More than 10,000 people are currently evacuated from their native communities in Nagorno-Karabakh (news.am)
India expels Canadian diplomat, says concerned about 'anti-India activities' (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5606902...
Italy approves new migrant detention as talk turns to naval blockade to prevent launching of boats (abcnews.go.com)
SEC Sweep into Marketing Rule Violations Results in Charges Against Nine Investment Advisers. (www.sec.gov)
‘Like a phantom’: Chile grapples with ghosts of the disappeared (www.aljazeera.com)
Santiago, Chile – Jeannette Avila takes out a white handkerchief atop Cerro Chena, a hill overlooking Chile’s capital, Santiago. Waving it up and down, she begins to dance to the music of Chile’s national dance....
Junta Boss Targets Aid Groups as Myanmar’s Humanitarian Disaster Worsens (www.irrawaddy.com)
After fleeing the war at home, refugees from Myanmar are now trapped in India’s conflict (myanmar-now.org)
China to increase investments in Myanmar with 3 Free-Trade Zones on Burma-China Border (www.irrawaddy.com)
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....
Bob Barker has died (ssnews.page.link)
Somali content creators express discontent over TikTok, Telegram ban (www.aljazeera.com)
On Sunday, Somali authorities issued an order banning access to several giant social media platforms including the video platform TikTok, messaging app Telegram, and the online betting 1xBet....
Exclusive: Argentina to use IMF money to pay back part of a currency swap with China -sources (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Argentina plans to tap a $7.5 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund to repay China part of the money it borrowed through a currency swap line, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday....
Myanmar Military patrol near Sagaing Region Chinese mining project tortures, kills four civilian hostages (myanmar-now.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/3502956...
South Korea: 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit World Jamboree (www.bbc.com)
Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefited (www.reuters.com)
The stalled reform coincided with a boom in private prison revenues from ICE contracts during the Biden administration and an increase in the percentage of detainees being held in private facilities, according to an analysis of ICE data by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) shared exclusively with Reuters.
Russia unleashes strikes against Ukraine; Kyiv targets Crimea bridge (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia says it shot down a drone heading for Moscow in the third such attack in a week, while officials in both Russia and Ukraine have confirmed Ukraine targeted two bridges linking Crimea to the mainland....
Israeli Troops kill 3 Palestinian gunmen en route to carry out attack near Jenin (www.timesofisrael.com)
Kenya offers to lead Haiti policing mission to combat gangs (www.dw.com)
Kenya’s foreign minister said on Saturday that Nairobi was willing to lead a multinational force into Haiti....
What watching five straight days of Russian TV reveals about Putin’s Russia (youtube.com)
I recommend everybody watch the video or read the article, crazy but unsurprising shit out of Russia again. What a bleak country.
Meta: why are posts being deleted?
There was a post earlier about the UAP senate hearings that happened today....
Inside the psyche of Hindutva’s online supporters (scroll.in)
The troll is an extension of the Modi cult that very much exists in the real world.
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control (www.bbc.co.uk)
As Cuba’s private sector roars back, choices and inequality rise (www.aljazeera.com)
Güines, Mayabeque – “Capitalism must be uprooted, parasitism must be uprooted, the exploitation of man must be uprooted,” cried Fidel Castro in 1968 to rapturous applause, explaining his decision to ban virtually all private business in Cuba....
Prison Honduras to build island colony to imprison gang members (www.aljazeera.com)
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighbouring El Salvador’s unforgiving approach to murder, robbery, rape and extortion....