Argentina's 'death flights': Plane repatriation brings closure to families of victims (www.france24.com)
One of the most chilling pieces of evidence of the brutal Argentinian dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983, is a small airplane. The Skyvan, a British-made aircraft, was used by Argentina’s military junta to make political opponents disappear. The “death flights” saw dozens of people killed when they were thrown...
Zaporizhzhia & the Danger of Media Blinders in War (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Former vice-minister of commerce: China has more tools for countermeasures against US export controls (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
Infographic: U.S. Has Passed Far More Trade Restrictions Than Its Peers (www.statista.com)
Colombia: Country's last active guerrilla group ELN agrees truce (www.bbc.co.uk)
Strange that BBC doesn’t even mention in a footnote that this latest round of peace talks occurred in big, bad communist Cuba....
EU competition authorities can add data protection breaches to investigations - EU court says (www.euronews.com)
Victoria Amelina, Ukrainian novelist, killed in Russian attack (www.aljazeera.com)
Human Rights Watch reports new evidence of Ukrainian use of anti-personnel landmines (www.eureporter.co)
Climate change: China's green power surge offers hope on warming (www.bbc.com)
Hit on Chinese balloon was F-22’s first air-to-air strike (www.afr.com)
How heroic, that surely paid off all those billions.
Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’ (news.yahoo.com)
Live on TikTok: Cousin of Palestinian activist beaten by Israeli soldiers (www.aljazeera.com)
What’s Next for India’s ‘Manual Scavengers’ After Major Legal Victory (wagingnonviolence.org)
Hamas planned for massacre during Passover, Iran forced delay - report (m.jpost.com)
IDF reveals Hamas command posts in and beneath Gaza hospital (www.ynetnews.com)
The IDF revealed on Friday, what it described as intelligence showing a Hamas command center located under a the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. In a briefing, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told members of the foreign press corps that there are areas in the hospitals that are used by Hamas to direct its military operations.
Uganda Queen Elizabeth National Park attack: Honeymooning couple among three dead - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have 'influencer' written all over them | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Lawsuit Settlement Talks Continue Between Kenya and Meta (www.voaafrica.com)
When Zionists redefine ‘antisemitism’ into a political cudgel (therealnews.com)
Jews were original suicide bombers, BBC says in article on 9/11 attacks (www.jpost.com)
The BBC Arabic article claimed "fanatic Jews" fighting Roman invaders in ancient Jerusalem were the first example of suicide bombers.
UK economy shrank at the fastest pace in seven months in July as strikes and wet weather hit activity harder than expected, reviving fears that a recession may be under way. (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/1783295...
Donald Trump will “never” support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky (www.economist.com)
Mr Zelensky, a former television actor with an acute sense of his audience, has detected a change of mood among some of his partners. “I have this intuition, reading, hearing and seeing their eyes [when they say] ‘we’ll be always with you,’” he says, speaking in English (a language in which he is increasingly fluent)....