The media's Nord Stream lies just keep coming - Jonathan Cook (jonathancook.substack.com)
Ukraine's Defence Ministry is considering dismissing three commanders (www.pravda.com.ua)
Poverty in the State of Palestine set to soar by more than a third if war continues for a second month | United Nations Development Programme (www.undp.org)
If the war in Gaza continues for a second month the poverty rate in the State of Palestine will soar by 34 percent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) plummets by 8.4 percent—a loss of US$1.7 billion—according to initial estimates by the United Nations...
Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children (www.peoplesworld.org)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1009698...
Surgery without drugs, patients piling up: Gaza’s hospitals overwhelmed amid Israeli strikes and fuel shortages (edition.cnn.com)
Bankman-Fried says he knew 'basically nothing' about cryptocurrency (www.theguardian.com)
Israelis when they want sympathy for living under Hamas rocket fire (hexbear.net)
What's new (lemmygrad.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/2392561...
Report: Rwanda Using Violence to Silence Critics Across the Globe (www.voanews.com)
Human Rights Watch accuses Rwandan government of killings, beatings, arrests of family members and misuse of international arrest warrants; Rwanda says HRW picture is ‘distorted’
Israeli Communist lawmaker warns ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinians is underway (www.peoplesworld.org)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/831595...
Fraud, intimidation, suicide: BBC documentary exposes the murky world of Chinese loan apps (www.newslaundry.com)
The documentary investigates how loan apps push people into a spiral of debt, driving many to suicide.
Israel-Gaza War Risks 'Distracting' From Ukraine: Zelensky (www.barrons.com)
The Nones (projects.apnews.com)
In a sweeping package of stories, photos and video, The Associated Press Religion Team takes an in-depth look at how the "none" phenomenon is playing out in the United States, South America, Nigeria, India, Middle East, Japan, Italy and Israel.
Drone Attack on Syrian Military College Leaves Dozens of Casualties (new.thecradle.co)
Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)
Tory Illegal Migration Act Will Ramp Up Asylum Hellscape in the UK, According to New Research (www.thecanary.co)
President Maduro Accuses Guyana of Becoming an ExxonMobil Branch Amid Border Dispute (+Geneva Agreement) (orinocotribune.com)
Interview - ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil: At the meeting where Garnier joined the coup, the Army commander threatened to arrest Bolsonaro (valor-globo-com.translate.goog)
Bolsonaro did planned a coup in Brazil’s election last year....
S. Korea to stage large-scale military parade in Seoul for 1st time in decade (program.koreatimes.co.kr)
Ecuador Faces Economic Dilemma After Vote to Ban Oil Drilling in the Amazon (scheerpost.com)
DR Congo death toll rises to 43 in anti-UN protest (efe.com)
Kinshasa, Sep 1 (EFE).- At least 43 people were killed and 56 injured in protests against the UN peacekeeping mission this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government has said....
EU imports of Russian liquified gas leap by 40% since Ukraine invasion | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2168313...
OP ED: China’s Fast and Cheap Nuclear Gives Its Climate Ambitions a Boost (archive.is)
… a steady construction pipeline helps […]. Equipment and component makers can standardize production when they know there will be demand for their specialized goods year after year, and more experienced construction crews can avoid costly delays. […] And, of course, China’s one-party system has proven more adept than...
