Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike (www.reuters.com)
Russian forces simulate nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty (apnews.com)
Russia’s military conducted a simulated nuclear strike in a drill Wednesday overseen by President Vladimir Putin, hours after the upper house of parliament voted to rescind the country’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban....
Turkey’s Erdogan says Hamas is a ‘liberation’ not a ‘terrorist’ group (english.alarabiya.net)
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Berlin: 174 arrested at unauthorized pro-Palestinian events (www.dw.com)
Israel Readying Emergency Regulations Allowing Arrest of Journalists for Factual Reporting (www.commondreams.org)
Senior Russian diplomat found dead in hotel in Turkey (the-news.com.ua)
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Pope urges Hamas to free hostages, says Israel has right to self-defence (www.reuters.com)
Pope Francis, in his strongest comments since the start of the conflict in Gaza, on Wednesday called for the release of all hostages taken by Hamas militants and said Israel has a right to defend itself....
EU says it can't fill US funding gap for Ukraine (www.bangkokpost.com)
Saudi Arabia punishes critical tweets with the death penalty or 45 years in prison (english.elpais.com)
Kia, Hyundai recall 3.37 million US vehicles over fire risks (www.reuters.com)
Canada admits letting in 2,000 Ukrainian SS troopers (jweekly.com)
One way of getting into postwar Canada “was by showing the SS tattoo,” Canadian historian Irving Abella told “60 Minutes” interviewer Mike Wallace. “This proved that you were an anti-Communist.”
Russian Submarine Shows Massive Damage After Ukrainian Strike (www.thedrive.com)
Photos of major damage to a Russian Navy submarine attacked while in dry dock in Crimea point to the boat being a complete write-off.
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....
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....
Christian Boarding School Reaches $100 Million Settlement for Alleged Torturing Students (themessenger.com)
An investigation by police revealed school administrators tried to cover up multiple cases of abuse at Miracle Meadows. Students had been handcuffed or shackled to beds, and many endured rapes and vicious beatings.
Caste matters : Dalit student attacked by caste Hindu students for laughing inside bus in Tamil Nadu, India (www.thenewsminute.com)
In another case of caste-based violence among school students in Tamil Nadu, more than 20 caste Hindu students belonging to the Urali Gounder community attacked a Dalit student and his grandmother in Karur district on Saturday, August 26, for laughing inside a bus....
Russian neo-Nazi group refuses to fight in Ukraine, accusing Kremlin of abandoning its leader (news.yahoo.com)
India's Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon (www.bbc.com)
A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years (www.thehindu.com)
“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”
Fatal Tesla crash may have involved autopilot system (www.forbes.com.au)
Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korean military to ‘gird for war’. (edition.cnn.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday.
Lukashenko taunts Poland again over Wagner troops near border (lemmy.world)
State news agency Belta quoted him on Tuesday as saying that the Poles “should pray that we’re holding onto (the Wagner fighters) and providing for them. Otherwise, without us, they would have seeped through and smashed up Rzeszow and Warsaw in no small way. So they shouldn’t reproach me, they should say thank you.”
Uranium price hike projected after Niger coup spurs slight rise (www.aljazeera.com)
The price of uranium has risen slightly since last week’s military coup in Niger as mining operations have continued in the world’s seventh-largest producer of the radioactive metal, but a consultancy says prices may rise in the coming weeks....
