- More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger; burial shrouds in short supply Reuters
- In Gaza, more Palestinians are killed while waiting for food aid NPR
- 5 die of malnutrition in Gaza in past 24 hours, health officials say ABC News
- Bruce Pearl Facing Serious Backlash For 'Divisive' Barack Obama Claim Yahoo Sports
- Mike Huckabee on Israel reporting: The media deserves our contempt Fox News
Commuters flee New Jersey train after fire breaks out
Passengers fled a smoke-filled carriage after a fire broke out beneath a train at Newport Station in Jersey City, US.
Why have relations between Trump and Modi nosedived so quickly?
The United States slaps 25 percent tariffs on a nation long viewed as an ally.
Search intensifies for British woman missing from Greek beach
Coastguard and police continue to scour land and sea for Michele Bourda, who was last seen on a sunbed
A mammoth search-and-rescue operation for a British woman last seen lounging on a sunbed in Greece has intensified days after her “mysterious” disappearance.
The Hellenic coastguard, backed by a flotilla of pleasure craft and fishing boats, has fanned across the waters off Ofrynio beach near the northern town of Kavala, where Michele Bourda, 59, went missing on 1 August.
Continue reading...Canada wildfires prompt severe air quality alerts across country and US
More than 700 active wildfires burning across Canada and about two-thirds are currently out-of-control
Billowing smoke from hundreds of out-of-control wildfires – most of which are in the Canadian Prairies – have caused severe air quality alerts across Canada and the United States.
Detroit, Michigan, and the Canadian cities of Montreal and Toronto, recorded some of the worst air quality in the world on Monday, according to a ranking by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company.
Continue reading...White South African farm owner on trial for allegedly murdering two Black women and feeding their bodies to pigs – CNN
- White South African farm owner on trial for allegedly murdering two Black women and feeding their bodies to pigs CNN
- Limpopo pig farm murders: South African farm worker says he was forced to feed women to pigs BBC
- Farmer shot women and had their bodies fed to pigs, court told The Times
- Farm employee turns state witness in shocking pigsty murder case News24
- Limpopo pig farm owner ‘not surprised’ by co-accused turning state witness Jacaranda FM
At least eight people missing after gunmen storm orphanage in Haiti – Euronews.com
- At least eight people missing after gunmen storm orphanage in Haiti Euronews.com
- Irish missionary among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage BBC
- Nine missing, including child and Irish missionary, after mass kidnapping at Haiti orphanage The Guardian
- Eight people including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage CNN
- Simon Harris holds talks with Haitian counterpart over Gena Heraty kidnapping The Independent
Germany should consider Israel sanctions, senior lawmaker says after trip – Reuters
- Germany should consider Israel sanctions, senior lawmaker says after trip Reuters
- On Gaza, Germany’s Government Faces Pressure from All Sides The New York Times
- How much aid has made it into Gaza since Israel said it was easing restrictions? NBC News
- German government takes tougher tone with Israel DW
- Germany Is Slowly Changing Its Israel Policy. Is It Enough to Make an Impact? Haaretz
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu says decision made for full occupation of Gaza – Euronews.com
Thailand, Cambodia officials meet in Malaysia to cement ceasefire details
A fragile truce between the Southeast Asian neighbours continues to hold, following five days of deadly border clashes.
Denmark to reportedly remove ‘ugly and pornographic’ mermaid statue
Danish agency for palaces and culture requests removal of 14-tonne sculpture from Dragør Fort in Copenhagen
A debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornographic” and “a man’s hot dream of what a woman should look like”.
The Danish agency for palaces and culture is reportedly removing the 4x6 metre Den Store Havfrue (the Big Mermaid) from Dragør Fort, part of Copenhagen’s former sea fortifications, because it does not align with the cultural heritage of the 1910 landmark.
Continue reading...Trump says he will ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India over Russian oil
India rejects criticism of its business dealings with Russia as 'unreasonable', vowing to safeguard its own interests.
Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals – AP News
- Storm Floris batters Scotland with 90 mph winds, disrupts travel and festivals AP News
- Storm Floris Is Set to Hit UK With Powerful Winds and Heavy Rain The New York Times
- Trains are canceled and events called off as a major storm hits Scotland Yahoo Home
- Status Yellow wind warnings lifted across the State with power restored to thousands The Irish Times
- Storm Floris live updates: Trains cancelled and 22,000 homes without power after 90mph winds hit UK The Independent
Trump’s demand that India stop buying Russian oil puts Modi in tight spot
Prime minister faces a choice between high tariffs or giving up cheap oil, putting New Delhi’s non-alignment policy under severe strain
The relationship between India and the US is facing one of its most significant challenges in decades, as the Trump administration doubles down on its demands that India stop buying Russian oil or face punitive tariffs.
The US president, Donald Trump, has refused to cut tariffs on Indian exports to the US, as he has for other countries, and on Monday said he would significantly raise them over its purchases of cheap Russian oil, which now account for one-third of its imported oil.
Continue reading...Hong Kong cancels passports and bans financial support for 16 overseas activists – AP News
The UN says 68 African migrants were killed when a boat capsized off Yemen – AP News
- The UN says 68 African migrants were killed when a boat capsized off Yemen AP News
- More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen The New York Times
- Faced with hardships at home, Ethiopians risk dangerous seas for a better life elsewhere AP News
- At least 68 killed, more than 70 feared dead after boat capsizes off Yemen The Washington Post
- Dozens dead, dozens more missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen CBS News
Cambodian and Thai officials meet in Malaysia to iron out ceasefire details – AP News
Respecting the human right to sleep? Dream on
From war to capitalism, sleep deprivation is taking a toll on humans.
45 Palestinians said killed in Gaza, as Israel asks Red Cross to help hostages – The Times of Israel
Sussex parents being held in Iran’s ‘worst prisons’, says son – BBC
- Sussex parents being held in Iran's 'worst prisons', says son BBC
- British couple held in Iran moved to separate prisons heightening welfare concerns The Guardian
- British couple held in Iran moved to 'worst' prisons, family says France 24
- My mother is in an Iranian jail. I just want proof she’s alive The Times
- British nationals detained in Iran charged with espionage, Iran’s judiciary says Freedom 96.9