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
Ukraine adds Chinese oil, gas companies to 'international sponsors of war' list (kyivindependent.com)
J.P.Morgan released a small summary of yesterday's manufacturing business activity indices. (lemmygrad.ml)
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'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)
Drunk recruits, insubordinate soldiers and convicts are among hundreds of military and civilian offenders pressed into Russian penal units known as "Storm-Z" squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year. Few live to tell their tale.
UN Authorizes Kenyan-Led Military Intervention in Haiti (peoplesdispatch.org)
Tory Illegal Migration Act Will Ramp Up Asylum Hellscape in the UK, According to New Research (www.thecanary.co)
Russia says 335,000 sign up to fight, no plans for new mobilisation (www.reuters.com)
Britain has ‘run out of arms to send to Ukraine’. We’ve given away all we can afford and other countries should step in, says senior military chief. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Fox News: Marxist teacher who called for 'forceful cultural revolution' lands seat on state legislature (Pluto: One of us! One of us!) (www.foxnews.com)
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E.U. foreign ministers meet Zelensky in Kyiv; $5.2B in aid proposed (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Western-made armor isn't working in Ukraine because it wasn't designed for a conflict of this intensity, Ukrainian analyst says (www.businessinsider.com)
Western-made armor is failing in Ukraine because it wasn’t designed to sustain a conflict of this intensity, a military analyst told The Wall Street Journal....
Junta Crony | Myanmar Crony Arms Dealer Gunned Down in Yangon: Guerrilla Group (www.irrawaddy.com)
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, report says (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting (www.bbc.com)
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
India tells Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff (www.ft.com)
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Key Taiwan Tech Firms Are Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants (www.bloomberg.com)
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US Senators to Seek Xi Meeting, Discuss Micron on China Trip (www.bloomberg.com)
A bipartisan group of US senators hopes to meet President Xi Jinping in China next week, as a flurry of diplomacy bolsters expectations of a leaders meeting between the two superpowers. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Republican colleague Senator Mike Crapo will raise the issue of Micron Technology Corp.’s ability...
Youth Challenge 32 European Nations in 'Truly Historic' Climate Trial (www.desmog.com)
Ukraine's central bank abandons fixed exchange rate from 3 October (www.pravda.com.ua)
Eni boosts Indonesia exposure with big gas discovery (www.reuters.com)
Preliminary estimates indicated a total discovered volume of 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, equal to about 140 billion cubic metres, with an estimated condensate content up to 400 million barrels....
UK's Onshore Wind Sector Experiences Strong Growth, Reaching 14GW Mark (maritime-executive.com)
To date, the UK has installed more than 14 GW of onshore wind power and has a pipeline of planned projects totaling 23 GW....
European insurers are underwriting 30% of US coal, study says (www.mining.com)
The Insure Our Future report singled out Lloyd’s of London Ltd … insures 10 mines producing 22.8% of US coal output. Zurich insures two mines producing 4.9% of US output, while Swiss Re insures one mine producing 3% of output, according to the report....