- Bangladesh exploring ‘Islamic NATO’: Why joining Pakistan-Turkey-Saudi Arabia's Mecca pact may make sense to Dhaka | World News Hindustan Times
- Implications of Mecca defense pact for Israel, India The Jerusalem Post
- Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? Middle East Eye
- A new alliance is being forged in the Middle East, but it’s no Nato The Times
- Despite US War on Iran, This Pact Could Reshape the Middle East Inkstick Media
Usain Bolt’s 100m record broken at World Humanoid Robot Games
Chinese robot reaches peak speed of 14.5 metres per second to beat Bolt's 100m record in Beijing, says state media.
Grooms Are Revealing Why They Called Off Their Marriage Right Before The Wedding, And I’m At A Loss For Words – BuzzFeed
Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive
Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.
Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine – The Guardian
- Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine The Guardian
- Over 100 ex-diplomats urge France, UK to sanction Israel over Palestine Al Jazeera
- 'France and the UK should act together to uphold international law in Palestine': An open letter by former French and British ambassadors Le Monde.fr
- Former French, British ambassadors urge halt to arms exports, ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank Middle East Monitor
- AI: France, Italy, Britain, Germany Must take action to Stop "Israeli" violations وكالة سبأ
US kindergarten vaccination rates dip as exemptions hit record high
New CDC data shows MMR vaccination among kindergarteners declining slightly as non-medical exemptions climb to 4.2%
A week after Donald Trump made a series of misleading claims about vaccines – including that some injections look “like the size of a soda bottle” – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the latest data on national kindergarten vaccination rates.
CDC communications downplayed the changes – a three-sentence announcement said, “overall vaccination rates among kindergarteners remained high” – but medical experts immediately saw cause for concern in the trends.
Continue reading...Pakistan’s PTI seeks contempt action over jailed Imran Khan’s hospital move – Al Jazeera
- Pakistan’s PTI seeks contempt action over jailed Imran Khan’s hospital move Al Jazeera
- Imran Khan's party seeks contempt action over jailed leader's hospital move Reuters
- Pakistan rejects allegations of mistreatment, medical neglect of imprisoned ex-Premier Imran Khan AP News
- Former Pakistani leader Imran Khan is medically fit and back in jail, official says NBC News
- ‘In contempt for gathering people’: Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan’s party for hospital transfer The Times of India
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus's exponential spread.
Pakistan’s PTI seeks contempt action over jailed Imran Khan’s hospital move
Party launches legal action after authorities take ex-PM to state hospital for check-up before returning him to jail.
Robot horse and rider steal the spotlight at Chinese conference
More than 300 companies are showcasing the latest advances in robotics at the five-day event in Beijing, China, organisers say.
What is “aura farming”? TikTok’s strange viral battles hit the streets – Euronews.com
- What is "aura farming"? TikTok's strange viral battles hit the streets Euronews.com
- What is an ‘Aura Battle’? Young Mexicans turn confidence into a competition Yahoo
- 'I don't like black people': US brothers allege racism at Lisbon nightclub Inbox.eu
- Mexico: Aura battles turn a viral meme into live contests africanews.com
- 'Aura' battles leap from social media to Latin America streets Buenos Aires Times
‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished
English translation of Élisabeth, the New Wave director’s 1946 book about young lovers in prewar Paris, receives rave reviews as precursor to auteur’s cinematic work
In the dog days of the second world war, 24-year-old Maurice Schérer wrote a tale of young lovers in prewar small-town France. He described lazy August swims in the Marne River east of Paris. He wrote about age-gap affairs and semi-incestuous flirtations. Schérer gallantly used a nom de plume, Gilbert Cordier, to shield his Catholic family from scandal, but he needn’t have bothered as his concerns were unfounded. The finished novel, Élisabeth, barely made a ripple and quickly slipped out of print. Undeterred, Scherer adopted a second pseudonym – Éric Rohmer – and decided to try his luck as a film-maker instead.
Now – eight decades on from its first publication, 16 years on from its author’s death – Élisabeth belatedly returns from the cold. Republished in an English-language translation by Aaron Kerner, Rohmer’s book has been greeted with glowing reviews, hailed as a lost modernist classic and a crucial origin story for the award-winning director of Claire’s Knee, The Green Ray and My Night at Maud’s. “It would be a rewarding, exciting read even if the identity of its author were unfamiliar,” wrote Richard Brody in the New Yorker. The fact that it’s by Rohmer? That’s the icing on the cake.
Continue reading...How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy – The New York Times
- How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy The New York Times
- Trump Envoy Says Humor and Vodka Helped Secure Release of Belarusian Political Prisoners Межа. Новини України.
- Cole announced he expects the release of a large group of political prisoners in the near future Наша Ніва
- Coale again gave hope for the release of Belarusian political prisoners Наша Ніва
How the US and Middle East allies flipped the oil script on Iran – CNN
- How the US and Middle East allies flipped the oil script on Iran CNN
- Ships passing through Hormuz hover in single digits, data shows Reuters
- Iran War Raises Risk of Collisions and Oil Spills in Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
- U.S. military says it aided passage of 660 million barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz since May CNBC
- Iran’s Attacks on Ships in Hormuz Mount, Testing U.S. Military Restraint WSJ
Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine
In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban
More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.
An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy.
Uphold the decisions of the international court of justice and the international criminal court.
Suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement for breach of human rights provisions.
Suspend arms transfers to and from Israel and all bilateral military cooperation.
Insist on unrestricted aid access to Gaza, led by the UN Relief and Works Agency, other UN agencies and international NGOs, with consequences for non-compliance, and access too for journalists, diplomats and parliamentarians.
Ban all trade with settlements, including goods, investment, insurance and other financial services.
Warn potential bidders for the “red line” E1 settlement or other settlement financing/construction that their interests in and with the UK and France will suffer.
Make it an offence for British and French citizens to buy property on stolen Palestinian land and remove charitable status from “charities” funding settlements.
Continue reading...Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine
In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban
More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press Israel to accept a Palestinian state.
An unprecedented joint letter dispenses with diplomatic language by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and warning that the world no longer sees Israel as a genuine democracy.
Uphold the decisions of the international court of justice and the international criminal court.
Suspend the EU-Israel association agreement and the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement for breach of human rights provisions.
Suspend arms transfers to and from Israel and all bilateral military cooperation.
Insist on unrestricted aid access to Gaza, led by the UN Relief and Works Agency, other UN agencies and international NGOs, with consequences for non-compliance, and access too for journalists, diplomats and parliamentarians.
Ban all trade with settlements, including goods, investment, insurance and other financial services.
Warn potential bidders for the “red line” E1 settlement or other settlement financing/construction that their interests in and with the UK and France will suffer.
Make it an offence for British and French citizens to buy property on stolen Palestinian land and remove charitable status from “charities” funding settlements.
Continue reading...Romania adopts new measures to boost Danube waters to cool Cernavoda nuclear plant – Reuters
- Romania adopts new measures to boost Danube waters to cool Cernavoda nuclear plant Reuters
- Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube The Guardian
- Hungary drained its waters for generations. Now drought is exposing the cost AP News
- Earlier this month, Romania sank 4 rock-filled barges into the Danube to keep its nuclear reactor running. The Economic Times
- Low Rivers, High Stakes Europe's Nuclear Cooling Crisis Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16 – Financial Times
- Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16 Financial Times
- Rescuers dig through Ukraine mall wreckage as Zelensky condemns 'despicable' Russian strike BBC
- Two mothers among those killed in Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih shopping centre Українська правда
- Zelensky vows response after Russian strike on shopping mall kills 16 CNN
- Russian 'double-tap' strike on shopping centre in Ukraine kills 16 and wounds 130 Reuters
Somali pirates hijack oil tanker off Yemen in latest attack – AP News
- Somali pirates hijack oil tanker off Yemen in latest attack AP News
- One beneficiary of the Iran war? Pirates. Politico
- 2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises The New York Times
- Somali pirate menace returns as U.S.-Iran war stokes regional chaos and saps enforcement resources CNBC
- Pirates hijack cargo ship carrying Turkish weapons off Somalia's coast, official says ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, Spain’s “wolf boy of Sierra Morena,” dies aged 80 – CNN
- Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, Spain’s “wolf boy of Sierra Morena,” dies aged 80 CNN
- Spain’s ‘wolf boy of Sierra Morena’ dies aged 80 Yahoo
- Man Who Spent His Childhood Living Among Wolves Passes Away at 80 My Modern Met
- Famous Spanish "Wolf Boy" Who Grew Up in the Wild Dies Наша Ніва
- Spain's "Wolf Boy," Who Spent 12 Years Living Among Wild Predators in the Mountains, Dies Around Prague