Mexico's president slams US aid for Ukraine and sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba (apnews.com)
López Obrador said the United States should spend some of the money sent to Ukraine on economic development in Latin America....
Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale | Reuters | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has seen in decades....
US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military (apnews.com)
Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn’t Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1899058...
3-Year-Old Girl Killed After Family Allegedly Found Cocaine Washed Up on Beach in Belize (www.vice.com)
Cocaine left in the ocean by drug cartels washing ashore in the tourist islands of Belize has caused deadly wars between Bloods and Crips gangs for years. The child was one of three people killed....
Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come" (www.cbsnews.com)
Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it?
Rishi Sunak saying ‘a man is a man and a woman is a woman’ branded ‘sickening’ and ‘ridiculous’ (www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
Zoleka Mandela: Nelson Mandela's granddaughter dies in South Africa at 43 (www.bbc.com)
She was well known for detailing her cancer treatment and being open about her past drug addiction.
Time to ditch Amazon Prime? (www.bbc.co.uk)
This will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for me.
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20...
About 2,000 U.S. troops told to prepare for deployment in response to Israel-Hamas war (www.nbcnews.com)
Poland: Abortion Witch Hunt Targets Women, Doctors (www.hrw.org)
Even bees can’t escape Israeli settler violence (www.972mag.com)
Settlers began encroaching on Palestinian land where a beekeeper had placed a colony of bees. They burned 20 hives — and forced the residents to flee....
Minister: Germany plans $5.5 billion in annual military aid for Ukraine until 2027 (news.yahoo.com)
UN describes Gaza as ‘scene of death and destruction’ amid food, water challenges (thehill.com)
“I visited a school, hosting thousands of displaced persons,” Lazzarini continued. “The place was overcrowded. The level of distress and the unsanitary living conditions were beyond comprehension. Everyone was asking for water and food. Instead of being at school to learn, children were asking for a sip of water and a loaf...
Israel Should Not Be Granted Green Light To Kill Civilians (new.thecradle.co)
Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Donald Trump returns to X / Twitter to post his mug shot (www.theverge.com)
UK carries out first-ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus (www.aljazeera.com)
The uterus transplant took place in a surgery that lasted more than nine hours at a hospital in Oxford....
Japan Ranks Last in Global Survey of Employees’ Well Being (www.bloomberg.com)
Japan came in last in a global ranking of employees’ well being, measured by assessing physical, mental, social and spiritual health, the results of a survey conducted by McKinsey Health Institute showed.
At least seven injured as Israeli tank ‘accidentally’ hits Egyptian border (www.aljazeera.com)
U.S. sanctions 4 Russian operatives for 2020 poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny (www.cbsnews.com)
The US Treasury Department identified the sanctioned operatives as Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov and Vladimir Alexandrovich Panyaev. Three of the four have worked with a specialized laboratory run by the Russian security service known as the FSB Criminalistics Institute. All...
UNICEF defends accuracy of Gaza death toll as horror unfolds in ravaged enclave | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
A UNICEF spokesperson has defended the death toll being reported out of Gaza, saying the organization’s figures match those of the Hamas-controlled Gazan health ministry, as scores of Palestinians evacuated to the territory’s south on Tuesday.... CNN cannot independently verify the health ministry’s death toll. But UNICEF...