Leftist leads Ecuador presidential poll count amid spike in violence (www.bbc.com)
Left-winger Luisa Gonzalez is leading in Ecuador’s presidential election overshadowed by the assassination of one of the candidates....
Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate’s assassination (apnews.com)
The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate.
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up (www.theguardian.com)
Nayib Bukele’s government has already locked up 2% of El Salvador’s adult population and built the largest prison in the Americas to house the 70,000 alleged gang members he has imprisoned....
Israeli Rabbis call on Netanyahu to bomb Gaza hospital (www.newsweek.com)
The letter posted on Israeli journalist Amit Segal channel to 184,000 followers says that "the nation of Israel will stand up bravery to strike at its enemies," according to a translation of the Hebrew. It goes on to justify targeting sites even "when the enemy hides behind a human shield."
South Korea raids US military bases in drugs probe (www.bbc.com)
Brazil police arrest Amazon deforestation gang leader (brazilreports.com)
RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted (rsf.org)
Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources (www.cbc.ca)
Sources tell CBC News Indian officials have not denied the existence of the intelligence in private...
Rice prices soar, fanning fears of food inflation spike in Asia (www.cnbc.com)
Britain says it intercepted two Russian bomber aircraft north of Scotland (www.reuters.com)
The Irish Light: Woman abused by paper which falsely said vaccine killed her son (www.bbc.co.uk)
EU Tries To Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing (www.techdirt.com)
The EU is currently updating eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services), an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the European Single Market. That’s clearly a crucial piece of legislation in the digital age, and updating it is sensible given the...
Pentagon puts troops on notice to prepare to deploy to support Israel: reports (thehill.com)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a limited number of U.S. troops to prepare for deployment in support of Israel, as reported by multiple sources....
Muslim man lynched in India ‘for taking a banana’ at Hindu temple event (www.aljazeera.com)
São Paulo's micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets (www.bbc.com)
The minhocão is one of São Paulo’s most famous landmarks. An elevated highway that snakes its way through the centre of the city, it weaves through the tightly packed apartment buildings to connect the east to the west....
Mexico files diplomatic complaint over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barriers (www.texastribune.org)
Edinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parking (www.bbc.com)
Telegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it to (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2606865
Overloaded Gaza hospitals short of power, fuel, medicine; may be forced to shut down (www.salon.com)
Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list (www.theguardian.com)
Trial begins for Canada 'Freedom Convoy' organisers (www.bbc.com)
The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks in 2022 began on Tuesday....
'North Korea sent 1 million rounds of artillery to Russia' (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win (www.theguardian.com)
Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
Today, 2 August 2023, is Earth Overshoot Day. (www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org)
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2023, it falls on 2 August.
