With X Blocked, Brazilians Find New Homes for Their Thoughts (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/12905810...
China's EVs are fueling a big oil demand slowdown (africa.businessinsider.com)
In a 65-foot-deep tunnel in Rafah, hostages found executed by captors (www.ynetnews.com)
Forces had no direct confrontation with Hamas terrorists who killed hostages; ‘The IDF and security forces are doing everything possible to bring all hostages home as quickly as possible. This news shakes us all,’ says army spokesperson Hagari...
Zelensky urges West to let Ukraine hit Russia with long-range weapons (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 31 called on the U.S., the U.K., France, and Germany to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike targets in Russia....
'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them' (www.bbc.com)
In June 2023, Paul Skye Lehrman and his partner Linnea Sage were driving near their home in New York City, listening to a podcast about the ongoing strikes in Hollywood and how artificial intelligence (AI) could affect the industry....
Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)
Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adopt four-day workweeks....
Labour MP defends himself as 'renters champion' after 'poor conditions' found in his properties (news.sky.com)
Jas Athwal, the newly-elected MP for Ilford South, owns 15 rental flats, but some tenants have claimed they regularly have to clean their bathroom ceilings to remove mould....
Far-right group that invokes Nazi past on the verge of state election success in Germany (www.nbcnews.com)
‘There was no mercy, even on children’: trauma in the West Bank after Israeli raids (www.theguardian.com)
When Israeli soldiers arrived at the modest house along an alleyway in Nur Shams camp on Wednesday night, they sent the women and four of the children out into the street, but kept hold of Malak Shihab....
Taiwan's 3rd-largest political party head arrested over corruption scandal (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Fires at Russian energy plants after Ukraine drone attacks (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has launched a wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia, causing fires at two Russian energy facilities....
Frustration deepens two years after UN report on China abuses (www.reuters.com)
Human-rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday’s two-year anniversary of a landmark U.N. report to call for action on the document which said that China may have committed crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region....
Philippine authorities detain more than 160 people over suspected cybercrime operation (apnews.com)
Philippine authorities raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex in a central province and took into custody more than 160 people — mostly Chinese and Indonesians — who were committing internet-based crimes, officials said Sunday....
Venezuela extradites Colombians who fought for Ukraine to Russia (mil.in.ua)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/28039043
Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza as strikes continue and West Bank remains on edge (www.independent.co.uk)
Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines on Saturday, the Strip’s health ministry announced in a news conference, a day before the large-scale rollout and planned pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the United Nations World Health Organization....
UNRWA head accuses Israel of buying Google ads to block donations to agency (www.aljazeera.com)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused the Israeli government of “buying ads on Google to block users from giving donations” to the agency....
Israel’s West Bank Attacks Fuel Its Annexation Plans (theintercept.com)
DURING A TRIP to the West Bank to conduct research and visit her family in Nablus in 2022, Yara Asi remembered the moments when Israel’s military besieged the city, a major economic hub for the region, in an effort to weed out militants living there....
