Kenyan baby stealer convicted after BBC expose (www.bbc.com)
Hospital worker Fred Leparan attempted to sell a baby boy to an undercover BBC reporter.
Secret vaccine contracts in South Africa authorized high prices and huge advance payments (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Torrential rain follows summer wildfires in Greece, one dead (www.reuters.com)
Cops are already targeting activists wanting to 'stop the arms fair' at DSEI (www.thecanary.co)
Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) is one of the world’s largest arms fairs. It’s taking place at the ExCeL Centre in London between 12 and 15 September. The biannual event is always met with resistance from campaign groups and activists, who are then equally met by heavy-handed treatment by the cops....
Hong Kong's top court rules in favour of same-sex civil unions but not marriage (www.france24.com)
Hong Kong’s top court ruled Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city’s LGBTQ community....
Nigerian unions strike again to protest soaring costs after subsidy removal (www.aljazeera.com)
Government workers in Nigeria are striking over the rising costs of living worsened by the removal of petrol subsidies.
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)
Malaysia calls on ASEAN for 'strong measures' on Myanmar (www.reuters.com)
China’s foreign minister warns Asean ‘external forces’ are ‘sowing discord’ (www.scmp.com)
"Coal India" Production Up 13.2% In August (menafn.com)
Coal India on Friday reported a 13.2% rise in its coal production last month at 52.3 million tonne (MT) of coal in August on a year-on-year basis. In August 2022, the public sector major produced 46.2 MT....
Two Chinese citizens among 4 killed in attack on DRC gold convoy (www.aljazeera.com)
South Kivu province is the theatre of attacks staged by armed groups and there has been violence between locals and Chinese mining firms....
Groundwater depletion rates in India could triple in coming decades as climate warms, study shows (news.umich.edu)
Myanmar’s Battle-Scarred Junta Replaces Five Security Ministers (www.irrawaddy.com)
Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
New coal mine? Approved.
As Anniversary of Women’s Uprising Nears, Iran Cracks Down (www.nytimes.com)
The professor of artificial intelligence was a rising star at Iran’s elite Sharif University of Technology. He gained wider fame for his vocal support of the women-led uprising that rocked Iran last year. At one point, he refused to teach until Sharif students arrested in the government’s crackdown against protesters were...
At Russia's Doorsteps, B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Of US Air Force Performs Historic Hot Pit Refueling (www.eurasiantimes.com)
A US B-2 Spirit bomber recently carried out a historic hot pit refueling at Orland Air Base, Norway, marking the first landing of the stealth bomber in the Scandinavian nation....
British defence firm BAE sets up Ukrainian base (www.reuters.com)
UN lawmakers call for meeting with UN on China’s repatriation of North Koreans (www.nknews.org)
U.S. lawmakers have formally requested a meeting with the U.N. to address the situation of North Korean refugees in China, amid concerns that they could soon be forcibly repatriated to the DPRK.
Anonymous Sudan hacks X to put pressure on Elon Musk over Starlink (www.bbc.com)
Prolific hackers accused of being a front for Russian cyber-operation shares counter evidence with the BBC.
Antique statue seized in US looting inquiry (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Palestinian minor shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in occupied Jerusalem (peoplesdispatch.org)
Nuclear weapons testing cause of radioactivity in wild boars, study says (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2122097...
Nagorno-Karabakh: 'People are fainting queuing up for bread' (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2122033...
Letter From the Haitian People to African Countries (popularresistance.org)
“None of the countries in the land of our ancestors (Africa) should be echoing the message of the former slave-holding colonial powers, who have become imperialist powers and are now actively engaged in the criminal project to destabilize Haiti by systematically sabotaging her sovereignty, and in which the US-UN occupation is...
EU working on plans to sanction Niger coup leaders - Borrell (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2121762...
