- Microplastics are everywhere — including in the air around plastic treaty negotiations The Verge
- Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline The Guardian
- New draft of global plastic pollution treaty wouldn’t limit plastic production AP News
- UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics Financial Times
- The art of a plastics treaty: How sculptures, collages, and poetry have influenced global talks Grist.org
Kim & Khloe Kardashian Call Amy Bradley’s Mom to Brainstorm About Search – TMZ
- Kim & Khloe Kardashian Call Amy Bradley's Mom to Brainstorm About Search TMZ
- Amy Bradley is missing: Family sees hope after ‘verifiable’ 2016 sighting surfaces; thousands of new tips received after Netflix doc The Indian Express
- Amy Bradley theories range from accident to accusations NewsNation
- 'Senorita kidnap!': Essential witness from night Amy Bradley went missing was axed by Netflix The Tab
- Amy Bradley's brother shares his 'gut feeling' 27 years after disappearance The Mirror US
What’s at stake at the Alaska summit for all sides?
Ukraine and European allies are anxious about upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
Turned back from Gaza, aid shipments languish in warehouses, on roadsides – Reuters
- Turned back from Gaza, aid shipments languish in warehouses, on roadsides Reuters
- Humanitarian groups call on Israel to end 'weaponisation of aid' in Gaza BBC
- Aid groups seeking to operate in Gaza castigate ‘politicized’ Israeli vetting process The Times of Israel
- Dates Are 'Luxury' – and Other Ways Israel Hinders Aid Trucks From Reaching Starving Gazans Haaretz
- More than 100 groups blast Israel’s ‘weaponisation of aid’ as Gaza starves Al Jazeera
President Dina Boluarte signs into law Peru’s amnesty bill despite outcry
The amnesty law has faced condemnation from UN experts and human rights groups for denying justice to abuse survivors.
Protests over Israeli murder of Al Jazeera journalists spread
Journalists from Mexico City to Manila are protesting the Israeli assassination of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza.
VIDEO: U.K., U.S. F-35B Fighters Land, Launch from Japan’s Largest Warship – USNI News
- VIDEO: U.K., U.S. F-35B Fighters Land, Launch from Japan’s Largest Warship USNI News
- US Flexes F-35 Fighter Forces With Allies on China's Doorstep Newsweek
- Britain’s Prince of Wales aircraft carrier makes Japan debut The Japan Times
- Japan's Izumo-class ship marks first embark of UK F-35B Janes
- An Indo-Pacific role for Britain’s aircraft carriers: high-value escort The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
New Zealand Parliament ejects lawmaker over Israeli sanctions standoff
New Zealand MP Chlöe Swarbrick was suspended from parliament amid debate over a bill sanctioning Israel.
Europe expresses hope after call with Trump on Putin summit
Trump, who described the call as "a ten", was urged to keep Ukraine's interests at the forefront when he meets Putin on Friday.
Protests, vigils held worldwide over Israel’s killing of Gaza journalists
From South Africa's Cape Town to Manila in the Philippines and London in the UK, voices are raised in protest.
US car sales slow after tariff-driven buying surge ends
Major car makers including Ford, GM and Volvo took hits because of tariff associated costs.
Palestinian man killed in occupied West Bank by Israeli settler
A Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank has been shot dead by an Israeli settler during a land-leveling operation.
Pregnant Woman Killed, Partner Decapitated, as Police Investigate Graffiti on Victims’ Home – TooFab
- Pregnant Woman Killed, Partner Decapitated, as Police Investigate Graffiti on Victims' Home TooFab
- Man charged with murder of Australian couple in graffiti-covered house BBC
- Man Shares His Horror at Finding Pregnant Neighbor Dead and Her Partner's Decapitated Head on a Spike people.com
- New claim on what sparked beheading News.com.au
- Homeless lunatic accused of killing pregnant woman and her partner, whose decapitated head was found mounted on a spike New York Post
New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter – The Intercept
- New U.S. Report on Israel’s Human Rights Abuses Is 91 Percent Shorter The Intercept
- Five key points on how a long-respected US human rights report became a ‘cudgel’ under Trump The Guardian
- State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights NPR
- Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights The Atlantic
- 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Department of State (.gov)
Trump’s GOP backing declines amid inflation and redistricting push – Axios
- Trump's GOP backing declines amid inflation and redistricting push Axios
- Donald Trump approval, Ghislaine Maxwell, gerrymandering, inflation, and unemployment: August 9 - 11, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll YouGov
- What is Trump’s approval rating? See states where he is most, least popular USA Today
- Trump’s approval ratings drop with Republicans as he deals with Epstein fallout and tariff concerns The Independent
- Trump Approval Rating Down 2 Points From Last Week Forbes
Wildfires spread dangerously close to southern European capitals – Financial Times
- Wildfires spread dangerously close to southern European capitals Financial Times
- Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe Reuters
- Spain wildfires are ‘clear warning’ of climate emergency, minister says The Guardian
- Spain calls to European allies for help amid worsening wildfires France 24
- Temperature records smashed as extreme heat, wildfires grip parts of Europe CNBC
U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel – PBS
- U.S. deployed 2 warships after Chinese ships collided with smaller Philippine vessel PBS
- US warships sail in vicinity of disputed shoal where Chinese ships collided CNN
- US warships patrol South China Sea after two Chinese ships collide The Guardian
- Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video The New York Times
- Chinese fighter 'intercepts' Philippine plane over disputed shoal, Manila says Reuters
Chinese fighter jet intercepts Philippine aircraft carrying journalists
A Chinese fighter jet demanded a Philippine aircraft leave the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
Germany pledges $500 million for NATO-led US weapons supply to Ukraine – The Kyiv Independent
Lula says Trump would be put on trial in Brazil if January 6 riots took place there
Brazilian president’s comments come amid US attempts to pressure judges in coup trial against Trump ally Bolsonaro
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has hit back at Donald Trump’s campaign against the South American country’s judiciary, claiming the US president would be put on trial in Brazil had the January 6 US Capitol attacks taken place there.
Trump has triggered what some experts call the greatest ever diplomatic rupture between the US and Brazil by slapping 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports and sanctioning a supreme court judge in an attempt to help his far-right ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, avoid prison for allegedly trying to stage a coup after he lost the 2022 election to Lula.
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