Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea? ( www.aljazeera.com )
Philips Kept Warnings About Dangerous CPAP Machines Secret While Profits Soared. ( www.propublica.org )
Exhibit #482,683 on why capitalism and medicine are inevitably a horrible combination.
Brave lays off 9% of its workforce | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Thousands stranded at burning man ( www.npr.org )
Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement ( www.engadget.com )
IMF reports inflation driven by corporate profits ( www.imf.org )
Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings ( www.nytimes.com )
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AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic ( apnews.com )
"I’m beginning to understand that we’re not on the right side" - Russian soldiers who surrendered say morale on the Russian side is very low ( web.archive.org )
One captured Russian soldier says he worries about what will happen if he is returned to Russia in a prisoner swap. “If I have the opportunity, I’ll refuse to be exchanged." Another fighter reported that a doctor declared him unfit for combat after he was wounded in March, but his commander ordered him back to the front.
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate ( www.theguardian.com )
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop ( www.reuters.com )
Argentina presidential election: far-right libertarian Javier Milei wins after rival concedes ( www.theguardian.com )
Top Trump allies facing charges lose lawyers after failing to pay legal bills ( www.theguardian.com )
"When an eight-year-old tells you that she doesn’t want to die, it’s hard not to feel helpless:" toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’, UN says ( news.un.org )
"Threats go beyond the bombs and mortars”, UNICEF’s James Elder stressed. Infant deaths due to dehydration are “a growing threat” in the enclave as Gaza’s water production is at five per cent of the required volume due to non-functioning desalination plants which are either damaged or lack fuel....
Expel all Palestinians from Gaza, recommends Israeli gov't ministry ( www.972mag.com )
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 ( www.theguardian.com )
Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found ( www.chemistryworld.com )
DOJ sues SpaceX for not hiring asylum seekers and refugees ( www.semafor.com )
Disappeared critic abroad emerges in Chinese detention center ( safeguarddefenders.com )
On 24 August, James Lin, a human rights activist in the Netherlands, posted a notification of arrest issued on 7 July by the affiliated sub-bureau directly under the Hengyang Public Security Bureau. It states that Yang has been arrested on charges of “inciting subversion of the state power” and is currently detained at the...
China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds ( www.cnbc.com )
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 ( www.reuters.com )
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Slow counteroffensive darkens mood in Ukraine ( wapo.st )
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Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data ( www.reuters.com )
To the surprise of no one, California cops spend most of their time harassing taxpayers via traffic stops instead of work on solving actual crimes.
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record ( www.theguardian.com )
