Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated ( www.nbcnews.com )
China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds ( www.cnbc.com )
Why did the US credit rating just get dinged? ( www.vox.com )
On August 1, the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+ for only the second time in the nation’s history, in what’s generally seen as a signal of concern about the US’s creditworthiness....
Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists ( www.bbc.com )
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Israeli death toll passes 600, another 2,048 injured ( www.timesofisrael.com )
DOJ sues SpaceX for not hiring asylum seekers and refugees ( www.semafor.com )
"A ticking time bomb that can explode at any time", as EVs surge, so does nickel mining’s death toll ( restofworld.org )
Chinese demand for nickel, an important ingredient in EV batteries, has triggered a mining boom in the remote regions of Indonesia. The country has signed over a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion with suppliers for EV giants like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, but deaths and injuries from industrial accidents have been racking...
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses ( www.theguardian.com )
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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found ( www.chemistryworld.com )
Danish dockworkers join Swedish strike action against Tesla ( www.reuters.com )
Kevin Spacey cleared of sexually assaulting four men ( www.theguardian.com )
Jury at Southwark crown court finds Oscar-winning actor, 64, not guilty after four-week trial
Israel military reportedly surrounding hospitals in Gaza and shooting at those trying to flee, UN says ( feddit.de )
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5569400...
EU data regulator bans personalised advetising on Facebook and Instagram ( dig.watch )
Meta will introduce a pay or get tracked option.
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record ( www.theguardian.com )
US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan ( ground.news )
Could be a huge deal.
Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands ( apnews.com )
Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack ( www.aljazeera.com )
At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.
Russian court hands jailed Alexey Navalny new 19-year prison sentence ( www.aljazeera.com )
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to 19 more years in jail on extremism charges which he has dismissed as an attempt to silence him....
Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared ( arstechnica.com )
Almost half of Russians say salary does not cover basic spending - survey ( www.reuters.com )
Live updates: Wagner’s Yevgeniy Prigozhin believed to be aboard crashed plane in Russia ( www.washingtonpost.com )
As this is a developing story, I’m skipping the archive link.
“He rang the doorbell and started threatening me with murder in Chinese”: How Chinese authorities go after dissidents abroad ( theins.ru )
Following the release of a report by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders in September 2022, probes were launched by several countries into the activities of the “overseas police stations” established by China worldwide. These investigations uncovered that the Chinese government had been utilizing these stations...
China's Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit ( www.theguardian.com )
Xi’s crackdown on the region and its Uyghur population has been labeled an attempted genocide by some governments, human rights groups and legal bodies....
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...
All 41 workers rescued from collapsed Indian tunnel after 17 days ( www.aljazeera.com )
