Swiss founder of right-to-die organization ends life at 92 – DW

  1. Swiss founder of right-to-die organization ends life at 92  DW
  2. Ludwig Minelli, founder of leading assisted suicide group, ends his life at 92  The Washington Post
  3. Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death  The Guardian
  4. Ludwig Minelli: Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide aged 92, group says  BBC
  5. Dignitas founder dies by assisted suicide aged 92  Sky News
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Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’

Detectives claim to have uncovered Sydney-based network involving online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes

Four Australians remain locked up after being charged for alleged involvement in a satanic child sexual abuse material ring.

Detectives busted an apparent Sydney-based pedophile network they claimed was actively involved in possessing, distributing and facilitating child sexual abuse involving ritualistic or satanic themes.

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Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform – The Conversation

  1. Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform  The Conversation
  2. No roadmap to end deforestation, but Brazil’s COP in the Amazon delivered for forests  Reuters
  3. To defeat the global Goliaths devastating our planet, we must raise an army of Davids | Peter Lewis  The Guardian
  4. Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents  Carbon Brief
  5. A valuable COP for undervalued wetlands  Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter
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Takaichi’s controversial Taiwan remarks likely deliberate bid to boost domestic popularity: ex-Singapore FM – Global Times

  1. Takaichi’s controversial Taiwan remarks likely deliberate bid to boost domestic popularity: ex-Singapore FM  Global Times
  2. Opinion | China Revives Economic Coercion to Punish Japan  The Wall Street Journal
  3. How Japan's PM Torpedoed Ties With China  Time Magazine
  4. Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi Tours Military Bases Near Taiwan  USNI News
  5. Live Q&A: What’s Next as Japan-China Tensions Over Taiwan Escalate?  Bloomberg.com
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Thousands in Philippines protest corruption, demand return of stolen funds – NPR

  1. Thousands in Philippines protest corruption, demand return of stolen funds  NPR
  2. Thousands march in Philippines, demanding Marcos resign over fraud scandal  Al Jazeera
  3. Philippines: Thousands protest corruption in flood projects  DW
  4. Filipino archbishop asks Catholics to attend protests against government corruption  Catholic News Agency
  5. Thousands protest in the Philippines demanding accountability and President's resignation - JURIST - News  Jurist.org
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WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests – BBC

  1. WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests  BBC
  2. GD publishes BBC's questions and party’s responses  1TV.GE
  3. Anita Hipper: We expect a swift, transparent and credible investigation into the allegations of the use of chemical weapons against demonstrators  IPN.GE
  4. Georgia to sue BBC over report alleging use of WWI-era chemical agent on protesters  TRT World
  5. GD announces legal action against BBC in international courts over 'false' allegations  BM.GE
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Trump ‘wouldn’t have wanted’ second strike on Caribbean boat survivors

US president says he will look into reports US military was told to conduct follow-up attack on suspected drug vessel

Donald Trump has said he will look into reports that the US military conducted a follow-up strike on a boat in the Caribbean that it believed to be ferrying drugs, killing survivors of an initial missile attack.

The US president also said on Sunday he “wouldn’t have wanted” a second strike on the vessel during the incident on 2 September – the first publicised operation in a series of attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that Washington says are aimed at combatting the drug trade.

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Report says world’s biggest arms producers increased revenue by 5.9% last year to record level – AP News

  1. Report says world's biggest arms producers increased revenue by 5.9% last year to record level  AP News
  2. World’s biggest arms producers increased revenue last year to record level, report says  Politico
  3. Top global arms producers’ revenues surge as major wars rage: SIPRI report  Al Jazeera
  4. Global arms makers see record earnings as Gaza, Ukraine wars fuel demand — report  The Times of Israel
  5. Asia’s arms race shift: India climbs, China slides on PLA graft charges  Times of India
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Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told

Whistleblower says chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of children, after alarm was raised

The former director of UK special forces and other senior military officers tried to cover up concerns that SAS units were carrying out unlawful killings in Afghanistan, an inquiry has heard.

A senior special forces whistleblower said the chain of command failed to stop extrajudicial shootings, including of two small children, after the alarm was first raised in early 2011. That failure allegedly allowed them to continue until 2013.

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Trump invites families of national guard members who were shot to White House

President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical condition

Donald Trump said on Sunday that he invited the family of a national guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, adding that he spoke to her parents and they were “devastated”.

US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting on Wednesday in Washington DC. Her fellow service member, US air force staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Vigils across West Virginia have taken place in their memory.

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