Biden expected to meet with China's Xi Jinping next month (www.nbcnews.com)
Secret U.S. War in Lebanon Is Tinder for Escalation of Israel–Gaza Conflict (theintercept.com)
Category 5 Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico (edition.cnn.com)
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Almost half of Russians say salary does not cover basic spending - survey (www.reuters.com)
Family of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief killed in Israeli air raid (www.aljazeera.com)
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
Kenyan businesses are dropping the world’s favorite mobile money service (www.semafor.com)
Thought this was interesting. Partially because of raised prices, but apparently mainly because of tax enforcement....
Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israeli troops briefly enter Gaza as wider ground incursion looms (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion
Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources (abcnews.go.com)
Armenia joins Russia's list of 25 countries where foreigners will be able to open accounts in Russian banks (www.armbanks.am)
The news of Russian Western isolation
The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world (www.theguardian.com)
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1242124...
Mexico deploys 300 National Guard troopers to area where 13 police officers were killed in an ambush (apnews.com)
Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt (theworld.org)
If Israel invades Gaza it will be a disaster for both Palestinians and Israelis | Michael Barnett | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Ground News - White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases (ground.news)
Surprised this has not been reported more
Police chief hails ‘exemplary behavior’ of Arab Israelis amid war with Hamas (www.timesofisrael.com)
About 100,000 protesters join pro-Palestinian march through London (www.reuters.com)
China, Philippines trade accusations over South China Sea clash (www.reuters.com)
Rightwing SVP expected to make gains in Swiss federal elections (www.theguardian.com)
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities (www.telesurenglish.net)
The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....
SAS had ‘gone too far’ in Afghanistan, inquiry into claims of unlawful killings told (www.theguardian.com)
The US supports Israel because of 'Jewish wealth', claims BBC presenter (www.msn.com)
It’s very difficult to characterize this as an isolated incident of anti-semitism by the BBC considering it’s far from their first incident, and considering further that the BBC has spend 20 years and well over £300,000 keeping the 20,000 word Balen Report into their perceived anti-Israel bias buried....
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence (www.theguardian.com)
