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.
Taliban meets Huawei to discuss mass surveillance plan in Afghanistan (www.verdict.co.uk)
Russian state TV promotes new Tucker Carlson show (archive.ph)
Missile hits Russia's Black Sea fleet HQ (www.bbc.com)
Russia says a soldier is missing after an attack on its flagship Black Sea fleet in Crimea....
27 Russian Troops Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Botched Retreat Near Opytne (www.kyivpost.com)
Protests erupt in Italy over cuts to poverty relief scheme (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 31 (Reuters) - Discontent mounted on Monday in Italy over cuts to a poverty relief scheme by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government that will affect hundreds of thousands of people....
Crimea bridge closed after fuel depot hit - Russia (www.bbc.com)
A drone attack on an ammunition depot in Crimea has led to civilian evacuations and disrupted transport, Russian authorities have said....
U.N. Says Israel-Gaza War Is Deadliest Ever for Its Personnel (www.nytimes.com)
