Death and disappearance of British volunteers in Ukraine exposes rivalry in foreign legion. Comrades fear two men may have been killed not by Russians but by fellow foreign soldiers. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Israel launches its biggest raid on the West Bank in over 20 years (www.economist.com)
As the sun dipped on July 3rd, the fighting in a refugee camp in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, entered its second night. Ambulances ferried the injured through makeshift roadblocks, flaming tyres pumped a toxic black smoke into the air, and drones hummed faintly overhead. Israel’s army has carried out its largest raid on a...
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)
Gabon’s New Premier Vows to Honor Debt Commitments, Weighs Reforms (archive.is)
Poland: Abortion Witch Hunt Targets Women, Doctors (www.hrw.org)
Elon Musk seen as working counter to U.S. interests in dealings with Russia, China (youtu.be)
Elon Musk's financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it's manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.
Kilian the sniffer dog searches for survivors after the Morocco quake (www.npr.org)
The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.
With Wide-Ranging New Sanctions, Treasury Targets Russian Military-Linked Elites and Industrial Base (home.treasury.gov)
BREAKING NEWS: GOP Leaders Accuse Biden Of 'Biggest Corruption Scandal' In US History | Impeachment [Sep 13,'23] (www.youtube.com)
House Republican leaders hold their weekly press briefing....
Sound of Freedom film producer plots long-shot bid for Mexican presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Just what Mexico needs, a QAnon, Maga nutjub.
Yemen’s Houthis heading to Riyadh for ceasefire talks with Saudi Arabia (www.aljazeera.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels will head to Saudi Arabia amid efforts to negotiate a permanent ceasefire to end the long-running war in Yemen, according to the Saudi state news agency, a Houthi official and reports quoting diplomatic and government sources....
International notes: Communists worldwide demand democracy and peace (www.cpusa.org)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/597457...
Poland will continue to block Ukrainian grain whatever the EU commission decides (rmx.news)
Poland would not hesitate to issue an order to block the import of Ukrainian grain if the European Commission refused to extend the grain embargo on Ukraine, according to Polish Development Minister Waldemar Buda....
Cough syrup killed scores of children. Why no one has been held to account (www.reuters.com)
India-based Zomi armed group raids Chin resistance camps in northwestern Myanmar (myanmar-now.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/5294909...
Sunak's Ploy Pretending to be Pro-House Affordability fails (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Iran Demands Disarmament of Alleged Separatist Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan (peoplesdispatch.org)
French watchdog halts iPhone 12 sales over too-high radiation - minister (www.reuters.com)
PARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Apple must stop selling its iPhone 12 model in France due to above-threshold radiation levels, France’s junior minister for the digital economy told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published on Tuesday....
Antisemitism definition used by UK universities leading to ‘unreasonable’ accusations (www.theguardian.com)
Crimes of US-Saudi aggression against Yemen on September 14 (www.saba.ye)
Thousands feared dead in Libya after dam collapses (www.nbcnews.com)
China’s Xi says ‘upgrading’ Venezuela relations after meeting Maduro (www.aljazeera.com)
UN says Colombia's coca crop at all-time high as officials promote new drug policies (www.cbsnews.com)
Coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year, the U.N. said, as the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade....
US military resumes drone, crewed aircraft operations in post-coup Niger (www.aljazeera.com)
Head of NATO says Russia invaded Ukraine because of NATO expansionism (www.nato.int)
From the guy’s own mouth.