The biggest dam in the Indian state of Sikkim, generating 1,200 MW of power (roughly the same as the Hoover dam) was washed away in 10 minutes after flash flood (www.hindustantimes.com)
Rishi Sunak saying ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’ branded ‘sickening’ and ‘ridiculous’ (www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
Canada Should Declassify Nazi War Criminal Report (blogs.timesofisrael.com)
Survey: Only 10% of young men with low incomes get married (Japan) (www.asahi.com)
Thailand to Welcome Myanmar Coup Leader to Bangkok Summit (www.irrawaddy.com)
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50 Detained, Over 100 Homes Raided in Sweeping Crackdown on Press Freedom in India (peoplesdispatch.org)
Spoils of War: General Electric's role in Iraq's energy crisis (new.thecradle.co)
China produces 80% of the world’s solar panels, and Europe is now buying over half of the panels it exports (www.canarymedia.com)
Canada apologizes for honoring another veteran from unit that fought with Nazis (forward.com)
The representative of King Charles III in Canada expressed ‘deep regret’ for giving elite awards to Peter Savaryn, the former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served with SS Galichina during World War II.
Potential disaster awaits Haiti as U.S. prepares for armed intervention (www.peoplesworld.org)
Did India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft really land near the moon’s south pole? (www.scmp.com)
Swiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian' (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli settler, far-right activist: 'Spitting on Christians is a Jewish custom' (www.jpost.com)
Chinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010 (fortune.com)
HS2 - Birmingham to Manchester (www.bbc.co.uk)
With the looming announcement to scrap HS2 connecting Birmingham to Manchester. Thankfully my days of commuting by train are over. What I fail to understand is what advantages it really would have. Up’ed capacity they say. But with the WFH agenda fully embedded and here to stay, I really think it’s the best decision to make...
Russia plans to try to block VPN services in 2024 (www.reuters.com)
China and India to Develop Space Tourism (www.telesurenglish.net)
The Asian country is on track to offer paid space travel starting in 2025, led by the government-backed company CAS Space....
The Amazon Is Getting So Hot That Dolphins Are Dying En Masse (www.vice.com)
More than 100 Amazon river dolphins have died in the sweltering waters of Brazil’s Lake Tefé, which recently hit 102 degrees....
Algeria says Niger coup leaders accept mediation, six-month transition plan (www.france24.com)
Military leaders in coup-hit Niger have accepted Algerian mediation and “a six-month transition plan”, the foreign ministry in Algiers announced Monday....
Five years after killing a journalist in cold blood, Saudi Arabia is stronger than ever (www.theguardian.com)
British govt funded plan for censorship of factual NATO criticism (thegrayzone.com)
Clandestine ovens reveal paramilitary horrors in Colombia (english.elpais.com)
Gang removed hundreds of kidneys to sell to wealthy clients, Pakistan police say (www.cnn.com)
Police in eastern Pakistan have smashed an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting eight people for surgically removing kidneys from hundreds of patients for wealthy people needing a transplant, authorities said Monday....
Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F