Cancels a Rail Project to Build an Image (www.nytimes.com)
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Pope suggests blessings for same-sex unions possible in response to 5 conservative cardinals (apnews.com)
Pope Francis suggests gay couples could be blessed in Vatican reversal (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative cardinals had challenged the pope to confirm teachings on LGBTQ+ issues...
Paris is crawling with bedbugs. They're even riding the trains, and a ferry. (www.cbsnews.com)
Just 10 months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the French capital is battling an invasion of bedbugs....
Police arrest Argentina’s biggest online distributor of Nazi propaganda and literature (english.elpais.com)
India's spies infiltrated West long before Canada's murder claim (www.reuters.com)
India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence....
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans (apnews.com)
Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown Tuesday on migrants in the country illegally, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans....
Taiwan to probe suppliers helping Huawei with China chip plants (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Global South should learn from Big Pharma’s bullying of South Africa (www.aljazeera.com)
US warns of Chinese disinformation. China says that's disinformation (www.cnn.com)
A US State Department report that accuses the Chinese government of expanding disinformation efforts is “in itself disinformation,” Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed Saturday....
Housing crisis: Andorra is getting fed up with wealthy foreigners (www.euronews.com)
Southeast Asian Casinos Emerge as Major Enablers of Global Cybercrime (www.propublica.org)
Kupiansk: Russian attack on shop in eastern Ukraine kills 48, officials say (www.cnn.com)
Why China has its eye on Latin America (www.cnbc.com)
In the last 10 years, President Xi Jinping of China has had at least five different meetings with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The meetings culminated in an “all weather strategic partnership” in 2023....
Russian anti-war TV protest journalist given 8+ years in prison (www.politico.eu)
Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV editor turned Kremlin critic, has been sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison by a Moscow court....
Survey: Only 10% of young men with low incomes get married (Japan) (www.asahi.com)
