Former U.S. Rep Amash says relatives killed in Gaza church air strike (www.reuters.com)
Israel flattens Gaza district, hits Orthodox church as invasion looms (www.reuters.com)
Italy PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after off-air lewd TV remarks (www.bbc.com)
Western leaders accused of hypocrisy over response to Palestine, Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
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Putin suggests a new narrative for Prigozhin’s deadly plane crash: cocaine and grenades. (www.nytimes.com)
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia claimed on Thursday that the warlord Yevgeny V. Prigozhin and his associates may have brought down their private jet with hand grenades while possibly under the influence of cocaine — a new narrative from the Kremlin about the August plane crash widely seen as an assassination carried out...
Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds (www.bbc.com)
Under India’s pressure, Facebook let propaganda and hate speech thrive (www.washingtonpost.com)
Facebook has retreated from its professed ideals in India under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
Turkey's central bank hikes interest rate to 30% (www.cnbc.com)
Five Americans freed in prisoner swap with Iran, official says (www.nbcnews.com)
Staged videos fuel religious hate and misogyny in India (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian Tank Losses Diminish As Polish Technicians Save More And More Damaged Leopard 2s (www.forbes.com)
If Kyiv’s allies can fix up every Western tank that analysts have counted as damaged, Leopard 2 losses might total … three.
At least 8 police dogs die in transport from heat stroke (www.nbcchicago.com)
Dogs shouldn’t be forced to do police work tbh.
Animal-to-human diseases ‘could kill 12 times as many people by 2050’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Researchers called for ‘urgent action’ to address increased risk of spread of disease due to climate change and deforestation...
Israel’s war in Gaza revives Sabra and Shatila massacre memories in Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
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French military intelligence says Israeli strike not behind Gaza hospital blast (www.reuters.com)
Berlin: 174 arrested at unauthorized pro-Palestinian events (www.dw.com)
Days after deadly missile strike on Ukrainian cafe, grief and a search for answers (apnews.com)
U.N. and local investigators searched for answers on Saturday at the site of a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village that days earlier turned its sole cafe to rubble and killed nearly 52 people gathered for a dead soldier’s wake, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials in Kyiv. Local...
Suicide bomber detonates explosive device in Turkish capital (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkey’s interior minister says a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in front of the ministry building in the Turkish capital, wounding two police officers....
There ought to be full and fair investigation into Canada's allegations against India: US (www.telegraphindia.com)
'Canada has said it is committed to doing that, and we believe the Indian government should cooperate with it'
Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)
Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...
Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Scots scientists create 'game-changing' palm oil alternative (news.stv.tv)
1.2m Palestinians face devastating humanitarian crisis because of US aid block (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Caste matters : Dalit student attacked by caste Hindu students for laughing inside bus in Tamil Nadu, India (www.thenewsminute.com)
In another case of caste-based violence among school students in Tamil Nadu, more than 20 caste Hindu students belonging to the Urali Gounder community attacked a Dalit student and his grandmother in Karur district on Saturday, August 26, for laughing inside a bus....
Ludwig II: Bavaria's 'fairytale king' and his dream castle (www.dw.com)
Perched on a cliff in the Bavarian Alps near Füssen, Germany, the Neuschwanstein Castle is the epitome of the idyllic. Its spires soar to the heavens, while the surrounding landscapes are an invitation to daydreaming. It’s the stuff of fairytales, so much so that the man who had it built is dubbed the “fairytale king” —...
