India’s communications ‘backdoor’ attracts surveillance companies. Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations. (www.ft.com)
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Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon (www.bbc.co.uk)
Climate change has ravaged India’s rice stock. Now its export ban could deepen a global food crisis (www.cnn.com)
Newly planted rice saplings have been underwater since July after torrential rain battered northern India, with landslides and flash floods sweeping through the region....
Fat Embolism: Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment (reddthat.com)
The disease known as “fat embolism” occurs when fat particles enter the bloodstream and obstruct blood flow. You can experience blockages in your skin, lungs, brain, and other organs. Although this disease is uncommon and typically not serious, but it can be deadly if it becomes severe.
Luis Rubiales’s mother goes on hunger strike over ‘inhumane’ treatment of son (www.msn.com)
“Angeles Bejar said her strike would last “until a solution is found to the inhumane and bloody hunt they are carrying out against my son with something he does not deserve”, according to EFE news agency.”...
Chinese sextortion scammers are flooding Twitter (restofworld.org)
Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.
Bosnia and Herzegovina elections undemocratic, amplify ethnic divisions - Human Rights Court (www.euronews.com)
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OP ED: China’s Fast and Cheap Nuclear Gives Its Climate Ambitions a Boost (archive.is)
… a steady construction pipeline helps […]. Equipment and component makers can standardize production when they know there will be demand for their specialized goods year after year, and more experienced construction crews can avoid costly delays. […] And, of course, China’s one-party system has proven more adept than...
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday....
Exclusive: First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death (www.reuters.com)
A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality", an offence punishable by death under the country's recently enacted anti-gay law, prosecutors and his lawyer said.
More than 60 people arrested at a gay wedding in southern Nigeria (www.aljazeera.com)
Arrests of gay people are common in Nigeria where gay marriage is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Cybersecurity experts say the west has failed to learn lessons from Ukraine (arstechnica.com)
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Mass Protests Against French Troops Intensify in Niger as the Deadline for their Withdrawal Approaches (peoplesdispatch.org)
'Don't chop me down.' 100-year-old gingko trees may get axe for Tokyo redevelopment project (apnews.com)
A few hundred people have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district.
Rolling out the Green Deal will be 'challenging,' warns Maroš Šefčovič, the EU's new climate czar (www.euronews.com)
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Von der Leyen proposes Wopke Hoekstra as EU Commissioner for climate action (www.euronews.com)
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Caste matters : Dalit student attacked by caste Hindu students for laughing inside bus in Tamil Nadu, India (www.thenewsminute.com)
In another case of caste-based violence among school students in Tamil Nadu, more than 20 caste Hindu students belonging to the Urali Gounder community attacked a Dalit student and his grandmother in Karur district on Saturday, August 26, for laughing inside a bus....
China's economy in crisis, on the brink of collapse? (www.lemonde.fr)
Defiant North Korea tells UN its spy satellite program is its ‘legitimate right as a sovereign state’ (edition.cnn.com)
China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles (www.bloomberg.com)
Unease Over New Zealand Overtures to US in Pacific (consortiumnews.com)
China’s Semiconductor Ambitions Fuel European Brain Drain (www.bloomberg.com)
A Draft Of TikTok’s Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power (www.forbes.com)
Austria offers festivalgoers free public transport for a year if they get a tattoo (www.euronews.com)
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BRICS MATERIALS: the flourishing intra-BRICS oil trade (bne.eu)
Addition of KSA, UAE, Iran means share has doubled to 42% of crude oil output in 2022. "Saudi pricing oil exports to China and India in non-dollar currencies does not spell the end of the dollar as the international currency of choice,” says ING. Trade within bloc makes trade hard to sanction by West.