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Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot until May (apnews.com)

IMF wants strong budget, narrower deficit from Sri Lanka (www.reuters.com)

Meloni Focused on Tax Cuts Over Italy's Falling Birth Rate in 2024 (stoppopulationdecline.org)

How Hamas breached Israel’s ‘Iron Wall’ (www.washingtonpost.com)

Israel, Hezbollah exchange artillery, rocket fire (www.reuters.com)

Israel and Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah exchanged artillery and rocket fire on Sunday following the deadliest attack in years by Palestinian gunmen on Israel....

Fox News on Isreal (imgur.com)

India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, report says (www.ctvnews.ca)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6516854...

A Stunningly Sudden End to a Long, Bloody Conflict in the Caucasus (www.nytimes.com)

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....