Air Canada cancels flights during peak season ahead of flight attendant strike

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Canada’s largest airline expects full shutdown as workers protests over claims of ‘poverty wages’ and unpaid labour

Canada’s largest airline has started cancelling flights during the peak summer travel season ahead of a strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants over what they say are “poverty wages” and unpaid labour for work when planes are not in the air.

Air Canada said it would start suspending flights on Thursday ahead of full shutdown on Saturday after the flagship carrier and the union representing the flight attendants failed to resolve a months-long dispute over pay and working conditions.

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The journalist who disappeared: Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice – The Washington Post

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  1. The journalist who disappeared: Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice  The Washington Post
  2. Thirteen years without Austin Tice: RSF calls on US, Syria to explain search efforts for missing journalist  Reporters sans frontières
  3. Inside the 13-year search for Austin Tice, the journalist who disappeared  Editor and Publisher
  4. Updated Schedule for Press Freedom Center Full Day Conference on Austin Tice Case on Aug. 14  Morningstar
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Emmanuel Macron admits French colonial ‘repression’ in Cameroon independence struggle – BBC

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  1. Emmanuel Macron admits French colonial 'repression' in Cameroon independence struggle  BBC
  2. France acknowledges role in Cameroon’s struggle for independence  Reuters
  3. Macron admits France’s repressive violence in Cameroon’s war for independence  AP News
  4. Macron admits to France's 'repressive violence' during Cameroon's push for independence  France 24
  5. Macron acknowledges French colonial repression in Cameroon  DW
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Lebanon’s president warns Iran against ‘interference’ over Hizbollah – Financial Times

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  1. Lebanon’s president warns Iran against ‘interference’ over Hizbollah  Financial Times
  2. Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm  The New York Times
  3. No armed groups allowed in Lebanon, president tells Hezbollah's ally Iran  Reuters
  4. Lebanese president says only the state will hold weapons  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Lebanon rejects foreign interference, president tells Iran official  Al Jazeera
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IDF source: Some of the journalists killed with Al Jazeera’s Sharif were also terror operatives – The Times of Israel

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  1. IDF source: Some of the journalists killed with Al Jazeera’s Sharif were also terror operatives  The Times of Israel
  2. Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him  CNN
  3. Protests, vigils held around globe for Gaza, assassinated journalists  Al Jazeera
  4. Amid global outcry, IDF says Al Jazeera reporter it killed was receiving Hamas salary  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel-Qatar Tensions Escalate After Israel Kills Al Jazeera Journalists  The New York Times
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Tulip Siddiq: Trial of Labour MP begins in Bangladesh – BBC

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  1. Tulip Siddiq: Trial of Labour MP begins in Bangladesh  BBC
  2. Bangladeshi officials testify against former British minister Siddiq in corruption trial  AP News
  3. Bangladesh officials testify against Tulip Siddiq at anticorruption trial  Al Jazeera
  4. Labour MP Tulip Siddiq hits out at 'farce' anti-corruption trial in Bangladesh  Sky News
  5. She’s on trial for crimes against humanity — and plotting a comeback  The Times
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Pope Leo returns to Castel Gandolfo for Assumption holiday weekend – Vatican News

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  1. Pope Leo returns to Castel Gandolfo for Assumption holiday weekend  Vatican News
  2. Pope Leo to dine with 100 homeless guests at Castel Gandolfo  CatholicVote org
  3. Papal lunch with poor scheduled for Aug. 17  Catholic World Report
  4. Pope to celebrate Mass in Albano with the poor on August 17  Herald Malaysia Online
  5. Pope to celebrate Mass, share lunch with the poor in Albano on August 17  Vatican News
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Counterfeit Labubu dolls on sale in UK are a choking hazard to young children, warns standards body

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Chartered Trading Standards Institute says thousands of the viral toys seized are poorly made while legitimate dolls ‘are almost impossible to find’

Growing numbers of counterfeit Labubu dolls being sold in the UK are poorly made and pose a choking hazard to young children, a trading standards body has warned.

The toothy, fluffy monster doll figures, made exclusively by the Chinese toymaker Pop Mart, have surged in popularity among children and adults after going viral on social media. Celebrity fans include Rihanna and Lisa from the K-pop group Blackpink, while many owners like to attach the dolls to handbags or backpacks.

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‘What an illusion’: Iran’s president mocks Netanyahu’s vow to help country with water crisis – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. 'What an illusion': Iran's president mocks Netanyahu's vow to help country with water crisis  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Iran’s president mocks Netanyahu over pledge of help in water crisis  AP News
  3. ‘A mirage’: Iran’s president dismisses Netanyahu’s water-tech offer amid shortages  The Times of Israel
  4. PM Netanyahu To I24NEWS: We Would Have Struck Iran Even Without The US  i24NEWS
  5. Netanyahu’s lies: Offering water, spilling blood  Mehr News Agency
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