Don’t be fooled. Biden is fully signed up to ethnic cleansing in Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers (apnews.com)
Taiwan slams Elon Musk, says it's 'not for sale' nor part of China (www.cnbc.com)
Taiwan is not for sale, and neither is it part of China, said Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a rebuke to Elon Musk.
“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator (arstechnica.com)
Meanwhile, readers say that some AI-penned articles switch languages halfway through.
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US (www.aljazeera.com)
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (www.bbc.com)
Israel says commandos kill 3 militants in West Bank hospital raid (www.reuters.com)
‘How to greenwash’: propane industry tries to rebrand fuel as renewable (www.theguardian.com)
An Israeli airstrike kills 19 members of the same family in a southern Gaza refugee camp (apnews.com)
No evidence yet of Iran link to Hamas attack, says Israeli military (www.theguardian.com)
Korea's Birthrate Hits Another Record Low (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Flowers Growing in Antarctica Are the Latest Sign of Environmental Catastrophe (gizmodo.com)
Russian hawks push Putin to escalate as US crosses more ‘red lines’ (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Defiant North Korea tells UN its spy satellite program is its ‘legitimate right as a sovereign state’ (edition.cnn.com)
China's real youth unemployment rate could actually be close to 50% - more than double the official rate (www.businessinsider.com)
Cuban President Slams US for “Genocidal Act” of Depriving Cubans of Oxygen During the Pandemic (peoplesdispatch.org)
Russia spreads disinformation in Spanish-speaking world – DW (www.dw.com)
Teen self-immolates in front of Winnipeg Mosque to protest the genocide against Palestinians and Muslims in Gaza and the rest of Palestine (x.com)
US lawmakers pass Tibet policy bill that questions China’s claims over region (www.scmp.com)
Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices' (apnews.com)
Yellen, who is planning her second trip to China as Treasury secretary, said Wednesday in Georgia that she will convey her belief to her Chinese counterparts that Beijing’s increased production of green energy also poses risks “to productivity and growth in the Chinese economy.”...
Capitalism Can't Solve Climate Change (time.com)
And the IEA, for its part, expects China to continue to be the sole meaningful over-achiever. It recently revised upwards by 728 GW its forecast for total global renewables capacity additions in the period 2023–27. China’s share of this upward revision? Almost 90 percent. While China surges ahead, the rest of the world...
Argentina's Milei tells school kids abortion is 'murder' (www.france24.com)
Ukraine floats possibility of inviting Russia to peace summit (www.reuters.com)
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