Ukraine creates database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians (www.theguardian.com)
From Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi to Andy Warhol’s Four Marilyns, it amounts to an art collection that could grace any gallery in the world....
Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran (time.com)
What To Know About South Africa’s ‘Kill The Boer’ Chant (www.forbes.com)
Apparently not all are welcome in the so called “Rainbow Nation”
Asians are less ‘humane’ – Ukrainian security chief (www.elrisala.com)
“I’m fine with Asians, but Russians are Asians. They have a completely different culture, vision. Our key difference from them is humanity.”
Kai Cenat: Police plan to charge Twitch streamer after PS5 giveaway mayhem (www.bbc.com)
Police say they plan to charge US YouTuber Kai Cenat after a video games console giveaway event he organised sparked mayhem in New York....
Fingers ‘turned to powder’: the maimed workers of India’s auto hub (www.aljazeera.com)
Haryana, India – At the break of dawn, thousands of workers walk out from dusty and congested maze-like alleys to work at nearby factories in Manesar, one of India’s leading automobile hubs, about 50km (31 miles) south of the capital....
Crossing the Alps: An adventure report (www.dw.com)
On a July morning shortly before 9 a.m., my adventure of crossing the Alps began. Along with my father and a handful of other mountain sports enthusiasts, I traveled all the way to Wildental, Austria to take on the challenge....
Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say (www.bbc.co.uk)
A Russian naval ship has been damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sources say....
Niger coup: Junta scraps military pacts with France (www.dw.com)
The Open Arms Rescues 264 Migrants in The Mediterranean Sea (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Thursday, the Open Arms ship rescued 264 migrants in the Mediterranean at the request of Italian authorities, who are coordinating the rescue operations in the region....
Deadly communal violence flares in India a month before world leader summit (edition.cnn.com)
Insight: Rising domestic violence is a hidden front in Ukraine's war (www.reuters.com)
Putin greeted children of freed sleeper agents in Spanish as they had only discovered they were Russian on the flight to Moscow, Kremlin says (www.businessinsider.com)
Putin greeted the children of Russian sleeper agents in Spanish as they landed in Moscow as part of a prisoner exchange....
At least 30 dead after Typhoon Gaemi cut off towns in China’s Hunan province (www.cnn.com)
Heavy rains and floods from Typhoon Gaemi caused at least 30 deaths and left 35 people missing across eight towns in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, citing local authorities....
Nigerian police may seek army help after violent protests (www.reuters.com)
ABUJA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Nigerian police are on red alert and may seek the help of the military after protests against the cost of living and governance issues turned violent in some cities, the inspector general of police said....
Nigerians protest ‘bad governance’, cost of living, runaway inflation (www.semafor.com)
World Bank warns 108 countries risk being stuck in ‘middle-income trap’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rain disasters have killed more than 200 across Asia in a week (www.nbcnews.com)
Javan rhino poaching saga reveals serious security lapse: An investigation has discovered that these organized groups accessed inside intelabout rhino movements from people with past government ties (news.mongabay.com)
Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests (amp.theguardian.com)
‘We didn’t sign that treaty’: in Canada, the Anishinaabe fight for land they never gave up (www.theguardian.com)
While Indigenous nations fight the crown for compensation owed from an agreement signed in 1850, one nation fights a different battle...
U.S. Recognizes Edmundo González as Winner of Venezuela Election [Julie Turkewitz | Published Aug. 1, 2024 | Updated Aug. 2, 2024 | NY Times] (www.nytimes.com)
The United States on Thursday night recognized Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate, Edmundo González, as the winner of the country’s disputed election....
Nigerians struggle to make ends meet amid economic crisis (www.dw.com)
The worst economic crisis in decades in Nigeria has citizens sacrificing to get by. Medicines, food and other basic commodities are priced beyond the reach of many....
Germany joins multinational force monitoring Korean border (www.dw.com)
Germany officially became the 18th member of the US-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea on Friday....
Police fire gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests over Nigeria’s economy. At least 2 killed (apnews.com)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces fired gunshots and tear gas to quell mass protests across Nigeria on Thursday as thousands, mostly young people, poured onto the streets to rally against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. At least two people were reported killed....
