Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
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US border agents habitually abuse human rights, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli navy opens fire at Palestinian fisherman in Gaza (english.wafa.ps)
GAZA, Thursday, August 3, 2023 (WAFA) – A Palestinian fisherman was Thursday injured after he was shot by Israeli navy forces as he was sailing in the Gaza Sea, sources confirmed.
Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
(AP) -- Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boos
Yuan exceeds dollar in China's bilateral trade for first time (asia.nikkei.com)
Zelenskyy brings home five Azov battalion commanders from Turkey (www.politico.eu)
Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus says (lemm.ee)
BBC News - Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Russia, Belarus ruler Lukashenko says www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66118007
90% of Ukrainians support joining EU, 73% support joining NATO (www.eurointegration.com.ua)
Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gaza - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype have had their digital lives destroyed, after Microsoft closed their email accounts without warning....
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
Exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats, securing a majority of 170, to the Conservatives’ 131
Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election (www.politico.eu)
Gaza aid pier removed, satellite images show | REUTERS (yt.artemislena.eu)
US House passes defense bill automatically registering men 18-26 for draft (www.foxnews.com)
TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Macron Says Europe Can No Longer Rely on US for Its Security (www.bloomberg.com)
China sees ‘opportune moment’ as it pushes for direct Russia-Ukraine talks (www.scmp.com)
Special envoy Li Hui’s latest mission to Europe was met with scepticism, and could be seen as ‘signalling’ to the Global South...
Leaked Cables Show White House Opposes Palestinian Statehood (theintercept.com)
Ahead of the United Nations Security Council action to consider the Palestinian Authority’s application to become a full member of the international body, the United States is lobbying nations to reject such membership, hoping to avoid an overt “veto” by Washington. The lobbying effort, revealed in copies of unclassified...
China to export deflation to the world as economy stumbles (www.ft.com)
Ukraine embraces far-right Russian ‘bad guy’ to take the battle to Putin (www.politico.eu)
Kapustin is indeed dressed in black for his discussion with POLITICO in a downtown Kyiv hotel — though his clothing is free of any neo-Nazi logos or flashes. That’s despite the fact he runs a far-right apparel line of T-shirts and caps emblazoned with white nationalist and xenophobic imagery as well as the Nazi symbol 88 —...
France 'Intends Legal Action' Against French-Israeli Soldiers Complicit in Gaza War Crimes (www.palestinechronicle.com)
According to Haaretz, the “underreported announcement” came after “pressure from members of the far-left France Unbowed party,” as well as the release of “various unverified videos” on social media platforms which show Israeli soldiers “engaged in illegal acts against prisoners of war.”...
China’s new rules for finance pull the brakes on gravy train, bringing ‘greed is good’ era to a halt (www.scmp.com)
Protestors force Israeli arms company Elbit to sell arms factory in Tamworth (socialistworker.co.uk)
the site’s new owners, listed as Griffin Newco Ltd, told Palestine Action that they will have nothing to do with the previous owners, Elbit, and have discontinued any arms manufacturing. ⠀...
Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal (www.npr.org)
For the first time, media titan Rupert Murdoch was accused in court of personally knowing about phone hacking and other illegal acts by his British tabloids stretching back nearly two decades, far earlier than he admitted, and giving “knowingly false” evidence under oath in an official inquiry....