Aeolus: 'Impossible satellite' ready to fall to Earth (www.bbc.com)
A British-built spacecraft is expected to fall to Earth later on Friday, after completing a transformative mission to map the planet’s winds....
Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons (www.reuters.com)
Israel halts UN staff visas as officials pan Guterres’s ‘truly insane’ Hamas remarks (www.timesofisrael.com)
You anti-semites are anti-semites for calling us out as perpetrators of genocide! You can’t call Israel an apartheid state just because we sit on a people and murder them indiscriminately! We have a right to exist and a right to brutalize! You’re bad for saying that we do that! How can you call us murdering assholes when...
Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda's leader wants a ban (apnews.com)
South China Sea: Philippines removes Chinese barrier in contested area (www.bbc.com)
The Philippines says it has removed a floating barrier installed by China to block Philippine fishing boats entering a contested area in the South China Sea....
Kitagawa's sexual abuse: the other side of the Japanese teen-idol market (www.asianews.it)
The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes (www.wired.com)
Poland and Baltic states demand Belarus expel Wagner and end migrant crisis or face border closure (notesfrompoland.com)
China's state banks seen selling dollars for yuan in London and New York hours (www.reuters.com)
China’s major state-owned banks were seen busy selling U.S. dollars to buy yuan in both onshore and offshore spot foreign exchange markets this week, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, in an attempt to slow the yuan’s depreciation.
UK could leave European convention on human rights to stop Channel migrant boats (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/opd7m...
‘Carrot knife’ trend among teens in S. Korea sparks concerns over potential violent behaviour (www.straitstimes.com)
Indi Gregory: Baby dies after life support switched off following tragic legal battle | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)
From the same disease that also affected Charlie Gard and Archie Battersbee. 😭
Cellular, internet service gradually returning to Gaza — report (www.timesofisrael.com)
The actual tweet: twitter.com/netblocks/status/1718457047493083165...
War-weary mothers, wives and children of Ukrainian soldiers demand a cap on military service time (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Scores of protesters gathered on the streets of Ukrainian cities on Friday to demand a cap of 18 months on mandatory military service, amid new suggestions of possible Ukrainian and international weariness with the 20-month war....
Air pollution: Delhi air turns very poor but 'worst is yet to come' (www.bbc.com)
Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, Oct 1 (Reuters) - At least 13 people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, emergency services said on Sunday, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze....
Brazilian Supreme Court Delivers 'Historic Victory' to Indigenous Peoples (www.commondreams.org)
In a major victory for Indigenous rights, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court rejected an argument Thursday that could have forced hundreds of thousands from their ancestral lands....
Security Service and Armed Forces of Ukraine attack secret Russian headquarters in Melitopol (www.pravda.com.ua)
Spain hailstorm destroys nearly $43 million worth of crops as it hits nearly 100% of some farmers' harvests (www.cbsnews.com)
Chinese Police Detain Some Staff of Evergrande Wealth Unit (news.yahoo.com)
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Colombian President proposes Latin American alliance to transform 'war on drugs' (www.reuters.com)
Bogus Supplier of Jet-Engine Parts May Have Faked Employees Too (www.bloomberg.com)
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc (apnews.com)
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six countries that will join the BRICS bloc of developing economies as new members from 2024, South Africa’s president said Thursday....
Ex-medical chief Jonathan Van-Tam takes job with Covid vaccine giant Moderna. Move may spark fresh questions over ‘revolving door’ between government and business. (www.independent.co.uk)
