Exclusive: Libyans fired at rescuers while performing a rescue at sea ( www.euractiv.com )
Renewables growth did not dent fossil fuel dominance in 2022, report says ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/301474...
PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact) ( yt.floss.media )
The words of Greta Thunberg this week...
NATO should be ready for ‘bad news’ from Ukraine, Stoltenberg warns ( www.politico.eu )
What bad news? Why? Hasn’t UA been winning all along, for 1.5 years?
Sudan aid workers risk ‘kidnap and rape’, experts warn ( www.aljazeera.com )
Albania opposition starts fire in parliament during anti-government protest ( www.theguardian.com )
Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools In Tibet Come Under UN Scrutiny ( feddit.de )
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5674446
Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens ( www.bbc.com )
Protesters block London’s Oxford Street in pro-Palestine demonstration ( www.theguardian.com )
Ground News - White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases ( ground.news )
Surprised this has not been reported more
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1242124...
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash ( www.reuters.com )
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons ( apnews.com )
Brazil’s Lula backtracks on Putin arrest safety at Rio G20 ( www.aljazeera.com )
China’s security drive hits embassy activities, LGBT events, some diplomats say ( www.asahi.com )
Twenty envoys from 12 Western and Asian delegations told Reuters that in recent months they had noticed larger police presences around some diplomatic premises and increased attempts by Chinese authorities to intimidate embassy contacts and disrupt civic outreach endeavors, including LGBT and gender-themed events.
Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan ( theintercept.com )
The Intercept has made extensive efforts to authenticate the document. Given the security climate in Pakistan, independent confirmation from sources in the Pakistani government was not possible. The Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond to a request for comment....
Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Chinese foreign minister’s mysterious fall from grace: Qin Gang, China’s ousted top diplomat, has not been seen in public for over a month ( novayagazeta.eu )
On 25 July, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his position and replaced by his predecessor, Wang Yi. No official reason is provided by Chinese authorities for the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress’s decision to replace Qin following his vague, “health-related” absence from his official...
Niger coup: Ruling party HQ attacked after President Bazoum ousted ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Trump says special counsel told him he’s a target in Jan. 6 probe ( archive.is )
Key Points...
US allocates $42B in broadband funding—find out how much your state will get ( arstechnica.com )
Macron calls for an international taxation deal to finance climate efforts ( www.politico.eu )
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court ( www.propublica.org )
In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a...
The online hate and conspiracies driving a new wave of antisemitism | Ben Judah ( www.independent.co.uk )
There has been widespread condemnation of the antisemitism that has followed Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel and the subsequent bombing of Gaza. But the slurs have little to do with Jewish people; instead, they expose Western society as weak, polarised and poisoned by non-stop social media shares and comments, argues Ben Judah
Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say ( www.theguardian.com )
