Australian lawmakers head to US to lobby against efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Assange (apnews.com)
Kenyan baby stealer convicted after BBC expose (www.bbc.com)
Hospital worker Fred Leparan attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover BBC reporter.
Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers (ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance...
‘Where Is the Money?’ Military Graft Becomes a Headache for Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
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The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.
Conservationist group African Parks to free 2,000 rhinos from South Africa farm (www.bbc.com)
African Parks plans a decade-long rewilding project to help preserve a near-threatened subspecies.
Cuba uncovers network trafficking Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
Cuba says it has no part in war in Ukraine and would ‘act vigorously’ against those trafficking Cubans as fighters....
Yemeni Government Criticizes World Food Programme's Decision to Cut Humanitarian Aid to the Country (peoplesdispatch.org)
Dante’s inferno may have the answer for Europe’s energy bind (www.japantimes.co.jp)
One geothermal site in Italy generates more than 5% of the nation’s clean power production.
Sweden’s Plan to Expand Nuclear Power in Focus During First Visit by Director General Grossi (www.iaea.org)
…the government that took office after last year’s general election has made clear its aim to reverse this declining trend and expand the role of nuclear power in the coming two decades, implementing legal changes aimed at paving the way for such an energy transformation....
Mexico: Indigenous senator to take on ruling party (www.dw.com)
Senator Xochitl Galvez has been formally nominated as the 2024 presidential candidate opposing President Lopez Obrador's MORENA party.
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI (mainichi.jp)
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of
Zelenskyy’s corruption crackdown plan raises cover-up fears (www.politico.eu)
By equating corruption to treason, Zelenskyy’s office is manipulating the public’s desire for justice, said Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization that monitors graft. In reality, Shabunin added, Zelenskyy’s office is pursuing other goals: to protect...
Secret vaccine contracts in South Africa authorized high prices and huge advance payments (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Voice referendum: Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia's Indigenous vote (www.bbc.com)
Experts express concerns for First Nations people as a referendum debate turns increasingly divisive.
Jordan shoots down drug-laden drone from Syria in ninth incident this year (www.aljazeera.com)
The military says a drone carrying crystal meth is intercepted after crossing the country’s border with Syria....
Osaka frets over World Expo failure amid slow pavilion construction (mainichi.jp)
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Concerns are growing among the organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka that the event may flop due to the slower-than-antici
Contamination fears after Ukraine loses British tank (declassifieduk.org)
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Sources reveal Israeli shipments to Myanmar military after coup (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
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Torrential rain follows summer wildfires in Greece, one dead (www.reuters.com)
Italian ex-premier says French missile downed an airliner in 1980 by accident in bid to kill Gadhafi (apnews.com)
Cops are already targeting activists wanting to 'stop the arms fair' at DSEI (www.thecanary.co)
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) is one of the world’s largest arms fairs. It’s taking place at the ExCeL Centre in London between 12 and 15 September. The biannual event is always met with resistance from campaign groups and activists, who are then equally met by heavy-handed treatment by the cops....
UN rights body ‘concerned’ by harassment of Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus (www.aljazeera.com)
UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls on Dhaka to create a ‘safe’ environment for activists and civil society leaders.
Hong Kong's top court rules in favour of same-sex civil unions but not marriage (www.france24.com)
Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city’s LGBTQ community....
