EU probes Meta and TikTok over Hamas-Israel online content – DW – 10/19/2023 (www.dw.com)
Fearing China, South Korea targets firms building Taiwan navy submarines (www.reuters.com)
South Korean authorities cited the risk of Chinese economic retaliation when they charged marine technology firm SI Innotec last year with violating trade laws for its work on Taiwan’s new military submarine program, according to a police document seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter....
Rules of engagement issued to hacktivists after chaos (www.bbc.co.uk)
Chaos and Crisis as Azerbaijan Attacks Nagorno-Karabakh (www.bellingcat.com)
The Global Economy Enters an Era of Upheaval (www.bloomberg.com)
US-China tensions and the war in Ukraine are already swinging investments to like-minded countries — a sign that companies are making geopolitical bets.
Korea says Fukushima water release carried out as planned (koreatimes.co.kr)
Japan’s release of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant has been carried out stably and as planned, with no abnormalities detected so far, a Korean official said Friday....
The searing injustice of the Indian state’s broken promise to Muslims (scroll.in)
Despite the progressive Constitution giving it nearly all the thrust it needed to become a secular state, it could never become that.
North Korea's Kim orders boost to missile production (www.dw.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged the country’s arms industry to increase production of missiles and artillery in order to have “overwhelming military power” and be ready for war, state media KCNA reported on Monday....
Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan (theintercept.com)
The ‘monumental consequences’ of Ukraine joining the EU (archive.is)
Argentina To Pay IMF Debt With Chinese and Latin American Loans (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Monday, Economy Minister Sergio Massa announced that Argentina will pay US$2.7 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) through resources obtained via an agreement with China and a loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF)....
‘Word of God’: Why Muslims are opposed to the burning of the Quran (www.aljazeera.com)
Demonstrations have been held in several Muslim countries in recent weeks in response to the repeated desecration and burning of the Quran in Sweden and Denmark....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 521 (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is the situation on Saturday, July 29, 2023....
Study Suggests Social Media Doesn’t Fuel Polarization (politicalwire.com)
Hilariously it wasn’t easy finding a source that wasn’t bias or factually off.
Typhoon Doksuri shuts businesses, grounds flights in Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
TAIPEI, July 27 (Reuters) - Southern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled hundreds of flights amid warnings of landslides and floods as Typhoon Doksuri churned past the island en route to China where it will make landfall later this week....
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s counteroffensive was failing despite military and financial support from Western countries. “Neither the colossal resources that have been pumped into the Kyiv regime nor the supplies of Western weapons, tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and missiles are helping,” he said....
Tesla's CEO optimistic on progress for self-driving, robots (www.reuters.com)
Israeli soldiers kill several Hamas fighters at start of raid on Al Shifa hospital (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state (apnews.com)
North Korea lashes out at U.N. Command over meeting in Seoul (www.reuters.com)
Wegovy's heart benefits due to more than weight loss, Novo says (www.reuters.com)
Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Do you believe in ghosts?
Beijing confirms Chinese casualties in Myanmar clashes (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Stage set for conflict at COP28 with mixed response to outcome of key climate talks (apnews.com)
Tense negotiations at the final meeting on a climate-related loss and damages fund — an international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet — ended Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years....
The proposal of the minister of intelligence: transfer of Gaza residents to Sinai (www.calcalist.co.il)
The proposal of the minister of intelligence: transfer of Gaza residents to Sinai...
