AI cannot replace spies, UK intelligence chief to say (www.reuters.com)
Goldman Sachs says India will overtake the U.S. to become the world's second-largest economy by 2075 (www.cnbc.com)
Corporate Windfall Profits Surge to $1 Trillion a Year as Working People Suffer (www.commondreams.org)
[AP] Recent events that indicate Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory (apnews.com)
Top U.S. general doubts China's Xi planning to take Taiwan by force (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Chinese leader would 'try to use other ways to do this.”
South Korea says holds first joint air drill with Japan and US (www.reuters.com)
Photos: The earthquake in Morocco that shattered thousands of lives (www.aljazeera.com)
The death toll stands at nearly 3,000 people and injuries number more than 5,600, according to official figures.
Thousands of Czechs rally in Prague to demand the government's resignation (apnews.com)
Grindr Loses Almost Half Its Staff on 2-Day RTO Requirement [Bloomberg] (archive.ph)
Grindr Inc. has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize....
Luis Rubiales’s mother goes on hunger strike over ‘inhumane’ treatment of son (www.msn.com)
“Angeles Bejar said her strike would last “until a solution is found to the inhumane and bloody hunt they are carrying out against my son with something he does not deserve”, according to EFE news agency.”...
Shark nets to return to NSW beaches despite calls from councils to abolish practice (www.theguardian.com)
Environmentalists say nets’ bycatch unacceptable but premier Chris Minns says alternative technologies not as good a replacement
Ecuador election: 'I'm wearing a bulletproof vest 24 hours a day' (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1522088...
Ukrainian prisoners of war say they were tortured at Russian prison (www.bbc.co.uk)
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French court suspends ban on climate movement accused of ‘ecoterrorism’ (www.politico.eu)
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Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat (apnews.com)
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst....
Greek PM offers free holidays to tourists as wildfire compensation (www.politico.eu)
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Canada puts cancer warnings directly on cigarettes (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Tory plan to expand free childcare is ‘undeliverable’, nurseries in England warn (www.theguardian.com)
Survey reveals vast majority of childcare providers won’t increase capacity because of staff, cost or space concerns
Yuan exceeds dollar in China's bilateral trade for first time (asia.nikkei.com)
As seas get hotter, South Florida gets slammed by an ocean heat wave (www.npr.org)
Ocean temperatures have soared five degrees above normal since early July. This warming has been ignited by an El Nino weather pattern that’s collided with human-caused climate change....
Ukraine says it won't use cluster bombs in Russia (www.eureporter.co)
Israel’s military failed the nation, but that won’t end Israeli militarism (www.aljazeera.com)
Thailand’s plan to deploy Chinese police patrol sparks outcry | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza — NPR (apple.news)
Videos and photos provide some clues, but much remains unknown about the horrific explosion at the site.