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Xi Jinping Thought on Austerity With Chinese Characteristics (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)

Greece to launch drones, temperature sensors to better fight wildfires (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2142851...

Temporary bans on Ukrainian grain should run until end of year, says EU Commissioner for agriculture (www.euronews.com)

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China tells India to 'stay calm' in border map row (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[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....

Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)

Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn

As the Olympics loom, Paris's transport grid worries wheelchair users (www.reuters.com)

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Anonymous Sudan hacks X to put pressure on Elon Musk over Starlink (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Wallace confirms resignation as UK defence minister in letter to PM Sunak (www.reuters.com)

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Five rail workers killed in Italy after being hit by train (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Germany agrees corporate tax cuts to 'stimulate' economy – DW – 08/29/2023 (www.dw.com)

At least 38 people have died in a fire in a building in South Africa's biggest city, authorities say (apnews.com)

US health department recommends looser restrictions on cannabis (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal (euobserver.com)

German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the western region of North Rhine Westphalia....

Belgium to no longer provide shelter to single male asylum seekers (www.aljazeera.com)

Its government has been criticised for failing to provide enough shelter to thousands of people seeking asylum....

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....

Former Afghan Guantanamo Prisoner Calls for Compensation (www.telesurenglish.net)

Mohammad Nasim has been suffering from psychological diseases since he was arrested by U.S. troops....

Beekeepers to the rescue after 5 million bees fall off truck in Canada (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Nuclear weapons testing cause of radioactivity in wild boars, study says (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Blue supermoon: World gazes at rare lunar phenomenon (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Nagorno-Karabakh: 'People are fainting queuing up for bread' (www.bbc.co.uk)

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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...