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Outrage after women paraded naked in Indian state (www.bbc.co.uk)

Israeli Scientists Are Shunned by Universities Over the Gaza War (www.bloomberg.com)

Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing ‘friendly relations’ (www.denverpost.com)

Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon's far side (apnews.com)

Soldiers in Ukraine say US-supplied tanks have made them targets for Russian strikes (edition.cnn.com)

Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)

Crew stuck on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapse (www.bbc.com)

Gladys orcas sink another sailboat in the Strait of Gibraltar: ‘They don’t go like a battering ram’ (english.elpais.com)

‘Blatant aggression’: Reactions to US veto of Palestine’s UN membership bid (www.aljazeera.com)

The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favour and two abstentions – the UK and Switzerland....

The US has secretly offered a stunning array of concessions to Ansarallah to halt its naval operations in support of Gaza – to no avail (thecradle.co)

US Slams Strikes on Russia Oil Refineries as Risk to Oil Markets (www.bloomberg.com)

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German army sets up first overseas bases since Second World War (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Israel's Shadow Over Free Speech: The Truth Behind the TikTok Ban Bill (www.mintpressnews.com)

TikTok has long been in the crosshairs of powerful pro-Israel lobbying organizations due to the speed and ease with which content critical of Israeli atrocities and apartheid spreads on its platform. The risk younger users might question the concertedly concealed, horrific reality of Israel’s occupation has become all the...

Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)

Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group....

Income inequality in India estimated to be at highest level in over a century (indianexpress.com)

A report by the World Inequality Lab, co-authored by French economist Thomas Piketty, has estimated that in 2022-23, India’s income and wealth inequalities were at their highest levels since records began in 1922 and 1961 respectively. The richest 1% of the population now own 40.1% of the nation’s wealth, higher than in the...

After Thursday’s flight, Starship is already the most revolutionary rocket ever built (arstechnica.com)

I guess we now know who is all behind those Sinophobic anti-China posts online. (www.theverge.com)

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies (www.nytimes.com)

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UK refuses to disclose what Israeli military planes landing in Britain have onboard (www.declassifieduk.org)

Why are people blaming Yemen’s Houthis for cutting the Red Sea cables? (www.aljazeera.com)

Four undersea telecommunication cables were cut in the Red Sea, disrupting 25% of data traffic between Asia and Europe....

Palestinians abused, forced to chant anti-Hamas slogans in ‘safe corridor’ (www.972mag.com)

Israeli tanks have besieged two of the most important hospitals still partially functioning in southern Gaza: Nasser and Al-Amal. Both are located in the western part of Khan Younis, and have been overwhelmed since the war began not only with the influx of patients but also with families seeking shelter after having been...

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