German court rejects appeal by ex-Nazi secretary over role in 10,500 murders (www.theguardian.com)
Irmgard Furchner, 99, was found guilty in 2022 of being an accessory to killings at Stutthof concentration camp...
Li Rui: US trial begins in battle for Mao secretary's diaries (www.bbc.com)
A trial has begun in California to decide whether Stanford University can keep the diaries of a top Chinese official, in a case that is being framed as a fight against Chinese government censorship....
Japan is recycling food waste back into food with fermentation (www.bbc.com)
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North Korean soldier defects to South through heavily militarised border (www.independent.co.uk)
A North Korean soldier reportedly defected to South Korea on Tuesday by crossing the heavily militarised border on the Korean peninsula’s east coast....
Putin has decided that Russia is going to be a 'safe haven' for people who want to trade liberal Western ways for Russian 'moral values' (www.businessinsider.com)
Putin has signed a decree that Russia will welcome foreigners who want to escape Western liberal ideals....
India court orders doctors' safety panel after rape, murder (www.dw.com)
India’s top court has ordered a national task force of doctors to make recommendations on safety to be established. It comes after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata sparked nationwide protests....
US intelligence officials blame Iran for Trump, Harris hacks (www.dw.com)
US officials have accused Iran of trying to influence the US presidential elections by targeting the campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Tehran has denied the allegations....
Bayesian yacht latest: Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer and Mike Lynch among missing in Sicily yacht disaster (www.bbc.co.uk)
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How a BRICS trio is staring down Israel [Pepe Escobar | AUG 15, 2024 | thecradle.co] (thecradle.co)
While Israel increasingly isolates itself on the international stage, BRICS members Iran, Russia, and China are quietly coordinating a full-spectrum effort to support Palestine diplomatically and militarily.
Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in a Gaza operation (apnews.com)
Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell and Haim Perry
Rebuilding bombed Gaza homes may take 80 years, U.N. says (www.nbcnews.com)
Alex Jones and his fans are intrigued by Putin offer of sanctuary to conservatives (www.rawstory.com)
Global Wealth Tax Could Raise $2.1 Trillion Annually for Climate Action and More | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
Three bridges over Seym River in Russia now destroyed by Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Last major crossing on this part of front in Kursk region hit overnight as Ukraine aims to expand ‘buffer zone’...
Majority of Israeli Jews believe prison rape suspects shouldn't face criminal charges [18 August 2024 | MEE staff | middleeasteye.net] (www.middleeasteye.net)
65 percent believe army punishment is enough for reserve officers accused of sexual assault at Sde Teiman prison
The Cybertruck Heads to War With Militarized Upgrades (gizmodo.com)
Ramzan Kadyrov, the brutal dictator of Chechnya and prominent Putin ally, has invited Elon Musk to visit him in Grozny. Kadyrov wrote the invitation in a Telegram post where he praised the Cybertruck below a video of him driving the stainless steel monstrosity around Chechen city streets....
Blinken says Netanyahu supports Gaza ceasefire bridging proposal (www.reuters.com)
The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary birth rate falls to record monthly low despite €30,000 offer to 3 child families (fortune.com)
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s right-wing prime minister, has several populist policies, one of which has been to grow Hungary’s native population....
Chinese and Philippine ships collide near disputed Sabina Shoal in South China Sea (www.theguardian.com)
Philippines says two coast guard vessels damaged by China’s ‘unlawful manoeuvres’, while Beijing says it took ‘control measures’ after vessels illegally entered waters around shoal
German warships await orders on crossing Taiwan Strait (www.reuters.com)
Two German warships await orders from Berlin, their commander said, to determine whether next month they will be the first German naval vessels in decades to pass through the Taiwan Strait, drawing a rebuke from Beijing....
Russia struggles to respond to Ukraine's incursion as advancing forces destroy key bridges and war potential (www.cnbc.com)
Ukrainian forces say they’ve blown up a second strategically-significant bridge in the Kursk region of Russia as Kyiv continues its incursion....
Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital (apnews.com)
Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry on Monday to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital....
NASA’s Webb Telescope finds evidence for an ocean world around Uranus (www.forbes.com)
New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that an icy moon around Uranus may have an underground liquid ocean....
Black children in England and Wales four times more likely to be strip-searched, figures show (www.theguardian.com)
Children’s commissioner finds wide disparity with white counterparts in year to June 2023, with 88% of searches aimed at finding drugs...
