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Government-funded private security firms policing the public on Darwin's city streets (www.abc.net.au)

Iran warns Hezbollah ready for Israel ground offensive (www.ynetnews.com)

Hamas releases two women held hostage after Egyptian-Qatari diplomacy (www.aljazeera.com)

Video investigation: What hit al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)

Iran says 'preemptive action' by resistance front expected in coming hours (www.reuters.com)

Iran’s top envoy said that a “preemptive action” could be expected in the coming hours, state TV reported on Monday, adding that Israel will not be allowed to take any action in the Gaza Strip without facing consequences....

Israel Gaza: UK to deploy Royal Navy ships to eastern Mediterranean to 'bolster security' (www.bbc.co.uk)

How should the US respond to the Israel-Palestine crisis? (www.theguardian.com)

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Chinese EV startup WM Motor files for bankruptcy (www.channelnewsasia.com)

UN must end its ‘failed approach’ in Myanmar, report says (myanmar-now.org)

Dozens dead in clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces (www.middleeasteye.net)

U.S. mulls support for Japan scallop business hit by China import ban (japantoday.com)

As Canada recruits Filipino nurses, those left behind struggle to care for patients | CBC Radio (www.cbc.ca)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5406403...

In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots (www.reuters.com)

Alongside Sydney Harbour, engineers are working on a submarine that will be powered by artificial intelligence and will have no human crew. The project is being driven by a contest between the U.S., its allies and China to develop AI-controlled weapons that will operate autonomously, including warships and fighter jets. The...

Exclusive: US military repositions some troops in Niger, pulls non-essential personnel (www.reuters.com)

The Pentagon is repositioning some troops and equipment within Niger and will withdraw a small number of non-essential personnel “out of an abundance of caution,” U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, the first major American military movement in Niger since a coup in July....

US shouldn’t preach morality to Israel, Smotrich says, backing Ben-Gvir (www.jpost.com)

The United States is in no position to go after Israel on human rights issues given how its army acted in Iraq and Afghanistan, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) said.

Attack by Al-Qaida-Allied Group in Syria Kills, Injures Dozens of Troops, Activists Say (www.voanews.com)

‘I’ll blow up the plane’: arrest after bomb threat on Malaysia Airlines flight from Sydney (www.scmp.com)

Forty-one dead in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island - Ansa (www.thestar.com.my)

Ground link: ground.news/…/forty-one-dead-in-migrant-shipwreck…

The Money of The Upstarts – The BRICS countries want to create their own currency to end the hegemony of the U.S. dollar. China holds a dominant position in the alliance. (www.konicz.info)

“This credit crunch, triggered by the fight against inflation in Western countries, is an important factor in the huge rush to join the BRICS group. Many crisis-ridden countries, such as Argentina and Venezuela, which are currently seeking membership, are simply hoping to tap alternative sources of financing – especially...

Handshakes and ‘candid’ talks, but what is the outlook for US-China relations? (www.scmp.com)

When it comes to exchanges between the United States and China, we’ve all probably got used to their tough talk and fiery rebuttals....

India, Manipur genocide : ‘Horrific Videos, Reports Just Tip of Iceberg, Much More Has Happened We Don't Know About’ (www.youtube.com)

Babu Verghese, an author, journalist and consultant for several Christian television channels, who was recently in Manipur, both in the valley and in the hills, and spoke widely to people of both the Meitei and Kuki communities, says that the horrifying videos and reports that surfaced in the last week of killings, burning and...

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