Australian shark attack victim grateful for ‘second chance at life’
Leah Stewart was mauled by a shark in June, suffering multiple bites to her arms and legs.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including 4-year-old boy, medics say – Reuters
- Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two people, including 4-year-old boy, medics say Reuters
- Israeli strikes kill three, including child, in Gaza Strip France 24
- One reported killed in Gaza airstrike The Times of Israel
- Man Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Home in Central Gaza, Medical Sources Say Haaretz
- Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Cafe Raises Doubts About Progress on Peace Plan The New York Times
UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisis
Productivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more strongly than official figures suggest, according to analysis from the Resolution Foundation.
The thinktank suggests the chancellor, John Healey, may have inherited an economy finally starting to emerge from the long shadow of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Continue reading...Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves – Bloomberg.com
- Londoners Find ‘Horrendous’ Cracks in Their Homes After Successive Heat Waves Bloomberg.com
- Record-breaking summer: what climate change means for UK property webinar Today's Conveyancer
- Extreme weather could make you a ‘mortgage prisoner’ Investors' Chronicle
- The signs your home is at risk of subsidence in this year's drought This is Money
- Is your house at risk from climate change? The Telegraph
Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says – The Guardian
- Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says The Guardian
- Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30 in Conakry BBC
- A landslide at a landfill in the capital of Guinea kills 30 people, officials say AP News
- Guinea landslide kills 30 people after mound of waste collapses at landfill site Sky News
- Massive garbage heap collapses onto homes, killing at least 30 as rescuers search for survivors Fox News
Eight-year-old dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana
Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say
An eight-year-old Louisiana girl has died after contracting a rare, typically fatal brain-eating amoeba after a swim in Lake Claiborne.
Lillian Smart, of Ruston, died on Saturday, one day after celebrating her birthday, her family announced in a public Facebook post on the “Love for Lillian” page.
Continue reading...Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state
A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks.
The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the site and relocate the waste because of the threat it posed, especially during the rainy season, which causes landslides and fatal flash floods each year in crowded, underdeveloped cities across parts of West Africa.
Continue reading...US envoy Tom Barrack retracts comment that Syria’s Golan is occupied – Al Jazeera
- US envoy Tom Barrack retracts comment that Syria’s Golan is occupied Al Jazeera
- After defying administration policy, US envoy downplays his remark that Israel occupies Golan The Times of Israel
- US ambassador to Turkey breaks with Washington on Israel's occupation of Syria's Golan Heights Middle East Eye
- US envoy Tom Barrack’s Israel criticism tests his credibility as a mediator - analysis The Jerusalem Post
- Barak reveals the US position on the Golan Heights and warns of an Israeli-Turkish escalation صوت الإمارات
Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing – BBC
- Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing BBC
- Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list The Guardian
- Reform to prioritise under 35s for social housing in ‘unserious and unworkable’ plans The Independent
- Reform: We’ll send jobless to back of council house queue The Telegraph
- Working Britons given priority for social housing under Reform UK The Times
Trump waves green flag to start IndyCar race through Washington streets
The president took a ceremonial lap of the track before the race, which is the culmination of a summer of events to mark the country's 250th birthday.
Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died
Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way
Cleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle.
Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Teesside.
Continue reading...Gaza’s hospitals are running out of oxygen as healthcare nears collapse
Gaza’s hospitals face oxygen shortages, putting the lives of premature babies and critically ill patients at risk.
Two killed after giant Ganesha statue collapses onto crowd in Mumbai
Two people were killed after a massive Ganesha idol fell onto a crowd during a procession in Mumbai, India.
Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires – AP News
Zhou Bo: China’s alternative to Western power
Senior Colonel Zhou Bo and Sreenivasan Jain discuss China's vision of a fairer, multipolar world and work towards that.
The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea – The Guardian
Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid buried in Occupied West Bank
Hundreds attended the funeral of 14-year-old Islam Ahmad Maher Ajouri, who was killed by Israeli gunfire during a raid.
Pence denies that Iran war hurting Ukraine by depleting US stockpiles – The Hill
- Pence denies that Iran war hurting Ukraine by depleting US stockpiles The Hill
- Pence: Stopping ballistic attacks in Ukraine will ‘take the last fighting tool out of Vladimir Putin’s hands’ The Hill
- Zelenskyy asked for more Patriot missiles, Pence says Politico
- Lawmaker proposes sending Cheongung-II air defense system to Ukraine The Korea Herald
- Exclusive: Ukraine Requests South Korea's Latest Patriot Missiles Amid Air Defense Shortages 조선일보
A powerful country on the other side of the world is quietly shaping Trump’s latest trade fight – Fox Business
- A powerful country on the other side of the world is quietly shaping Trump's latest trade fight Fox Business
- Canada launches a ‘Chinese-styled counterattack’ – a heavy blow: Global Times editorial Global Times
- Why is the Carney government inviting China’s propaganda machine into Canada? The Hub | More Signal. Less Noise.
- Trust usurps all: Canada, India and the new economics of security The Sunday Guardian
- Canada PM Carney Says US Tried to Limit Trade Deals with Other Countries - News and Statistics IndexBox