Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
Fear Grows for Myanmar’s Bagan After Temples Suffer Fresh Flooding (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/4693218...
Russia is demanding Norway pay up to $4.4 million in compensation after 42 Norwegian reindeer wandered across the border (www.businessinsider.com)
New Delhi got a makeover for the G20 summit. The city's poor say they were simply erased (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s TB-2 Drones Are Back In Action. That’s An Ominous Sign For Russia. (www.forbes.com)
Months after virtually disappearing from Ukraine’s skies, the Ukrainian armed forces’ Bayraktar TB-2 drones are back in action....
New Zealand woman discovers surgical instrument ‘size of a dinner plate’ left in her body after operation (www.theguardian.com)
Clashes Erupt in Sweden's Third-Largest City After Another Quran Burning (www.voanews.com)
Greece starts limiting Acropolis daily visitors to tackle overtourism (www.cnn.com)
One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today....
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing (www.theguardian.com)
‘Severe stress’: Myanmar, South China Sea push ASEAN to breaking point (www.aljazeera.com)
As a week of key meetings gets under way, Indonesia’s foreign minister tells her counterparts the group must prove its worth.
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
India, Manipur genocide : Is Manipur the Most Recent Hindutva Experiment? (www.newsclick.in)
Right-wing politics has been using this tactic since its inception -- create a sense of insecurity among the majority community that they are falling in numbers, losing out their resources to ‘encroachers’, and are in direct attack from the ‘violent’ minority.
China sending premier to G20 summit in India, Beijing confirms | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
NBER Working Paper: Child Penalties Around The World (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Ukraine says Russian drones crashed in Romania (www.bbc.co.uk)
UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium (apnews.com)
Iran has slowed the pace at which it is enriching uranium to nearly weapons-grade levels, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. That could be a sign Tehran is trying to ease tensions after years of strain between it and the U.S....
Invasive species cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s diversity (www.theguardian.com)
Invasive species are costing the world at least $423bn every year and have become a leading threat to the diversity of life on Earth, according to a UN assessment....
Third of Japan's 18-year-old women may never have children: study (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Colombian government and rebels agree on ceasefire (www.dw.com)
Zelenskyy sends strong signals with choice for Ukraine’s new defense chief (www.politico.eu)
Rustem Umerov, the first Crimea native to get such a high post in Kyiv, is praised for his diplomatic and management skills....
Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’ (english.elpais.com)
Corporation tax receipts down by €1bn in August (m.independent.ie)
Maybe only tax breaks for the rich in the next budget.
Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Internet Posts (www.rferl.org)
A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg sentenced anti-war activist Olga Smirnova to six years in prison on August 30 on a charge of spreading fake news about the armed forces. Smirnova was also banned from administering websites for three years. Prosecutors asked for a seven-year sentence....
The racism scandals rocking Finland: The executive of the Nordic country is trying to overcome the crisis caused by the xenophobic comments made by several ministers in the past (english.elpais.com)
