From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: baraza.africa/post/1757994
UK billionaire’s Israeli TV channel accused of axing show for Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Len Blavatnik, the second-richest man in Britain, is facing a series of protests in the UK after his Israeli television channel was accused of cancelling programmes to please Benjamin Netanyahu....
Slowly but surely, Israel tightens its grip on Gaza’s lifeline to Egypt (www.theguardian.com)
In the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt....
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million over data violations (www.dw.com)
Nigeria’s consumer protection watchdog accused US tech giant Meta of abusing market dominance and sharing personal data without permission. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp....
I have not forgiven Met officers who photographed dead daughters, mother says (www.theguardian.com)
Mina Smallman, the mother of two women murdered in a London park, has forgiven their killer but not the two Metropolitan police officers who took and shared photos of their bodies, she said....
40 people killed in migrant boat fire off Haiti’s coast (cbnumy.blogspot.com)
Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Houthis day after deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
“A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime in the area of the Al Hudaydah (Hodeidah) Port in Yemen in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement....
Bella Hadid's Adidas advert dropped after Israeli criticism (www.bbc.com)
(Israel’s influence is insane)
Newborn baby made homeless by Home Office in frenzy to clear asylum backlog | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies (www.politico.eu)
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory....
Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan (www.politico.eu)
Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement....
China: Bridge collapses in sudden floods, killing several (www.dw.com)
At least 11 people died, and 30 people were missing after a bridge collapsed amid torrential rains in northwestern China, state media said on Saturday....
Blinken Says Gaza Cease-Fire Deal Is ‘Inside the 10-Yard Line’ (www.nytimes.com)
Death of 40 Haitians in Boat Fire Shows 'Crucial Need' for Safe, Legal Migration: UN (www.commondreams.org)
Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador (www.propublica.org)
The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying for 57 Years (theintercept.com)
The United Nation’s top court filed a ruling Friday that echoed what Palestinian advocates have been saying for decades: Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, including its settlements in the West Bank, is illegal and must end....
UK to resume funding UN Gaza aid agency, David Lammy says (www.bbc.com)
The UK will resume funding UNRWA, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, the foreign secretary has announced....
Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv injures at least 14, kills 3, including child (kyivindependent.com)
Russian forces attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with a missile on July 19, killing at least three people, including a child, and injuring 14, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said....
UN court orders Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories (www.theguardian.com)
Ultra-rich entrepreneurs threaten to desert Britain over tax (www.reuters.com)
For ultra-wealthy entrepreneur Bassim Haidar, living in London has become an expensive indulgence he can no longer justify....
German combat medic reportedly sentenced to death in Belarus (www.theguardian.com)
A German combat medic accused by Belarus of committing crimes including “terrorism” and “mercenary activity” has been sentenced to death by firing squad, according to a Belarusian rights group....
The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose (www.economist.com)
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World Court Finds Israel Responsible for Apartheid (www.hrw.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/19768980...
Ten coaches of passenger train derail in northern India, TV channels say (www.reuters.com)
South Korea's unemployment up 16.9 percent year-over-year (www.koreaherald.com)
