Exclusive: US military bulk buys Japanese seafood to counter China ban (www.reuters.com)
Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water (www.theguardian.com)
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food | Japan | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads (www.npr.org)
The latest assessment from the defense department said China had increased its arsenal of operational nuclear warheads from the estimated 400 in 2021 to more than 500 as of May this year.
Israel-Palestine war: Surge in Israeli arrests and killings of Palestinians in West Bank (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Rishi Sunak Refuses To Condemn Tory Who Told Hungry Families To 'F*** Off' (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
U.S. Govt Restricts Shipments of GeForce RTX 4090 to China, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Vietnam (www.tomshardware.com)
Overloaded Gaza hospitals short of power, fuel, medicine; may be forced to shut down (www.salon.com)
UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Britain will send surveillance aircraft, two Royal Navy support ships and about 100 Royal Marines to the eastern Mediterranean from Friday to support Israel and help prevent any sudden escalation of fighting in the Middle East....
9 UN staffers killed in airstrikes in Gaza (thehill.com)
Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks (www.wsj.com)
Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group....
Dengue will 'take off' in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says (www.reuters.com)
Ahead of Presidential polls, Argentina parliament passes bill to abolish income taxes (www.firstpost.com)
[UPDATE: Fico won] Slovakia elections: Liberals win against pro-Moscow party - exit polls (www.bbc.com)
Liberals have a slender lead in Slovakia’s elections over a pro-Moscow party led by populist former PM Robert Fico, exit polls suggest....
New tourist tax will soon make visiting Iceland more expensive (www.euronews.com)
Vancouver group says they stopped gangs from profiting over $100k by selling cocaine, heroin and meth (www.vancouverisawesome.com)
World recommits to 2030 plan to save humanity — despite falling short so far (www.nature.com)
Azerbaijan launches operation against Nagorno-Karabakh and demands surrender (www.bbc.com)
Azerbaijan has said its military measures in Nagorno-Karabakh are continuing for a second day, having launched what it calls “anti-terror” operations in the enclave....
Thousands of S Korean teachers rally for protection from abusive parents (www.trtworld.com)
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....