U.S. journalist detained in Russia after visiting for family emergency ( www.cbc.ca )
Guinea-Bissau’s capital has power cut off after government fails to pay electricity bill ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power ( apnews.com )
Israel-Palestine megathread for the remainder of the weekend
the front page is now like half articles on this currently, so it’s probably time for a megathread because none of us want to keep track of 12 threads on this subject and all the resulting comments. only major subsequent developments (for example, boots on the ground; pronunciations by governments; that sort of stuff) will get...
‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers ( www.theguardian.com )
In a series of interviews conducted over several years, 14 women from east Africa and the Philippines recounted their experiences with recruitment agencies hiring for the United Arab Emirates, including alleging they were denied food, held captive and treated violently.
BBC witnesses Chinese ships blocking Philippines supply boats ( www.bbc.com )
‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat ( www.theguardian.com )
Five former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation ( www.gamesindustry.biz )
'Our Company Does Not Steal People's Ideas': KyoAni President Denies Arsonist's Plagiarism Claims ( animehunch.com )
cross-posted from: bookwormstory.social/post/259705...
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons ( apnews.com )
France to withdraw ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron ( www.aljazeera.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/5666147...
The second time in three years Azerbaijani troops may have killed Russian peacekeepers, but Moscow is saving its ire for Armenia ( meduza.io ) Romanian
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The European Court for Human Rights awards Azat Miftakhov 26,000 Euro for being tortured while imprisoned by Russia ( caseazatmiftakhov.org )
A Lampedusa, une « submersion migratoire » en trompe-l'oeil ( www.euractiv.fr ) French
Intelligence suggests agents of India behind killing of B.C. Sikh leader: Trudeau ( globalnews.ca )
Libya floods: Why damage to Derna was so catastrophic ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 ( www.aljazeera.com )
Police vehicle rams into climate protestors that block only road into Burning Man festival. ( youtu.be )
China objects as US approves military aid to Taiwan under program aimed at sovereign nations ( apnews.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/556548...
China's Centaline Property says mainland China unit has 'huge' unpaid developers' commissions ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
The Hong Kong property agency’s mainland arm, Centaline Property Agency (Shenzhen), has not recovered some commission fees as property developers grapple with the debt crisis and liquidity crunch, Centaline said. The Shenzhen unit has paid fixed salaries up to July, Centaline said, adding that all of units were operating...
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants ( www.nytimes.com )
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Argentina to use IMF money to pay back part of a currency swap with China, sources say ( www.reuters.com )
Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says ( news.sky.com )
Saudi Border Guards Accused of Killing Hundreds of African Migrants ( www.nytimes.com )
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