India passes data protection bill amid surveillance concerns (www.aljazeera.com)
Indian lawmakers have passed a data protection law that will dictate how tech companies process users’ data amid criticism that it will likely lead to increased surveillance by the government....
Forty-one dead in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island - Ansa (www.thestar.com.my)
Ground link: ground.news/…/forty-one-dead-in-migrant-shipwreck…
Ethnic clashes bring Indian state Manipur to the brink of civil war (globalvoices.org)
A New Filipino Leader for Southeast Asia’s Islamic State (thediplomat.com)
Chinese Copper Mine in Myanmar Expands With Land Grab (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/2903814...
How We Used Machine Learning to Investigate Where Ebola May Strike (www.propublica.org)
The bright spots on the map struck us like a lightning bolt....
NASA ends lunar ice cubesat mission over stuck valve (www.theregister.com)
NASA has terminated the LunaH-Map mission after a stuck valve on the ice-hunting cubesat prevented it from reaching the Moon’s south pole....
Study: China's Housing Bubble Break The Two-Child Policy (stop-population-decline.ghost.io)
Around 20 Killed in Burkina Faso Suspected Terror Attack (www.voanews.com)
Cambodia’s king signs royal decree to nominate Hun Manet as PM (www.rfa.org)
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni on Monday issued a royal decree to appoint Hun Sen’s eldest son Hun Manet as the country’s prime minister, ensuring that the transfer of power from father to son will occur later this month....
Woman arrested in plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine says (abcnews.go.com)
Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefited (www.reuters.com)
The stalled reform coincided with a boom in private prison revenues from ICE contracts during the Biden administration and an increase in the percentage of detainees being held in private facilities, according to an analysis of ICE data by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) shared exclusively with Reuters.
Russia unleashes strikes against Ukraine; Kyiv targets Crimea bridge (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia says it shot down a drone heading for Moscow in the third such attack in a week, while officials in both Russia and Ukraine have confirmed Ukraine targeted two bridges linking Crimea to the mainland....
Mexico: Gunmen Group Kidnapped 7 Police Officers in Zacatecas (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Sunday, at least seven Mexican police officers were kidnapped when a group of armed men broke into the police headquarters in the municipality of Villa Hidalgo, in the state of Zacatecas....
Greece Welcomes R&I Rating Upgrade to Investment Grade (news.gtp.gr)
Elephant corridors: The busy trunk routes where locals take care to cross (www.bbc.com)
With their large, padded feet, elephants can be remarkably quiet. It’s our third evening of waiting to see these giants cross a dust road. Our guide, Mojita, assures us they’re very close. “They’re collecting just there, in the bush,” he whispers....
Muslims in India’s Gurugram fear more violence (www.aljazeera.com)
Internet Blackout Takes Out Power, Payment Systems in Senegal (www.bloomberg.com)
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 528 (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is the situation on Saturday, August 5, 2023....
Bahamas Promises Police Aid for Haiti (www.telesurenglish.net)
The Bahamas would send 150 defense agents to Haiti if the United Nations (UN) approves such an offer. The news was released by the Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué....
India’s Kashmir clampdown continues four years after Article 370 abrogated (www.aljazeera.com)
Saturday marks four years of India scrapping the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi’s most far-reaching move against the disputed region in seven decades....
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Arrested After Being Sentenced To 3 Years In Jail; Disqualified For 5 Years (www.freepressjournal.in)
Spicemas Festival in the Full Swing of Grenada’s Celebrations (www.telesurenglish.net)
Spicemas has started this August 1st with a festive enthusiasm, which exalts the culture of Grenada in all its cultural, artistic and gastronomic richness....
Food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal, India restricts rice exports (www.aljazeera.com)
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled out of a wartime agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain to the world, and India restricted some of its rice exports, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has said....