The domestic slaves rescued from London’s richest streets (www.channel4.com)
Indonesian school shaves 14 girls’ hair over teacher’s hijab complaint (www.dawn.com)
American pharmaceutical company to discontinue supply of hepatitis C drug Zepatier to Russia (theins.press)
Heavy rainfall floods parts of Switzerland (www.swissinfo.ch)
China says will back Bangladesh against ‘external interference’ (www.thehindu.com)
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Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement (www.reuters.com)
Photos: Acai berry craze boosts incomes in the Amazon, but at a cost (www.aljazeera.com)
Working in the sweltering heat of the Brazilian Amazon, Jose Diogo scales a tree and harvests a cluster of black berries: acai, the trendy “superfood” reshaping the world’s biggest rainforest, for better and worse....
Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines as it heads for Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
Typhoon Saola dumped heavy rain across the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall on Sunday as it moved towards southern Taiwan and China’s southern coast....
Sudan’s RSF floats ‘peace plan’ as rival army chief eyes regional trip (www.aljazeera.com)
The head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has proposed a plan for “lasting peace” in war-torn Sudan as his rival army chief is expected to embark on a regional trip....
Pope Francis calls US Catholic Church 'reactionary' (www.dw.com)
Pope Francis has lamented a “very strong reactionary attitude” in the US Catholic Church, saying that ideology had replaced faith in some parts of it and some members had failed to understand “there is an appropriate evolution in understanding matters of faith and morals.”...
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said....
French ambassador will stay in Niger despite junta ultimatum, says Macron (www.france24.com)
During a major foreign policy speech to ambassadors gathered in Paris, Macron confirmed that French envoy Sylvain Itte was listening in from Niger capital Niamey despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday....
Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student (www.aljazeera.com)
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed....
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces run for Taiwan presidency (www.reuters.com)
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, announced on Monday a bid to be Taiwan’s president in January elections, saying he wanted to unite the opposition and ensure the island did not become “the next Ukraine”....
Evergrande shares plunge as much as 87% as trading resumes after 17 months (www.cnbc.com)
China Evergrande Group last traded on the Hong Kong exchange on March 18, 2022 at 1.65 Hong Kong dollars ($0.13) per share, before being suspended on March 21....
Climate change is helping pests and diseases destroy our food (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Caste matters The caste of a chair (scroll.in)
How oppressive upper castes in an Indian state's local governments (Tamil Nadu’s panchayats) use chairs and the protocols surrounding them to discriminate against Dalit women presidents.
A Former French President Gives a Voice to Obstinate Russian Sympathies (www.nytimes.com)
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Poland bans sale of energy drinks to under-18s (notesfrompoland.com)
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived (apnews.com)
As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety....
Red Cross gifted gold bars left on a Swiss train (www.swissinfo.ch)
Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Tests of seawater near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant have not detected any radioactivity, the environment ministry said on Sunday (Aug 27), days after authorities began discharging into the sea treated water used to cool damaged reactors....
Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima discharge (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Tokyo has urged Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China” after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater....
Pope says he'll meet with Mongolia's 'noble, wise' people in first visit there (koreatimes.co.kr)
Pope Francis on Sunday described his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever pilgrimage by a pontiff to the east Asian country, as a much-desired occasion to encounter a “noble, wise” people....
