Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 155 million people were living on less than $2.15 a day last year, Asian Development Bank says.
Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski (www.abc.net.au)
Drone shows people trapped in Pakistan cable car (www.bbc.com)
This is very scary and yet they have to do this in their daily commute to school.
Greece Battles Its Most Widespread Wildfires on Record (www.nytimes.com)
Prigozhin's death is business as usual, but does it help Putin? (www.euronews.com)
White House says 'no one should be surprised' if Prigozhin actually died in a plane crash in Russia (www.businessinsider.com)
BRICS summit: Leaders eye expansion, common currency (www.dw.com)
Xi calls for accelerating BRICS expansion...
India becomes the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon (apnews.com)
Ireland’s wild data is leaving economists stumped (archive.is)
Rice prices soar, fanning fears of food inflation spike in Asia (www.cnbc.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women (www.theguardian.com)
The rise of pro-Western disinformation (unherd.com)
Inside El Salvador ‘mega prison’ holding 12,000 accused gang members (www.scmp.com)
The 40,000-person facility – thought to be the largest in the Americas – opened earlier this year...
Ukraine to Russia: Your ‘Lost’ Mi-8 Pilot Actually Defected (www.thedailybeast.com)
Russian Soldiers Say They Are Viewed With Disgust in Moscow. (www.kyivpost.com)
According to two Russian soldiers interviewed by a pro-invasion blogger, if you wear a Russian military uniform on the metro in Moscow people distance themselves and give you dirty looks.
Manliness, Prestige and Cash: How Military Service Is Sold on Russian TV (www.nytimes.com)
A supermarket security guard, a taxi driver, a guy at the gym. The Russian government has a message for all of them: Aren’t you a man?...
Exclusive: Argentina to use IMF money to pay back part of a currency swap with China -sources (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Argentina plans to tap a $7.5 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund to repay China part of the money it borrowed through a currency swap line, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday....
Germany to cut Huawei from networks 'irrespective of costs' (www.theregister.com)
Germany is determined to remove any systems from its telecoms networks that might pose a security threat, regardless of cost, in a remarkable reversal of the country’s stance from just a few years ago....
The secret to Colombia’s drop in deforestation? Armed groups (www.aljazeera.com)
Bogota, Colombia – In July, when Colombia announced that deforestation had dropped to the lowest level in nearly a decade, the news was hailed as a victory for left-wing President Gustavo Petro....
Wagner chief Prigozhin appears in first video since Russian mutiny (www.nbcnews.com)
In a brief video shared by Russian social media channels, a person who appears to be the exiled mercenary chief says he is recruiting “real strong men.”
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash (www.bbc.com)
Breaking News image Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane which crashed in Russia, killing all 10 on board....
India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon (www.bbc.com)
Tropical Storm Franklin nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic bringing fears of floods, landslides (apnews.com)
Chandrayaan-3 Landing LIVE: India creates history with successful landing (www.livemint.com)
