Netanyahu Cancels Washington Delegation Visit After U.S. Abstains From U.N. Cease-Fire Vote (www.forbes.com)
Eurovision confirms Israel can compete (www.newarab.com)
Artists and musicians in Sweden, Iceland and Finland had petitioned the European Broadcasting Union to exclude Israel over its atrocities in Gaza...
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)
The United States is pushing Ukraine further into a war that it cannot win. (nationalinterest.org)
US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia: Commission (www.aljazeera.com)
UN chief 'deeply distressed' by planned Israeli siege of Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter (www.reuters.com)
Russia wanted to conquer Ukraine in just 2 days — it now says the war will last at least 3 years (www.businessinsider.com)
Shoigu added that Russia could achieve its military goals with “consistent implementation of the measures in the action until 2025.”...
Far-right militants in Greece illegally ‘arrest’ migrants they blame for fires (observers.france24.com)
Two videos posted online on August 23 show Greek members of the extreme right illegally “arresting” migrants in Evros, a Greek region bordering Turkey. The footage shows the militants forcing one group of men to sit in the dirt. Another group of terrified migrants have been crammed into a trailer. While members of the far...
Spam donates 5 truckloads of beloved canned meat in response to Maui fire | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Cleric arrested for blasphemy after allowing women to preach in world's largest Muslim-majority country | CNN (www.cnn.com)
A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
How Russian colonialism took the Western anti-imperialist Left for a ride (www.salon.com)
Biden quadruples tariffs on Chinese electric cars (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Propagandist Behind Hamas ‘Mass Rape’ Narrative Exposed as Fraud (scheerpost.com)
Israel to restrict access to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan (www.aljazeera.com)
US, UK bomb Houthi sites in Yemen amid surge in Red Sea ship attacks (www.aljazeera.com)
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British nuclear sub missile launch fails as Trident dramatically misfires and ‘plops’ into ocean just yards away (www.thesun.co.uk)
Think of Hong Kong when you vote, Taiwan president says (www.japantimes.co.jp)
'Look at Hong Kong and think of Taiwan,' Tsai Ing-wen said. 'We don't want Hong Kong-style peace. We want dignified peace.'
Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
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)
