Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world (www.bbc.com)
Speculation grows over whereabouts of China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu (www.cnn.com)
Vancouver City Council Unanimously Agreed on Zoning Changes (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
BBC News - Quest to bring priest charged with torture in Argentina to justice (www.bbc.co.uk)
Survivors of crimes committed by the 1970s military junta in Argentina are fighting to see a priest stand trial for his alleged role in kidnappings and torture against opponents of the regime.
'We will fight imperialism together', North Korea's Kim tells Putin (www.euronews.com)
Russia’s president and Kim Jong Un are set to explore a range of “sensitive topics” during talks on Wednesday....
One year since Mahsa Amini’s death, a protester shot in the eye during Iran’s crackdown continues her struggle from exile (www.cnn.com)
Elahe Tavakolian’s shooter was so close, she could see him pointing his gun at her....
As Canada recruits Filipino nurses, those left behind struggle to care for patients | CBC Radio (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5406403...
Seven charged in visa scandal engulfing Polish government (notesfrompoland.com)
Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine on Thursday confirmed it wrecked a Russian submarine with British weapons, during a missile attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea....
Taiwan hits back at Elon Musk claim that it is ‘an integral part of China’ and teases him over Beijing’s Twitter ban (www.independent.co.uk)
Tesla co-founder previously suggested Taiwan should become a ‘special administrative zone’ in China...
Second Australian woman this year dies after being shot by police taser | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Russia wants to block WhatsApp (www.pravda.com.ua)
US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China (www.cnn.com)
Australian tycoon apologises over calls for more unemployment to fix worker attitudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
Spanish police arrest man for groping reporter while on air (www.aljazeera.com)
Big Pharma's Johnson & Johnson under investigation in South Africa over 'excessive' drug prices (apnews.com)
Ukrainian Bombers Firing Western Cruise Missiles Have Knocked Out A Russian Submarine (www.forbes.com)
Bodycam shows Seattle cop joking about "limited value" of 26 year old woman killed by police cruiser and also joking about writing it off as a cheque worth $11000. (www.cbsnews.com)
A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress (www.npr.org)
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China sanctions two US defence companies over Taiwan arms sales (www.channelnewsasia.com)
China said on Friday (Sep 15) that it was sanctioning two United States defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan....
One Year On, Iranian Women Are Still Fighting (time.com)
The Islamic Republic of Iran was built upon bricks of patriarchal misogyny. One of the first acts of the revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, when he took power in 1979, was to reverse women’s rights in marriage, child custody and divorce. This included lowering the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 9, and girls...
Al-Qaeda Affiliate GSIM Releases Statement Condemning Russian Wagner Group Massacres Of Civilians In Mali (www.memri.org)
Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)
A young woman walks down a street in Tehran, her hair uncovered, her jeans ripped, a bit of midriff exposed to the hot Iranian sun. An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran’s once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: “Screw you!”...
In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. (www.nytimes.com)
Article without paywall: archive.ph/ZA7x9...
Talks between Serbia and Kosovo break down again. The EU says their hopes of joining are at risk (apnews.com)
Kosovo and Serbia on Thursday failed yet again to make progress in talks aimed at improving their long-strained relations, and the European Union’s top diplomat warned that the lack of progress could hurt their hopes of joining the bloc....
