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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.

Iran offers not to attack Israel if Gaza ceasefire reached (m.jpost.com)

French journalists were able to get access to a confidential report from the French Defense Dpt. on the war. (www.marianne.net)

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Putin banked €1B last year from EU fuel buys despite ban (www.politico.eu)

Seven refineries processing Moscow’s crude in India, Turkey and Bulgaria continued exporting refined fuels to the EU.

Putin's critic Alexia Navalny is dead (www.bbc.com)

Some sources suggest he was taking a walk and suddenly fell to the ground. Very mysterious. Guess they ran out of windows.

Zelenskiy signs decree claiming half a dozen Russian regions are historically Ukrainian lands (www.intellinews.com)

US and allies should beat China in space race to assure rules-based order there: experts and lawmakers (www.scmp.com)

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South Korea passes ban on dog meat consumption (m-en.yna.co.kr)

Coal industry faces 1 million job losses from global energy transition - research (www.reuters.com)

I wonder how/if the states of these workers will reemploy them

Gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia broken, Russia is the likely culprit (yle.fi)

According to a government press release on Tuesday afternoon, the authorities have located the damaged point in the Balticconnector natural gas pipeline. In addition, there is damage to the communication cable between the countries....

Germany to Bring Back Coal-Fired Power Plants (www.ntd.com)

Live your best life Germany, don’t let the haters tell you otherwise

US tourist destroys 'blasphemous' Roman statues at the Israel Museum (m.jpost.com)

EU says Europe cannot replace U.S. support to Ukraine (www.cnbc.com)

Indian politician claims that Nijjar was gay and that Trudeau liked him (reddit.com)

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national secretary Tejinder Pall Singh Bagga on Monday made a sensational claim, saying killed Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gay and that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to like him....

Texas Violates International Law by Shooting a Mexican: AMLO (www.telesurenglish.net)

This incident marks another friction point between Mexico and Texas due to Governor Abbott’s anti-immigrant policies....

Caste matters : California Assembly passes anti-caste Bill, soon to make it official state law (www.thenewsminute.com)

In another significant moment for the movement against caste discrimination in the United States, a Bill to make caste discrimination illegal was passed by the California State Assembly on Monday, August 28, with 50 votes in its favour and only three against it. It was earlier passed by the state's Senate in May this year. With...

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