- 'Wait Wait' for August 2, 2025: Live in Salt Lake City with Heather Gay! NPR
- ‘We’re Trying to Do the Best We Can Before We Die’ The Atlantic
- What Many Israelis Don’t Want to See The New York Times
- Looting, chaos and Israeli gunfire prevent aid from reaching Gazans The Washington Post
- College Basketball Coach Blames Barack Obama For 'Dividing' United States yahoo.com
Pro- and anti-migrant prroters face off at London hotel housing asylum seekers
Anti-racism campaigners outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation
Anti-racism demonstrators turned out in large numbers on Saturday outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation.
Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London.
Continue reading...Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’
Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean
Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said.
While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business.
Continue reading...Chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’
Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean
Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said.
While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business.
Continue reading...Ukraine says it uncovers major drone procurement corruption scheme – Reuters
- Ukraine says it uncovers major drone procurement corruption scheme Reuters
- Ukraine uncovers major bribery scheme in electronic warfare systems procurement: MP and officials involved Українська правда
- One of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades exposed the embezzlement of funds for the purchase of drones Mezha.Media
- MP, officials caught taking bribes – NABU reveals details Ukrinform
- MP Kuznetsov suspended from "Servant of the People" faction due to corruption scandal Українські Національні Новини
Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways
Kevin Sinning was charged with criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk
A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident.
Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said.
Continue reading...Man allegedly hijacks transport cart at Buffalo airport and destroys moving walkways
Kevin Simmons was charged criminal mischief and larceny after allegedly driving cart over walkways while drunk
A man commandeered a transportation cart at New York’s Buffalo Niagara international airport and destroyed moving walkways with it at the facility, according to authorities investigating the unusual incident.
Kevin J Sinning, 29, of Wyoming, faces charges of second-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal nuisance, third-degree grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property worth more than $3,000 after his arrest at about 1am on 28 July, the Niagara frontier transportation authority police department said.
Continue reading...Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’
Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.
Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.
Continue reading...Israel closes 88% of cases of alleged war crimes or abuse without charges – report
Conflict monitoring group Action on Armed Violence says Israel is seeking to create a ‘pattern of impunity’
Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in Gaza have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.
Unresolved investigations include the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) said, and an airstrike that killed 45 in an inferno at a tented camp in Rafah in May 2024.
Continue reading...‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving – The Times of Israel
- ‘A living skeleton buried alive’: Hostage’s family pleads for help after Hamas video shows him starving The Times of Israel
- New Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel The New York Times
- Israeli official: Hamas has plenty of food, is deliberately starving the hostages The Times of Israel
- Hamas shows starved Israeli hostages alongside emaciated Palestinian babies Financial Times
- Hamas publishes hostage video of starved Evyatar David The Jerusalem Post
Prominent Indian ex-MP gets life sentence for rape
Prajwal Revanna was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former employee.
Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs cause market drop
The move comes as a weaker-than-expected jobs report stoked fears about tariffs.
Hamas says it won’t disarm unless independent Palestinian state established – Reuters
- Hamas says it won't disarm unless independent Palestinian state established Reuters
- Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State The New York Times
- Hamas denies it expressed willingness to disarm, slams Witkoff’s Gaza trip Al Jazeera
- Hamas vows not to lay down arms after Witkoff reportedly says it’s ready to demilitarize The Times of Israel
- Hamas responds to disarmament reports as health officials say 18 killed in Israeli fire - including people trying to access food Sky News
Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad
Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.
The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.
Continue reading...Republicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad
Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July.
The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US.
Continue reading...I may starve to death before I am able to graduate in Gaza
My only dream is to take the tawjihi exam so I can continue my education. Is this too much to ask?
India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say – The New York Times
- India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say The New York Times
- India to still buy oil from Russia despite Trump threats, say officials theguardian.com
- Indian Refiner Snaps Up US Oil After Trump’s Russia Threats Bloomberg
- India will continue to buy Russian oil, government sources say Reuters
- Trump Cites Reports On India Halting Russian Oil Imports, Sources Counter NDTV
Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’
They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’
Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism.
Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.
Continue reading...Trump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’
They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’
Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism.
Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges.
Continue reading...Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’
Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content
The Online Safety Act together with the proscription of Palestine Action could result in platforms censoring Palestinian-related content, human rights organisations have warned.
Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship and others have written to Ofcom calling on it to provide clear guidance to platforms on distinguishing lawful expression from content deemed to be in support of terrorism.
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