UK economy shrank at the fastest pace in seven months in July as strikes and wet weather hit activity harder than expected, reviving fears that a recession may be under way. (www.bloomberg.com)
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Poll: Most Ukrainians consider president directly responsible for corruption in government (kyivindependent.com)
The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20 (www.theguardian.com)
Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats
Haiti, Plunged into Cycles of Humanitarian Crisis, Rejects the Possibility of New Foreign Intervention (peoplesdispatch.org)
Zelensky: No way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned (archive.ph)
Curtailing aid to Ukraine will only prolong the war, Mr Zelensky argues. And it would create risks for the West in its own backyard. There is no way of predicting how the millions of Ukrainian refugees in European countries would react to their country being abandoned. Ukrainians have generally “behaved well” and are “very...
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20...
Has the West Closed All Its Project Ukraine Exits? | naked capitalism (www.nakedcapitalism.com)
Good analysis of what options (or lack of) the west has with their commitment to killing Ukranians.
When the BBC's disinformation correspondent lied on her CV (www.theneweuropean.co.uk)
Advancements in Genetically Modified Immune Cells: Potential for Tumor Eradication (www.archyde.com)
original paywalled source.
As Ukraine Aid Benefits Their Districts, Some House Republicans Oppose It (www.nytimes.com)
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New Research Exposes 5 Global North Countries Responsible for 51% of Planned Oil and Gas Expansion Through 2050 (www.commondreams.org)
Ukraine's objectives 'no longer aligned with' West's as Russia 'no longer a threat'. (www.express.co.uk)
‘It Is Evening, Isn’t It?’ An 80-Year-Old President’s Whirlwind Trip. (www.nytimes.com)
Yoon's office calls on Russia to 'act responsibly' ahead of Kim-Putin summit (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
How Australia’s politicians rallied behind Julian Assange (www.cjr.org)
China's Solar Investment Drives Global Renewable Energy Spending to Record Levels (www.theswedishtimes.se)
‘They Treat Us Worse Than Animals’: Working Without Water at Amazon (tribunemag.co.uk)
A plane took off from Switzerland with 111 people on board and 0 of their suitcases (www.yahoo.com)
A Swiss International Air Lines plane arrived at its destination without a single checked bag onboard....
At least 150 killed, hundreds more feared dead as Storm Daniel sweeps Libya (www.aa.com.tr)
The head of the Red Crescent in Benghazi, Kais Fhakeri, has confirmed that Storm Daniel has killed at least 150 people dead in Derna, after water levels in the city rose as high as three metres (10 feet)....
Cuba arrests 17 for allegedly helping recruit some of its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine (apnews.com)
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with what they described as a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine....
Malaysia plans to ban exports of rare earth minerals (asia.nikkei.com)
Niger says France amassing troops, equipment in ECOWAS states (www.aljazeera.com)
Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates.
Rescue teams retrieve hundreds of bodies in Derna, one of the Libyan cities devastated by floods (apnews.com)
Rescue teams in eastern Libya have retrieved hundreds of bodies from the city of Derna that's been inundated by devastating floods.
Four 1900-year-old Roman swords unearthed in Dead Sea cave (thenewdaily.com.au)
