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We're in a new COVID wave. What can we expect this time? (theconversation.com)

EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying (www.theguardian.com)

A Textbook Case of Genocide (jewishcurrents.org)

Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?

The Amazon Is Getting So Hot That Dolphins Are Dying En Masse (www.vice.com)

More than 100 Amazon river dolphins have died in the sweltering waters of Brazil’s Lake Tefé, which recently hit 102 degrees....

Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects (www.ft.com)

Air Canada tried to cover vomit on the seat with coffee grounds and petfume, complaining passengers escorted out of the plane (www.bbc.com)

The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader (arstechnica.com)

Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates (www.bbc.co.uk)

US Government Criticizes Vietnam’s Decision to Host Russia’s Putin (thediplomat.com)

Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)

Russia supplies oil to North Korea as UN sanctions regime nears ‘collapse’ (www.ft.com)

Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions ⠀...

Opinion: I'm an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn't war — it was annihilation (www.latimes.com)

Measles Is Coming Back. We’re Not Prepared (thetyee.ca)

Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

China urges UN to support two-state solution and Palestine's full membership (mashriqtv.pk)

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says (apnews.com)

The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.

Undersea pipeline damage appears to be deliberate, says Finland (www.theguardian.com)

US solar power capacity to expand by record 32 gigawatts in 2023, report says (www.reuters.com)

The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity this year, up 53% on new capacity in 2022 and helped by investment incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, a report published on Thursday showed....

Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, sending 3.5 million cubic feet of rock into the valley below. (www.businessinsider.com)

Mt. Fluchthorn’s tallest peak, on the Swiss-Austrian border, collapsed in June....

Two protesters burn Koran in front of Iraqi embassy in Denmark (www.reuters.com)

Mystery Disease Outbreak in Egyptian Village Alarms Health Authorities: Investigation Underway - BNN Breaking (bnn.network)

Health Ministry Takes Action: Investigating the Strange Disease Outbreak In a concerning turn of events, over 200 people in the Egyptian village of Al-aleikat, located in the Qena governorate, have been infected with a mysterious disease, causing alarm among the residents.