Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world (www.bbc.com)
Putin Goes Full MAGA: Welcomes Trump’s Ukraine Plan and Rages About His ‘Persecution’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
Spanish FA president Rubiales resigns over Hermoso kiss (www.bbc.co.uk)
Schoolchildren in Russia will learn to handle rifles, operate UAVs (www.ukrinform.net)
Putin: West put ethnic Jew to rule in Ukraine to 'cover glorification of Nazism' (www.unionleader.com)
Sept 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview on Tuesday, without citing evidence, that Western powers had installed Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is of Jewish heritage, as president of Ukraine to cover up the glorification of Nazism....
Saudi Man Receives Death Sentence for Internet Comments. (tipsandtricksbycent.medium.com)
This is why personal privacy & nyms are important, time to go somewhere else, but where can we remain anonymous in the digital world?
Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports....
Poland cuts tax for first-time homebuyers and raises it for those buying multiple properties (notesfrompoland.com)
Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukrainian forces appear to widen breach of Russian defenses on southern front lines (edition.cnn.com)
Signs are growing that Ukrainian forces have penetrated Russian defenses along part of the southern front lines in Zaporizhzhia region and are expanding a wedge toward the strategic town of Tokmak, while stepping up attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea....
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?...
WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions (www.nature.com)
Israeli police accused of branding Star of David on Palestinian man's cheek (www.middleeasteye.net)
The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price (apnews.com)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war....
King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian (apnews.com)
300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before (edition.cnn.com)
Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet (www.bbc.com)
The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, according to the EU’s climate change service Copernicus....
Superconductor Stock Frenzy Fizzles in Korea Amid Growing Doubts (www.bloomberg.com)
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the Rio Grande river “inhumane” after bodies were found in the waters (www.cnn.com)
he floating barrier, which is intended to block migrants crossing from Mexico, was installed last month without federal authorization, according to the US Justice Department, which is suing the state of Texas over its use of the buoys....
Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law (www.france24.com)
National police chief: “a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work.” Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.
Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” (restofworld.org)
People are lured by easy money, without understanding the privacy implications of signing up for the block chain.
Bolivia challenges global dollar dominance with Chinese yuan, Russian rouble (www.reuters.com)
LA PAZ, July 28 (Reuters) - Bolivia’s government is determined to curb dependence on the U.S. dollar for foreign trade, instead turning to the Chinese yuan, officials said, as Latin American support for alternative currencies grows....