BRICS Summit 2023 - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speech - Brics will power Africa (www.youtube.com)
BRICS summit: Russia's Putin speaks via video call (www.youtube.com)
Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety (www.bbc.com)
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours have now been rescued....
Imran Khan’s Ouster Is a Story of US Power and Propaganda (jacobin.com)
Thailand parliament votes in Srettha as new prime minister (www.dw.com)
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2023 is Already the Deadliest Year on Record for Palestinians in Occupied West Bank, says UN Envoy (peoplesdispatch.org)
China Pouring in Billions to Prop Up Myanmar's Military Regime (www.irrawaddy.com)
Germany set to miss net zero by 2045 target as climate efforts falter (www.reuters.com)
France denies report it asked Algeria to use airspace for a Niger operation (www.reuters.com)
New WHO chief scientist backs China fact-finding mission to examine COVID origin (fortune.com)
China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7 (archive.ph)
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US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network (www.theguardian.com)
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The West is buying Russian oil above the price ceiling (www.bloomberg.com)
How Ukraine is exploiting Biden’s cluster bomb gamble (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Progressive Luisa González and Millionaire Daniel Noboa Head to Run Off Elections in Ecuador (peoplesdispatch.org)
Maiden Pharmaceuticals: Fury in The Gambia over India cough syrup deaths (www.bbc.co.uk)
25% of World's Population Under Extreme Water Stress: World Resources Institute (www.ecowatch.com)
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Springtime for Europe’s fascists (www.politico.eu)
It’s one thing for Finland or Belgium (the Flemish separatist Vlaams Belang party heads the polls) to veer onto a far-right rail. When it begins to happen in Germany, however, it’s time to start plotting an escape route....
‘Orphaned by decree’: Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing PM Giorgia Meloni has demanded councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in legal limbo
Amid Multi-Prong Hollywood Strike, Netflix Refuses To Meet With Korean Actors Union (www.themarysue.com)
Netflix’s actors are not being paid in accordance with the success of the content they’ve provided—which is not exactly surprising.