The Countries That Helped Devastate Yemen Must Take Responsibility for Its Reconstruction (jacobin.com)
Junta Boss Targets Aid Groups as Myanmar’s Humanitarian Disaster Worsens (www.irrawaddy.com)
Outrage in Italy as mother bear is shot dead, leaving cubs to fend for themselves (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2185540...
The Suwayda Protests: A Foreign-Backed Plot to Fragment Syria? (new.thecradle.co)
US vice chair of Armed Services Committee promises 'resolute reaction' if Taiwan is attacked (mainichi.jp)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- A U.S. congressional delegation visiting Taiwan said Friday the U.S. would act if the island was attacked and promised to resol
Coup leader Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is the cousin of ousted president of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba (www.pbs.org)
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced late Wednesday that the head of the country’s elite republican guard would lead the Central African country, hours after saying they had placed the country’s newly re-elected president under house arrest....
Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2168313...
There’s no such thing as a ‘union boss’—what labor reporters get wrong (therealnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2168246...
Namibian uranium to drive energy transition (www.observer24.com.na)
Paladin’s announcement on July 19, 2022, outlined the decision to recommence operations at Langer Heinrich, targeting the initial volumes for the first quarter of 2024....
Protests Continue in Italy Against Government’s Decision to End Citizens’ Income Scheme (peoplesdispatch.org)
[Finland's] government coalition revealed the contents of its anti-racism statement -- in the wake of a summer of racism and far-right scandals [from the cabinet] (yle.fi)
Post title from the lead paragraph for better context. I prefer original ones but felt it missed the beat somewhat. Hope I didn’t add much bias....
Cuba’s female boxers dream of Olympic glory after ban lifted (www.aljazeera.com)
Cuban women fight to make name for themselves in the world of boxing that was, until very recently, only open to men....
Chile launches push to find people disappeared in Pinochet era (www.aljazeera.com)
National Search Plan aims to locate remains of people who were forcibly disappeared during post-coup authoritarian rule....
MIT Technology Review: Here’s what we know about hurricanes and climate change (www.technologyreview.com)
Storms are becoming more likely to stall in one place, dumping more rain on concentrated areas, as Hurricane Harvey did in Houston in 2017....
Saudi Arabian fund buys stake in PFL mixed martial arts league (www.aljazeera.com)
A company formed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a minority stake in the United States’ Professional Fighters League (PFL) and will create a regional tournament as the kingdom’s sports investment push expands into mixed martial arts (MMA)....
India’s communications ‘backdoor’ attracts surveillance companies. Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations. (www.ft.com)
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China Reaches Peak Gasoline in Milestone for Electric Vehicles (www.bloomberg.com)
China’s Semiconductor Ambitions Fuel European Brain Drain (www.bloomberg.com)
BRICS MATERIALS: the flourishing intra-BRICS oil trade (bne.eu)
Addition of KSA, UAE, Iran means share has doubled to 42% of crude oil output in 2022. "Saudi pricing oil exports to China and India in non-dollar currencies does not spell the end of the dollar as the international currency of choice,” says ING. Trade within bloc makes trade hard to sanction by West.
Spain set gold standard amid cheers for the players and boos for the coach [10 day old context for the Hermoso/Rubiales dispute] (archive.ph)
I haven’t seen a lot about the background to this dispute, so I thought people might be interested. This was published soon after the final, before the forcible kiss became a scandal.
China says will back Bangladesh against ‘external interference’ (www.thehindu.com)
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Cambodia: US, Turkish, Saudi Arabian, Chinese and Cambodian nationals sent to court for storming of Siem Reap dental clinic (www.khmertimeskh.com)
11 people connected with the armed storming of a Siem Reap dentis's last week to free a foreign heroin smuggler have been sent to court in Phnom Penh
Caste matters : The caste of a chair (scroll.in)
How oppressive upper castes in an Inidan state's local government (Tamil Nadu’s panchayats) use chairs and the protocols surrounding them to discriminate against Dalit women presidents.
WORLD LARGEST ONLINEB2BMARKETPLACE BEST BUSINESS WHOLESALE SUPPLIERS (bit.ly)
Nicaragua and China advance in procedures for beef exports (jpmas.com.ni)
