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Israel forces kill 3 Palestinian armed militants in occupied West Bank attack — ground.news: 43 media reports — 6 August 2023 (LINK)

Pfizer loses $144 billion in value as Americans move on from COVID treatment and drugs — dailymail — 6 August 2023 (LINK)

Russian chemical tanker hit by Ukraine drones in Kerch Strait — The Guardian — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

— The incident comes a day after Kyiv said that it had struck a Russian landing ship with a sea drone

Thai ex-PM Thaksin postponing return from self-exile — ground.news: main source: Reuters, 7 media reports — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

Cambodia's ruling party, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, has won a landslide victory in last month's election, securing 120 out of 125 available seats in the National Assembly. — ground.news: main source: ap , 10 media reports — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

DOJ prosecutors request gag order after Trump arraignment, citing social media threats — thehill — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in July, less than expected — ground.news: main source: ap, 129 media reports — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

$262bn in deposits exits JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, BofA and Citi in one year as government reveals collapse of another US bank — dailyhodl — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

UBS nears major investment bank restructuring — reuters ● — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

China's embassy to Russia criticises treatment of citizens at border in late June — reuters ● — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

Musk's X to pay legal bills of people 'unfairly treated' for posting on platform — ground.news: 32 media reports — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

— X recently reached a record high in monthly users, with over 540 million reported. The company is undergoing changes to boost declining advertising revenue and is facing competition from Meta Platforms' Threads.

Factcheck: Donald Trump vastly underestimates job gains under Joe Biden — politifact — 5 August 2023 (LINK)

— "During Biden's first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs," Trump said Aug. 5. We have previously fact-checked Biden for exaggerating the scale of job gains on his watch, but none of Biden's statements were as far off base as Trump's. When Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S had almost 143 million nonfarm jobs. By Biden's 30th month in office — June 2023 — the number of nonfarm jobs had risen to 156.2 million. That's an increase of 13.2 million jobs, or more than six times as big as the 2.1 million jobs Trump referenced in his speech.

Parts of South America stifle under a record-breaking winter heat wave: some areas even reaching 20 degrees hotter than average — deseret — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

UN closes its human rights office in Uganda as government ends an agreement allowing it to operate — AP — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

— The closure comes amid concern over human rights violations including extrajudicial killings in Uganda and a new law that prescribes the death penalty for some homosexual acts. The office in Kampala will formally cease operations on Saturday, while sub-offices in Gulu and Moroto closed at the end of June and on Monday respectively.

"I regret that our office in Uganda had to close after 18 years, during which we were able to work closely with civil society, people from various walks of life in Uganda, as well as engaging with state institutions for the promotion and protection of the human rights of all Ugandans," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement from Geneva.

Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for a further 19 years over 'extremism' on top of 9year term — ground.news: 124 media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

India's top court temporarily halts conviction of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi for mocking Modi's surname — ground.news: 82 media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

— Gandhi's conviction had prevented him from returning to parliament and competing in next year's elections, but the Supreme Court order now allows him to do so.

DOJ prosecutors request gag order after Trump arraignment, citing social media threats — thehill — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever after 28 October 2021 burst of plasma and magnetized particles — yahoo — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

Influencer Andrew Tate released from Romanian house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial — ground.news: 16 media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

Global ocean temperatures soared to the highest level on record this week (20.96C on 30 July), surpassing the previous record set in 2016 — ground.news: 16 media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

— " Ocean temperatures should be at their highest in March, not August. Meanwhile, water temperatures around the UK were 3C to 5C higher than average in June, though nothing on Florida, where surface temperatures hit a little over 38C."

Swiss hotels see demand jump as tourists brush off soaring franc: Foreign overnight stays in Switzerland rise 33% in first half: Number of visits by Asian guests doubles to 864,000 nights — bloomberg ● — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

Colombia: Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire between Government and ELN — news.un.org — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

The Islamic State group confirms its leader was killed by militants in Syria and names his successor — ground.news: 23 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed months ago that al-Qurashi had been killed by Turkish forces.

Widespread war crimes committed in Sudan, with over 3,900 deaths and 3.3m displaced, Amnesty International says — ground.news: main source: ap, 40 media reports — 4 August 2023 (LINK)

Trump pleads not guilty to charges he tried to overturn election loss — ground.news: 347 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Mexico bus carrying migrants from India, Dominican Republic and African countries to Tijuana and US border crashes, killing at least 18 — ground.news: 31 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks, an ethnic Malay, for drug trafficking — ground.news: 48 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Baltic prime ministers agree on earlier exit from Russian energy grid — ground.news: 7 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Typhoon Khanun leaves two dead in Okinawa, with 166,000 homes (25%) in Okinawa and Kagoshima, southern Japan, without power: some 40 international flights cancelled — ground.news: 80 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

83 attendees at the World Scout Jamboree treated for heat-related illnesses in South Korea — ground.news: 23 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Selection of Thailand's new prime minister delayed again, to await court decision on election winner — ground.news: 22 media reports — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland rejected nearly 14,000 visa applications filed by Indians in 2022 — schengenvisainfo — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Fitch US downgrade followed protocols, despite timing questions — reuters ● — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

NZZ: our most popular articles of 2023, so far — nzz — 3 August 2023 (LINK)

Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+ — BBC — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Deaths from IS bombing at Islamist rally in Pakistan rise to 63 after more wounded people die — ground.news: 24 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

India's northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims — ground.news: 48 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

744.8 millimetres (29 inches) of rain from Saturday on was Beijing's heaviest rainfall in 140 years — ground.news: 34 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

China proposes to limit under 18's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day — ground.news: 92 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

AFP news agency sues Elon Musk's X over copyright issue with news sharing in Europe — ground.news: 59 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Iran closes government offices, banks and schools for 2 days over high temperatures — ground.news: 66 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Labor unions across Nigeria protest against soaring cost of living under new president — ground.news: 21 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter who killed 11 in 2018 will receive death penalty, jury decides — ground.news: 199 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Canada federal governemnt seeks to reclaim $347 million insurance payout to Suncor linked to Libya unrest: Export Development Canada argues that Suncor's oil production facilities still generate revenue, making the insurance payments unnecessary. — ground.news: main source: canadian press, 49 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Extinct 39-million-year-old Perucetus colossus whale found in Peruvian desert 'may be heaviest animal that ever lived': the species had a body mass of up to 340 tonnes, three times heavier than the blue whale — NBC / news.yahoo.com — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

— ground.news: 122 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Bear seen waving at visitors just after Chinese zoo denies it's a human in costume — ground.news: 12 media reports — 2 August 2023 (LINK)

Sao Paulo police kill 14 people in sprawling raid in wake of the killing of elite officer — ground.news: main source: ap, 19 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's ousted leader, has been pardoned in five criminal cases by the military junta, reducing her sentence by six years. However, she still faces legal trouble in 14 other cases and will remain under house arrest — ground.news: 145 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for allegedly breaking several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment accuses Trump of spreading false claims of voter fraud and orchestrating a plot to overturn the election results — ground.news: 481 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

France and Italy start to evacuate their citizens from Niger following a recent coup that removed pro-Western leader Mohamed Bazoum. Germany has also advised its citizens to leave and is coordinating with France for evacuation — ground.news: 17 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation, making her the latest in a series of ministers and officials to be removed from their positions — ground.news: 8 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Former Australian childcare worker charged with sexual abuse of 91 children between 2007 and 2022 — ground.news: 46 media reports — 1 August 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland stops accepting Schengen visa applications from Indian tour groups until October — schengenvisainfo — 1 August 2023 (LINK)