Loaded for Bear: Ukraine’s F-16 Warplanes Have New Self-Protection and Latest Air Combat Ordnance (www.kyivpost.com)
Fossil discovery in Greenland ice sheet reveals increased risk of sea level rise (www.cbsnews.com)
Greenland has melted before, and as the climate warms, it will melt again — this time leading to what scientists warn could be 20 to 25 feet of sea-level rise....
‘One and done’: Michael Phelps says dopers should be given lifetime ban (www.theguardian.com)
Euphoria in Bangladesh after PM Sheikh Hasina flees country (www.bbc.com)
China announces huge stimulus package to boost lagging economy (www.semafor.com)
Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru's Amazon (apnews.com)
Peru’s reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization....
Venezuela's top prosecutor announces criminal probe against opposition leaders González, Machado (apnews.com)
Venezuela’s top prosecutor on Monday announced a criminal investigation against the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo González and its leader Maria Corina Machado over their call on the armed forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro and to stop repressing demonstrators....
Biden briefed that Iran attack timing and details still unclear, U.S. officials say (www.axios.com)
Farmers attack Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil (www.reuters.com)
Armed men backed by farmers in trucks and tractors attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil’s farming state of Mato Grosso do Sul at the weekend, injuring 11 of them, government officials and a rights group said on Monday....
The transphobia rocking olympic boxing has a Kremlin connection (www.motherjones.com)
3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics (www.npr.org)
Former KY Gov. Matt Bevin's adopted son reportedly removed from abusive facility in Jamaica • Kentucky Lantern (kentuckylantern.com)
Ukrainian men band together to heal from Russia's sexual torture (www.euronews.com)
Men scattered throughout Ukraine are helping one another recover from sexual trauma inflicted by Russian troops. These are some of their stories....
Exclusive: US personnel hurt in attack against base in Iraq, officials say (www.reuters.com)
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Nine UNRWA staff ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 attack on Israel: UN | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years (apnews.com)
A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon was found guilty Monday of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country....
Venezuela’s opposition trounced Maduro, election receipts show (thehill.com)
Gunmen kill New Zealand helicopter pilot in another attack in Indonesia's restive Papua region (abcnews.go.com)
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia’s restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, police said....
Bangladesh’s dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum (www.economist.com)
On the afternoon of August 5th, televisions in Bangladesh broadcast images of a helicopter rising from the residence of Sheikh Hasina, the country’s prime minister until minutes before. The chopper was carrying her and her sister “to safety”. Shortly afterwards images appeared of gleeful protesters entering the prime...
Nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack on Israel, says UN (www.reuters.com)
Olympic 2024 boxing controversy: IBA add to confusion over eligibility row (www.bbc.com)
The Russian-led IBA, which was stripped of its status as amateur boxing’s governing body by the IOC in 2019 because of fears over its governance and regulation, called a news conference in Paris during which president Umar Kremlev and chief executive Chris Roberts were expected to shed new light on the disqualifications....
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case (apnews.com)
Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said Monday they have found Glencore’s international unit “criminally liable” and ordered the commodities giant to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending a probe of bribery in connection with Congo’s mining industry over a decade ago....
Palestinian prisoners describe widespread abuse in Israel’s jails (www.theguardian.com)
The head of Russia's military park and a top Defense Ministry official are arrested for fraud (apnews.com)
The director of an exhibition park showcasing Russia’s military might was arrested on fraud charges along with a top Defense Ministry official, part of a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in the top echelons of the military leadership....
