Italians cope with invasion of blue crabs this summer (www.boston.com)
The predatory blue crabs are devouring stocks of eels, clams, and mussels and wreaking havoc on fishing nets.
Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine (apnews.com)
Fear Grows for Myanmar’s Bagan After Temples Suffer Fresh Flooding (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/4693219...
Far-right militants in Greece illegally ‘arrest’ migrants they blame for fires (observers.france24.com)
Two videos posted online on August 23 show Greek members of the extreme right illegally “arresting” migrants in Evros, a Greek region bordering Turkey. The footage shows the militants forcing one group of men to sit in the dirt. Another group of terrified migrants have been crammed into a trailer. While members of the far...
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
China Is Cracking Down on Cantonese Language Advocacy in Hong Kong (time.com)
Even bees can’t escape Israeli settler violence (www.972mag.com)
Settlers began encroaching on Palestinian land where a beekeeper had placed a colony of bees. They burned 20 hives — and forced the residents to flee....
Palestinian Prisoners to Launch Hunger Strike Against Increasing Israeli Restrictions (peoplesdispatch.org)
Amid anticorruption purge, Ukraine set to appoint Muslim defence chief (www.aljazeera.com)
Rustem Umerov is from the Muslim Tatar community in Crimea that largely resisted Russia’s 2014 annexation.
Nigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal (www.aljazeera.com)
Government workers in Nigeria are striking over the rising costs of living worsened by the removal of petrol subsidies.
Israel protests after Belgian minister says Palestinian towns being ‘wiped off map’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Barred from freezing their eggs at home, single Chinese women are traveling elsewhere (www.nbcnews.com)
Egg freezing has become a growing topic of discussion in China, where officials alarmed by the country’s first population decline in six decades are trying to boost the birth rate even as young people are increasingly putting off marriage and childbearing or avoiding it altogether....
Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator (www.cnn.com)
Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV....
Threats, insults, and Kremlin 'robots': How Russian diplomacy died under Putin (www.bbc.com)
Russia’s diplomats were once a key part of President Putin’s foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed....
Chinese Nationals Posing as Tourists Have Accessed US Military Bases and Other Sensitive Sites: Report (www.military.com)
Plenty of other sources including Forbes and USA Today....
Sailing for solidarity with Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Ship to Gaza-Norway are launching ships to Gaza to send its people a message: they are not alone, and people all over Europe are struggling for their freedom....
NBER Working Paper: Child Penalties Around The World (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
India steps up coal use to stop outages triggered by unusually dry weather (www.reuters.com)
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)
South Koreans worry about Fukushima water, more disapprove of Yoon, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Japan tells citizens in China to lie low after Fukushima release (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Japan has told its citizens living in China to keep a low profile, including talking quietly in public, after Beijing blasted Tokyo for releasing treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
South Africa says inquiry finds no evidence of arms shipment to Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
“None of the persons who made these allegations could provide any evidence to support the claims that had been levelled against our country,” Mr Ramaphosa said following the inquiry’s conclusion.
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing (www.theguardian.com)
US Approves $1.5B in Armored Vehicles to Bulgaria (www.thedefensepost.com)
Teacher suicide exposes parent bullying in S Korea (www.bbc.com)
The tragedy has unleashed a wave of anger from primary school teachers across the country.
