Blinken says all of Gaza facing unprecedented food insecurity (www.timesofisrael.com)
“According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” Blinken told a press conference in the Philippines, where he is on an official visit.
Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records (www.reuters.com)
Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor (apnews.com)
Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swipes jobs from legal workers, and allows the...
These Birds Are National Symbols but Getting Harder to See | The populations of some Latin American birds are declining, even in the countries they symbolize. (www.nytimes.com)
"Red Alert to the world": Record warmth in global oceans hits one-year mark (www.axios.com)
Government's endorsement of amended Palestinian statehood motion wins praise, draws outrage (www.cbc.ca)
(Canada’s) Liberal government’s last-minute endorsement of an amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood is being welcomed by the country’s Muslim advocacy group and derided by Jewish voices who say Ottawa has sub-contracted its foreign policy to “anti-Israel radicals.”...
‘Red alert’: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report (www.theguardian.com)
UN staff in West Bank accuse Israeli authorities of campaign of harassment (www.theguardian.com)
The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.
Israel launches night raid on Gaza al-Shifa hospital (www.bbc.com)
Uber to pay Australian taxi operators $272 million in class action settlement (www.abc.net.au)
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
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Climate protesters can't rely on beliefs in criminal damage cases, UK court rules (news.yahoo.com)
LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental activists accused of criminal damage cannot rely on their political or philosophical beliefs as a defence, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday, raising the prospect of more protesters being convicted for direct action....
Niger breaks off military cooperation with US (punchng.com)
In the busy waters between China and Taiwan, the de facto border is being tested (www.theguardian.com)
Killing of teenager in China sparks debate about ‘left behind’ children (www.theguardian.com)
Death of 13-year-old boy has put spotlight on juvenile crime and the plight of children left behind by rural migrant workers...
Armenia's PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war (www.reuters.com)
Japan brings era of negative interest rates to an end with first hike in 17 years (www.cnn.com)
US asks Hamas to release women, elderly hostages for longer ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
One Thing Most Countries Have in Common: Unsafe Air (www.nytimes.com)
Eliminating particulates from combustion is a major co-benefit of phasing out fossil fuel use.
China's Xi urges military to prepare for maritime conflicts (www.bangkokpost.com)
‘Everything he is saying isn’t true’: Congolese governments denounce Trump’s baseless stories about emptied prisons (www.cnn.com)
There is no evidence for former President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that “the Congo” has emptied prisons to allow violent criminals to come to the US border as migrants – and the governments of both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the neighboring Republic of Congo say Trump’s assertions are entirely false....
Western Australia had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news (www.abc.net.au)
Global ocean heat has been at record levels every single day for the last year (www.cnn.com)
The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows....
