Ukrainian border guards confirm Wagnerites leaving Belarus (news.yahoo.com)
US Justice Department sues SpaceX, alleging discriminatory hiring practices (edition.cnn.com)
Greece wildfires: 79 people arrested for arson (www.bbc.com)
Canada probes Walmart, Hugo Boss over Uyghur labor concerns (www.dw.com)
Vladimir Putin will not attend India G20 in person (www.dw.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be going to the G20 summit in India in early September in person....
Danish government prepares bill to stop Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)
Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali form military pact (www.dw.com)
The junta in Niger, which seized power in a military coup on July 26, has formed a military alliance with the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso and Mali, whose rulers also seized power in coups....
São Paulo's micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets (www.bbc.com)
The minhocão is one of São Paulo’s most famous landmarks. An elevated highway that snakes its way through the centre of the city, it weaves through the tightly packed apartment buildings to connect the east to the west....
Ludwig II: Bavaria's 'fairytale king' and his dream castle (www.dw.com)
Perched on a cliff in the Bavarian Alps near Füssen, Germany, the Neuschwanstein Castle is the epitome of the idyllic. Its spires soar to the heavens, while the surrounding landscapes are an invitation to daydreaming. It’s the stuff of fairytales, so much so that the man who had it built is dubbed the “fairytale king” —...
What is life like inside the world’s largest refugee camp? (www.aljazeera.com)
It is monsoon season in Bangladesh. Every year from June to October, heavy rainfall befalls the country. For one million Rohingya refugees housed near the base of the country’s spine, there is little defence against the elements - natural or manmade....
Inside Mali: What now for the country that bet its security on Wagner? (www.bbc.com)
As Mali fights Islamist militants and separatists, it has turned to Wagner mercenaries for security. But the group’s leader is now presumed dead, UN peacekeepers are leaving and Mali faces a crisis. The BBC’s Feras Kilani travelled to its dangerous northern desert region - the only international journalist to go there in the...
'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’ (www.aljazeera.com)
War and hunger risk destroying Sudan where fighting between rival generals erupted in mid-April, the United Nations has warned....
Greece confers PM Modi with The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (www.indiatvnews.com)
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on (apnews.com)
Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change....
Saudi Arabia considering Chinese bid to build nuclear plant, report says (www.aljazeera.com)
Chinese bid proposes nuclear plant near the border with Qatar and the UAE, according to Wall Street Journal report.
Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China's sudden end of COVID curbs - study (www.reuters.com)
Company part-owned by Estonian PM's husband continues deliveries to Russia (news.err.ee)
Ironic how she was one of the big proponents of collective guilt yet she claims she didn’t know her family was doing buisness with Russia
Donald Trump Sold Mar-a-Lago Before Arrest, Listing Reveals (www.newsweek.com)
Rise of Local Family Policy Addressing Japan's Population Decline (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Korea says Fukushima water release carried out as planned (koreatimes.co.kr)
Japan’s release of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has been carried out stably and as planned, with no abnormalities detected so far, a Korean official said Friday....
The world feeds the climate crisis with public money: Fossil fuel subsidies amounted to $7 trillion in 2022 (english.elpais.com)
Institute for the Study of War: Russian Campaign Assessment August 24, 2023 (www.understandingwar.org)
I’ve seen a lot of people wondering how Prigozhin could make such a terrible mistake. I think that ISW has got the right of it in their analysis from today....
Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS (libertarianinstitute.org)
Edit: replaced with Aljazeera article, a known news source...