US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says (apnews.com)
Is a high-profile critic of the Chinese Communist Party a con man? (TLDR: yes) (www.npr.org)
Investigation Exposes How Etsy Profits From Israeli Apartheid. (www.commondreams.org)
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics (peoplesdispatch.org)
Pro-government fighters attack areas of US-backed fighters in east Syria; 2 killed (thehill.com)
Looks like US might be about to be pushed out of Syria. Securing the oil field and pushing US out could be the response by Iran, as lot of the oil that US loots from Syria goes to Israel....
Far Right Pulling Masks Off Israeli Legal Charade (electronicintifada.net)
Deals signed by Italy and China after PM Meloni's trip | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Long Battle for a Ruined City Takes a Desperate Turn (www.nytimes.com)
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US military completes withdrawal from final base in Niger (www.france24.com)
Bangladesh parliament dissolved a day after resignation of prime minister (www.theguardian.com)
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Rockets fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase housing US forces, security sources say (www.reuters.com)
Bangladesh’s army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman takes charge after PM Hasina’s ouster (www.straitstimes.com)
Malaysia summons Meta to Prime Minister's Office over removal of Anwar's posts on slain Hamas leader, demands apology (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Will Montenegro turn its back on the West? (www.dw.com)
Court jails Vietnamese tycoon for 21 years for US$146 million fraud: State media (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Japan stocks take largest dive since Black Monday of 1987 (asia.nikkei.com)
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Iraq militia issues warning to US as regional tensions soar (www.newsweek.com)
Soon after Soleimani’s slaying in Baghdad, Iraqi lawmakers voted for the immediate expulsion of U.S. troops. Trump then began a reduction of the number of soldiers in Iraq and his successor, President Joe Biden, declared an end to the “combat” mission of U.S. personnel against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the...
Poll Shows Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment (news.antiwar.com)
The poll, conducted by the Forsa Institute, found that 49% of Germans think the new missile deployment is “not right,” while 45% support the idea. Opposition is stronger among Germans living in states that used to be East Germany, with 74% of them against the plan....
In pictures: Mount Etna erupts (www.reuters.com)
Renewed rioting sweeps British cities in wake of child murders (www.reuters.com)
Protests turn violent in Sunderland as U.K. unrest spreads after Southport killings (www.nbcnews.com)
Xi congratulates Maduro on re-election as Venezuela's president (english.news.cn)
Malaysia PM Anwar slams Meta after Facebook removes post on Hamas’s Haniyeh (www.aljazeera.com)
Freedom of speech with Western characteristics.
'Confirming UN Agencies' Worst Fears,' Famine Declared in Sudan Refugee Camp | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
“We urgently need a massive expansion of humanitarian access so we can halt the famine that has taken hold in North Darfur and stop it sweeping across Sudan,” said the head of the World Food Program....
