France to spend €200m destroying wine as demand falls (www.bbc.com)
The French government is allocating €200m (£171.6m) to destroy surplus wine and support producers....
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Red Cross gifted gold bars left on a Swiss train (www.swissinfo.ch)
U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish amid radioactive water release outrage (fortune.com)
Identity of body recovered from River Thames a decade ago remains a mystery (news.sky.com)
Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson (www.bbc.com)
UN experts say Islamic State group almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in under a year (apnews.com)
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report....
Caste matters : Family alleges harassment by teachers after Dalit boy found dead in Rajasthan school (www.thehindu.com)
Family of the boy in Rajasthan says he was harassed by two of his teachers who used casteist slurs against him and that the school principal did not take action even after complaints
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived (apnews.com)
As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety....
Pope says he'll meet with Mongolia's 'noble, wise' people in first visit there (koreatimes.co.kr)
Pope Francis on Sunday described his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever pilgrimage by a pontiff to the east Asian country, as a much-desired occasion to encounter a “noble, wise” people....
US military aicraft crashes off northern Australia, 20 Marines on board (www.aljazeera.com)
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online (www.yahoo.com)
A Ph.D. student at Michigan State University said his mother was arrested in Bangladesh after he criticized the country’s government in a Facebook post.
Spain: Women's football team won't play until boss is ousted (www.dw.com)
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan now has world's second most displaced persons after Syria (www.hindustantimes.com)
Niger junta orders troops on maximum alert in case of attack (www.france24.com)
The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document issued by its defence chief on Friday that a security source in the country confirmed was authentic.
Opposition criticised for using AI-generated deepfake voice of PM in Polish election ad (notesfrompoland.com)
China’s stockpiling of ASML chip-making machines push imports past 2023 estimates (www.scmp.com)
China’s imports of Dutch lithography machines have surged this year, with the first seven months already surpassing ASML Holding’s previous forecast for 2023 sales to China, according to a new report, as Chinese firms stock up on the equipment ahead of new export curbs....
UK’s Sunak plans to skip UN General Assembly in September (www.miamiherald.com)
Bahamas Government Unveils Proposal To Legalize Marijuana For Medical, Religious And Scientific Use - Marijuana Moment (www.marijuanamoment.net)
UN experts challenge Saudi Aramco over climate change (www.digitaljournal.com)
Wanted in Hong Kong, self-exiled activists in Britain decry ‘harassment’ (hongkongfp.com)
Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS (libertarianinstitute.org)
Edit: replaced with Aljazeera article, a known news source...
Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors (www.reuters.com)
KATHMANDU, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions....
Experts warn against wave of fake news ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election (apnews.com)
Since June, when Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, and the country’s main opposition parties launched their internal proceedings to pick their contenders for the 2024 race, The Associated Press Spanish-language fact-checking team found about 40 fake publications across social media platforms, favoring or discrediting members of...
