Slow rollout of Canada Disability Benefit sparks calls for emergency interim support from Ottawa (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Experts warn against wave of fake news ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential election (apnews.com)
Since June, when Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, and the country’s main opposition parties launched their internal proceedings to pick their contenders for the 2024 race, The Associated Press Spanish-language fact-checking team found about 40 fake publications across social media platforms, favoring or discrediting members of...
SpaceX, NASA launch four astronauts from four countries | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The SpaceX Crew-7 mission launched from Florida on Saturday morning, hosting one of the most internationally diverse astronaut crews to date, with members from the US, Japan, Russia and Denmark....
Canada probes Walmart, Hugo Boss over Uyghur labor concerns (www.dw.com)
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.
White House says 'no one should be surprised' if Prigozhin actually died in a plane crash in Russia (www.businessinsider.com)
Tropical Storm Franklin nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic bringing fears of floods, landslides (apnews.com)
A presidential runoff is likely in Ecuador between an ally of ex-president and a banana tycoon’s son (apnews.com)
'Leave our country': Indian students living in constant fear in Ukraine amid hostility (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4901677...
At least 21 civilians killed in central Mali attack - sources (www.reuters.com)
Gunmen killed at least 21 civilians in an attack on a village in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said on Saturday....
India, China, and Iran set up pavilions at Army 2023 in Moscow (www.thehindu.com)
China Evergrande seeks Chapter 15 protection in Manhattan bankruptcy court (www.reuters.com)
China Evergrande, which is the world’s most heavily indebted property developer and became the poster child for China’s property crisis, on Thursday filed for protection from creditors in a U.S. bankruptcy court.
Cash, cars and homes seized in $735m Singapore anti-money laundering raids (www.bbc.com)
ASA Bans Ads for UK ISP 6G Internet Over 6G Mobile Confusion (www.ispreview.co.uk)
India, Manipur genocide : Who Gains and Who Loses? A Report From Manipur (thewire.in)
4 women from different places, different affiliations and difering faiths ( One is a Muslim, another a Hindu, one a Christian and another from an indigenous tribal faith) travelled to Manipur together on August 3 and together created this report to document what they saw, heard, and felt.
Independence Day 2023: A Celebration of Freedom, Patriotism, and Hope! - News18 (www.news18.com)
India is celebrating its 77th Independence Day on August 15, 2023. On this day in 1947, India became a free nation after more than two centuries of British colonial rule.
Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands told to seek safety (www.reuters.com)
China's suspension of youth jobless data draws public ire (www.reuters.com)
‘I’ll blow up the plane’: arrest after bomb threat on Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney (www.scmp.com)
At least 27 die in inferno at petrol station in Dagestan southern Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Miss Universe Organisation cuts Indonesia ties over sex abuse claims (www.bbc.com)
Cambodia: Thousands of war-era explosives found buried at high school (www.bbc.com)
Colombia prosecutors confirm arrest of father of 2 of the 4 children lost 40 days in Amazon jungle (apnews.com)
