Australia is becoming America’s military launch-pad into Asia. Are Australian voters ready for the costs of great-power rivalry in the Indo-Pacific? (www.economist.com)
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BRICS invites Saudi, Iran and others to join developing world bloc (www.reuters.com)
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)
MPs Call for Former Guantanamo Detainee Ravil Mingazov to be Reunited with His Family in the UK (www.thecanary.co)
Singapore Called On to Stop Feeding Myanmar Junta’s War Machine (www.irrawaddy.com)
Pakistan antiterror court allows ex-PM Imran Khan’s arrest over May riots (www.aljazeera.com)
Putin comments on Prigozhin plane crash (www.rt.com)
About 500 children have died from hunger in Sudan since fighting erupted in April, charity says (apnews.com)
Save the Children also said that at least 31,000 children lack access to treatment for malnutrition and related illnesses since the charity was forced to close 57 of its nutrition centers in Sudan.
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The BRICS group of nations has decided to invite six countries - Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - to become new members of the bloc, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday....
Prigozhin plane crash live updates: Kremlin silent on mercenary chief's fate (www.nbcnews.com)
Russian military pilot reportedly defects to Ukraine with helicopter (www.theguardian.com)
Philippine supply boats breach a Chinese coast guard blockade in the hotly contested South China Sea (apnews.com)
As a United States Navy plane circled overhead, two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation Tuesday in the disputed South China Sea to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces guarding a contested shoal....
African Union preparing for inter-Sudanese dialogue - Dabanga Radio TV Online (www.dabangasudan.org)
Rise of Local Family Policy Addressing Japan's Population Decline (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives (www.thecanary.co)
In the space of 48 hours, Italy’s authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives. The news comes as Italy’s far-right government has been cracking down on both refugees and those protecting them – amid over 2,000 people dying in the crossing....
UK carries out first-ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus (www.aljazeera.com)
The uterus transplant took place in a surgery that lasted more than nine hours at a hospital in Oxford....
See 1st photos of the moon's south pole by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander (www.space.com)
India is the first country to land at the Moon's south pole. (au.finance.yahoo.com)
The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1% – Analysis - IEA (www.iea.org)
Tecnologie di sorveglianza Huawei all'Afghanistan (formiche.net)
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Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says (news.sky.com)
‘Today is a Good Day to Die’: Brandi Morin Reports from Inside a New RCMP Raid at Fairy Creek (therealnews.com)
Video shows plane crash in Kuzhenkino (www.bbc.com)
US slap sanctions on formerly CIA-backed Syrian rebels (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Amazon tries to take over pirate sites that sold DVD copies of Rings of Power (arstechnica.com)
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