US suspends most visas for Palestinian passport-holders, reports say
The new restriction comes after a group of Palestinian officials were refused visas for a key UN meeting in New York.
Global media stages Israel blackout in protest of Gaza war – The Jerusalem Post
- Global media stages Israel blackout in protest of Gaza war The Jerusalem Post
- Israel’s response to the Nasser hospital attack is part of a dehumanization campaign MSNBC News
- Media outlets demand Israel grant access to Gaza, halt attacks on journalists there NPR
- RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed” Reporters sans frontières
- The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war The Guardian
Boy, 11, shot dead after playing doorbell-ringing prank in Houston, police say
Boy struck several times as he and friends played ‘ding-dong ditch’ which involves ringing doorbell and running
An 11-year-old boy playing a common prank game of ringing doorbells in Houston, Texas, was shot dead on Saturday as he ran away from a house.
Authorities said the boy was struck several times as he and some friends were buzzing doorbells in an Eastside neighborhood.
Continue reading...Iraq mosque wrecked by ISIL officially reopened after restoration
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its leaning minaret have reopened in Iraq, eight years after being destroyed by ISIL.
Guyana votes in elections amid oil boom debate and Venezuela tensions
Three-way race is on between President Irfaan Ali of PPP, Aubrey Norton of PNCR, and billionaire Azruddin Mohamed.
Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen – The Guardian
- Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen The Guardian
- EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming BBC
- Russia suspected of jamming navigation on EU leader’s plane above Bulgaria Al Jazeera
- Ursula von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference Financial Times
- Plane carrying EU’s top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming CNN
Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis
Pedro Sánchez says country’s deadly August wildfires show society needs to mobilise and take immediate action
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced a 10-point plan to prepare the country for the climate emergency, warning: “If we don’t want to bequeath our children a Spain that’s grey from fire and flames, or a Spain that’s brown from floods, then we need a Spain that’s greener.”
Sánchez said August’s heatwave-fuelled wildfires – which killed four people, burned through an area six times the size of Ibiza and required “the biggest human and technical deployment” ever seen in Spain – showed that immediate action must be taken to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.
Continue reading...Victorian Liberal members to push for regulated cannabis market at state council
Proposal to treat cannabis similarly to alcohol among 62 policy motions on draft agenda, alongside increased parental leave and scrapping net zero
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Rank-and-file Victorian Liberal party members will use this month’s state council meeting to push for a regulated cannabis market for adult use, overhaul heritage and planning laws to tackle the housing crisis and introduce a full year of parental leave with a “daddy quota”.
The motions are among 62 on the draft agenda for the Victorian Liberal state council – the party’s annual general meeting – on 12-13 September. Other motions include proposals to scrap net zero targets, renters’ rights reforms and diversity quotas.
Continue reading...Under-16s ban: how hard will it be for Australian social media users to prove their age?
The age assurance technology trial found errors are inevitable – meaning users might have to provide other ID or appeal against wrongful bans
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It could take just 40 seconds: that’s how long Australians might have to wait for age assurance technology to assess they’re allowed to be on social media from December, when the under-16s ban comes into effect.
But the reality is, for many users, it could be a much more complicated and time-consuming process.
Continue reading...Doctors find bullet fragment in neck of 10-year-old Minnesota school shooting survivor
Shrapnel found perilously close to carotid artery in Weston Halsne’s neck who survived after a friend shielded him
Doctors have found a bullet fragment lodged perilously close to the carotid artery in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who narrowly survived the mass shooting in Minneapolis last week after a friend shielded him from the gunfire.
Fifth-grader Weston Halsne recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots fired by the alleged shooter, Robin Westman, came through the stained-glass windows during the shooting at Annunciation Catholic school last Wednesday. He described how his friend Victor Greenawalt had jumped on top of him to shield him.
Continue reading...Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard in intensive care after being shot
Player was shot inside car while visiting family
Freshman listed as in critical but stable condition
A Florida State linebacker is in critical but stable condition after being shot while visiting family, the Seminoles said on Monday.
Ethan Pritchard, a freshman from Sanford, Florida, was in intensive care at a Tallahassee-area hospital. He was shot Sunday evening while inside a vehicle outside apartments in Havana, about 15 miles northwest of Tallahassee, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.
Continue reading...North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing with daughter to attend massive military parade
The "Victory Day" parade on Wednesday will see Kim rub shoulders with China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and others.
A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia – AP News
Xi, Putin and Modi pledge unity at summit to counter US-led global order
Xi Jinping was joined by Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China.
Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia
Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum
For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country. Finally, an extraordinary collection of weapons and ceremonial objects taken from the Larrakia people more than a century ago is beginning a winding journey home to the saltwater landscapes of the Northern Territory in Australia.
During an emotionally charged ceremony, Bristol city council formally handed over 33 objects including spears that would have been used to hunt creatures from fish to buffalo, some still gleaming with the red ochre used to decorate them.
Continue reading...Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say scholars – Financial Times
- Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say scholars Financial Times
- Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say BBC
- Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza AP News
- Israel committing genocide in Gaza, scholars group says Al Jazeera
- Palestinians warned of a genocide in 2023. Why weren’t we believed? | Ahmed Ibsais The Guardian
‘Children’ or ‘minors’?
Both 'children' and 'minors' technically mean the same thing, but there's way more to the story.
Iran accuses Europe of stepping aside and letting Trump dictate nuclear deal terms
Foreign ministry official says US will be dictating what happens once UN-wide sanctions are reimposed
Europe is on the verge of abandoning its role as a mediator between the US and Iran and instead handing the Iran nuclear file over to Donald Trump’s veto, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson has said in an interview with the Guardian in Tehran.
Esmail Baghaei said that as soon as UN-wide sanctions were reimposed at Europe’s demand in less than 30 days’ time, the US would regain its security council veto over what happens next, including the continuance of sanctions.
Continue reading...Europeans crafting “precise plans” for post-war Ukraine deployments, with Trump’s backing, EU leader says – CBS News
- Europeans crafting "precise plans" for post-war Ukraine deployments, with Trump's backing, EU leader says CBS News
- Opinion | Ukraine’s security dilemma has a clear solution The Washington Post
- ‘It’s all theatre’: How are Europe and the US pulling apart on Ukraine? Al Jazeera
- What Finland could teach Ukraine about war and peace The Economist
- Germany criticizes EU remarks on plans to deploy to Ukraine DW
Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker – The New York Times
- Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker The New York Times
- Arrest after fatal shooting of Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy BBC
- Suspect arrested over murder of former Ukrainian politician, Zelenskyy says The Guardian
- Ukraine's police suspects Russia involved in killing of former parliamentary speaker Reuters
- Ukraine counter-intelligence service probing killing of ex-lawmaker, Zelenskyy says ABC News