Loch Ness Monster: Hunters flock to Scotland for the biggest Nessie search in half a century (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1891445...
Scorched Europe battles deadly fires, Turkey shuts shipping lane (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1808124...
Saudi Arabia discusses defense cooperation with Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran (saudigazette.com.sa)
Canadian oil company’s extraction pump and dump scam highlights criminal resource extraction in Namibia (www.thecanadafiles.com)
"The Magician" Riad Salameh and the plundering of Lebanon (on.ft.com)
In June 2021, as Lebanon was in the throes of a debilitating financial crisis, the country’s central bank governor touched down at Paris’s Le Bourget airport by private jet, where customs officials found him carrying large amounts of undeclared cash....
Suspected Palestinian shooting attack at West Bank car wash kills 2 Israelis (apnews.com)
The two dead are father and son. Its suspected that the shooting were masked by the noise of the car wash machine
Earth’s hottest month: these charts show what happened in July and what comes next (www.nature.com)
US approves landmark missile defence deal between Israel and Germany (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel FM: Israel won’t reopen its two Gaza crossings after war (www.jpost.com)
Forbidden Russian oil flows into Pentagon supply chain (www.washingtonpost.com)
Climate regulating ocean plants and animals are being destroyed by toxic chemicals and plastics, accelerating our path towards ocean pH 7.95 in 25 years which will devastate humanity. (papers.ssrn.com)
Myanmar risks breaking apart amid attacks by rebel militias: junta (www.bangkokpost.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/9066738...
German People's Movements March in Solidarity with Palestine (peoplesdispatch.org)
Famed climate scientist has a new, dire prediction (www.washingtonpost.com)
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China-Africa relations: IMF report says Chinese loans are not main debt burden in sub-Saharan region (www.scmp.com)
China linked to propaganda campaign targeting Trudeau, Poilievre, says Global Affairs (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7811318...
Instagram head says Threads' blocking of 'covid' and related terms is temporary, to lift in 'weeks or months' | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Joint venture between Gerdau and Newave will invest 1.4 billion reais in mega solar plant (www.bnamericas.com)
The photovoltaic capacity installed at the plant is the equivalent of 7% of Gerdau’s annual energy consumption in the country, based on 2022 production, and provides an estimated reduction of up to 22,000 tCO2 per year....
Waving Palestinian flag may be a criminal offence, Braverman tells police (www.theguardian.com)
Workers in new jobs to attend national trade unions congress with proposals for improving working conditions (www.globaltimes.cn)
Spoils of War: General Electric's role in Iraq's energy crisis (new.thecradle.co)
Proposed changes to Indian patent law could affect pharma industry, drive up international drug prices (www.thehindu.com)
India manufactures a significant share of the world’s pharmaceuticals, thanks in part to strict laws against frivolous patents and evergreening. However, a proposed change could make it harder for third parties to object to the granting of patents. This could hurt the Indian pharmaceutical industry as companies shift...
Canada's Bill C-56: What You Need to Know the Affordable Housing and Groceries Act (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
India, Russia to widen maritime cooperation (www.reuters.com)
Royal Society aims to boost number of black scientists (www.bbc.com)
The Royal Society's scheme comes after black scientists tell the BBC they feel unsupported and overlooked.
