- U.S. plans to ease human rights criticism of El Salvador, Israel, Russia The Washington Post
- Trump administration to scale back annual human rights reports NBC News
- US to Scale Back Human Rights Accusations Against 3 Countries: Report Newsweek
- US to ease human rights criticism of Israel and other nations, Washington Post reports The Times of Israel
- State Department to dismiss human rights criticism of Israel, Russia, El Salvador – report The Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Statehood Is the Only Answer – The Dispatch
- Palestinian Statehood Is the Only Answer The Dispatch
- Why is Saudi Arabia leading push for Palestinian statehood? DW
- Is Palestine a State? What If Countries Say It Is? Bloomberg.com
- Palestinian state recognition is an opportunity for Israel The Jerusalem Post
- Opinion | The Promise of Palestinian Statehood Is Ringing Hollow The New York Times
British man accused of trying to drown daughter-in-law in pool in Florida
Mark Raymond Gibbon, in US on holiday, charged with attempted second-degree murder and battery
A British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on holiday, local authorities have said.
Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, of Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, allegedly tried to drown the 33-year-old woman after they had an argument about his grandchildren in their rental home at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, on Sunday, the Polk county sheriff, Grady Judd, said on X.
Continue reading...Myanmar’s figurehead president dies after long illness
The South East Asian nation's military leaders named Myint Swe acting president after a 2021 coup.
Hamas continues cash salary payments in Gaza despite war – The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas continues cash salary payments in Gaza despite war The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas still pays out salaries and rewards supporters BBC
- Hamas using secret cash stockpile, looted aid to pay employees and loyalists — BBC The Times of Israel
- Hamas Is a Terrible Employer Commentary Magazine
- How Hamas secretly moves millions to pay members during the Gaza war Ynetnews
Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland – DW
- Italy approves controversial bridge tying Sicily to mainland DW
- Italy gives final approval for world's longest suspension bridge to Sicily BBC
- Italy greenlights plan to build world’s longest suspension bridge Al Jazeera
- Italy Approves Project to Link Sicily to the Mainland by Bridge The New York Times
- Record-breaking bridges: How Italy and China are pushing engineering limits ABC News
Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda
The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amid the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the US
Former Superman actor Dean Cain has announced he has signed up to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), in order to support US president Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.
The federal law enforcement agency has aggressively ramped up immigration raids since Trump’s return to the White House and was recently awarded $75bn in extra funding as part of his “big beautiful bill”, which includes billions for hiring an additional 10,000 Ice agents by 2029.
Continue reading...Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds
Release of 20 lynx over several years into Kielder Forest area would create population of about 50 animals
Releasing just 20 lynx in Northumberland would be enough to create a healthy wild population, research has found, and most people in the area would support the practice.
Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been working to see if the wild cats, which became extinct in Britain about 1,300 years ago as a result of hunting and habitat loss, could be returned to the area.
Continue reading...Ham sold in UK found to contain carcinogens 10 years after WHO warning
Study finds Wiltshire ham products sold by retailers such as Tesco and M&S contain highest level of nitrites
Ham and bacon sold by supermarkets including Tesco, and Marks and Spencer still contain cancer-causing chemicals almost 10 years after the World Health Organization warned about the dangers of their use in processed meats.
Wiltshire ham is the product with the highest concentrations of nitrites, according to analysis that compared it to cooked ham and unsmoked bacon.
Continue reading...‘Unbelievable’: Body found almost intact after 28 years in Pakistan’s melting glacier – How did it happen – Times of India
- ‘Unbelievable’: Body found almost intact after 28 years in Pakistan's melting glacier - How did it happen Times of India
- Body of man missing for 28 years found in melting glacier BBC
- Intact body of missing father found on melting Pakistan glacier 28 years after he vanished CBS News
- Man missing for 28 years found in glacier in Kohistan The Express Tribune
- Man Who Disappeared 28 Years Ago Found Dead After Falling into Glacier Crack During Snowstorm People.com
One dead, 13 injured in France wildfire spanning area greater than Paris – The Washington Post
- One dead, 13 injured in France wildfire spanning area greater than Paris The Washington Post
- Here’s What France’s Largest Blaze in Decades Looks Like The New York Times
- France's biggest wildfire since 1949 moving more slowly but not yet under control Reuters
- Deadly wildfire spreads in southern France BBC
- France’s worst wildfires in 75 years are ‘disaster on unprecedented scale’ The Telegraph
Myanmar’s acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness – AP News
- Myanmar’s acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness AP News
- Myanmar's figurehead president dies after long illness BBC
- U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74 The New York Times
- Figurehead president of military-ruled Myanmar dies aged 74 Al Jazeera
- Myint Swe, president under Myanmar's junta, dies, state broadcaster reports Reuters
Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing – Yahoo News Singapore
Anniversary of birth of Irish hero Daniel O’Connell rekindles mystery of missing heart
250th celebrations renew interest in searching for organ that disappeared from college in Rome
On his deathbed Daniel O’Connell, the man known in his time as “the Liberator” of Ireland, made a request: “My body to Ireland, my heart to Rome and my soul to heaven.”
On Wednesday Ireland marked the 250th anniversary of his birth with speeches and pomp and a nagging question: where is the heart?
Continue reading...Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates
More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict.
A Guardian investigation into the 72-hour attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on North Darfur’s Zamzam camp, the country’s largest for people displaced by the war, found repeated testimony of mass executions and large-scale abductions. Hundreds of civilians remain unaccounted for.
Continue reading...The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza: Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success – Foreign Affairs
- The Unparalleled Devastation of Gaza: Why Punishing Civilians Has Not Yielded Strategic Success Foreign Affairs
- A glimpse of Gaza’s miserable future The Economist
- The Week the World Woke Up to the Genocide in Gaza The Intercept
- Israelis Are Starting to Talk About Famine in Gaza The New Yorker
- Israel’s Gaza War Is One of History’s Worst Crimes Ever Jacobin
Penny Wong complained to China about intimidation of exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners
Exclusive: Foreign affairs minister used July meeting on Asean sidelines to elevate criticism of targeting of Adelaide-based Ted Hui and Melbourne-based Kevin Yam
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The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, complained about the targeted intimidation of exiled pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong directly to her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, during a bilateral meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
The July meeting was the first face-to-face discussion between the pair since two Hong Kong activists wanted for alleged national security crimes were subjected to anonymous letters offering Australian neighbours $203,000 to inform on them.
Continue reading...For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities – The Times of Israel
- For Gaza’s residents, daily life a Sisyphean struggle for simplest necessities The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Israel starves 197 Palestinians to death in Gaza Al Jazeera
- What makes Israel’s starvation of Gaza stand apart vox.com
- Gaza father grieving loss of child to malnutrition scrambles to save siblings Reuters
- Hamada Sho: I Can No Longer Feed Kids in Gaza Time Magazine
United Airlines says issue that forced grounding of hundreds of US flights resolved
Ground stops were issued nationwide including at hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark and San Francisco
United Airlines has said a technology issue that led to the grounding of flights for a few hours and major delays across its network in the US has been resolved.
“While we expect residual delays, our team is working to restore our normal operations,” the airline said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies aged 88
The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy and would win seven more over a career that spanned nearly 40 albums
Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died aged 88.
Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told the New York Times her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness”.
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