Iran bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims (www.bbc.com)
A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims has overturned in Iran, killing at least 28 passengers, Iranian state media reports....
Mpox: Thai authorities suspect first case (www.dw.com)
The patient is a European who recently arrived from a trip to Africa. Health officials believe it is a case of the more dangerous Clade 1b variant
Police raid Andrew Tate's home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors (apnews.com)
Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women....
Detectives are investigating an assault that led to the death of a 19-year-old in Koreatown, the Los Angeles Police Department said Friday. (www.nbclosangeles.com)
Shein sues Temu over copyright infringement, trade secret theft (www.cnbc.com)
What to Know About the Blue Supermoon (www.nytimes.com)
The celestial event, which is visible from Sunday to Wednesday morning, probably won’t happen again until 2037. A “blue” moon bears no connection to the color blue, and the moon won’t have a colorful tinge. Instead, a blue moon is used to describe what is effectively an additional full moon, one that violates the rule of...
More than 200 unexploded second world war shells found near Solomon Islands school (www.theguardian.com)
Workers at a school in Solomon Islands discovered a buried stockpile of the second world war munitions as they “dug a hole for sewage”, police said....
'Rotten-tail kids': China's rising youth unemployment breeds new working class (www.aol.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents’ pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of “rotten-tail kids”....
Netanyahu, accused of 'abandoning' hostages, says cease-fire deal may not happen (www.usatoday.com)
Iran orders closure of German language institute in Tehran (www.dw.com)
Judicial authorities in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday closed down two branches of German Language Institute (DSIT) in the city....
EU greenlights new chip factory in Dresden (www.dw.com)
Brussels has given the nod of approval to German state aid for the building of a new chip factory as Europe seeks better tech supply security. It came as ground was broken on the site in the eastern city of Dresden....
Russian lawmakers want to ban Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
Lawmakers in the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, proposed that Deutsche Welle and the British Council be added to the list of “undesirable” organizations in Russia....
Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat (www.nytimes.com)
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Journalist Richard Medhurst arrested at Heathrow Airport under terrorism act (www.middleeasteye.net)
Richard Medhurst a journalist YouTuber released a video saying he was “arrested” under terrorism act in Heathrow airport, escorted from the plane. He speak about his experience in length in a video on his YouTube channel at:...
Overseas operation likely culprit behind AI bot network targeting Reynolds and Higgins defamation trial (www.abc.net.au)
A clumsily crafted bot network posting about the Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins defamation trial likely originated from foreign influencers wielding culturally divisive topics to sow discord
Israel Has Tripled The Number of Children It’s Killing Via Gunfire in West Bank - Israeli forces have shot and killed 115 children in the West Bank in the past 10 months. (truthout.org)
Deadly diseases ripping through Gaza after destruction of water, sewage systems (www.abc.net.au)
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher (apnews.com)
Israeli strikes kill 35 in one day as Gaza hospitals warn of collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Climate scientist says 2/3rds of the world is under an effective 'death sentence' because of global warming (www.themirror.com)
Fish thieves not welcome: Galicians coin term for stereotypical Madrid tourist (www.theguardian.com)
Galicia and Spain’s other Atlantic regions are becoming increasingly popular holiday destinations for Spaniards, and people from Madrid in particular, as they turn their backs on overcrowded and overheated Mediterranean resorts in favour of the more temperate north....
Police in Kenya say suspected serial killer has escaped from custody (www.theguardian.com)
A Kenyan man who police claim has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women is among 13 people who have escaped from custody at a Nairobi police cell, police have said....
Collision course: polar bears forced into people’s path by climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
John Ussak was tending to his fishing nets outside the Arctic hamlet of Rankin Inlet when a friend warned a polar bear had been spotted in the area....
10 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school, civil defence says (www.reuters.com)
At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced families west of Gaza City, the enclave’s civil defence authorities said....
Badlapur: Protests in over alleged sexual abuse of school girls (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of protesters have gathered at a railway station in the western state of Maharashtra to protest against the alleged sexual assault of two children....
