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Ethiopian airstrike on Amhara town square kills 26, health official says — ground.news: 43 media reports — 13 August 2023 (LINK)

Ecuador murder: Fernando Villavicencio's running-mate steps in to contest election — ground.news: 72 media reports — 13 August 2023 (LINK)

Sir Tony Blair's institute continued to receive Saudi Arabian money after murder of Jamal Khashoggi — ground.news: 7 media reports — 13 August 2023 (LINK)

Mark Zuckerberg says 'time to move on' from Elon Musk cage fight challenge — ground.news: 35 media reports — 13 August 2023 (LINK)

Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years — ground.news: main source: apnews, 110 media reports — 12 August 2023 (LINK)

Armenia calls for UN help on Nagorno-Karabakh, citing a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" after accusing Azerbaijan of blocking supplies to the disputed region — euractiv — 13 August 2023 (LINK)

Polish minister says reinforcement at the border with Belarus is due to hostile rhetoric and actions — AP — 12 August 2023 (LINK)

UN human rights office affirms concern over forced repatriation of North Koreans from China and elsewhere following criticism from rights groups — ground.news: main source: apnews, 11 media reports — 12 August 2023 (LINK)

UN Secretary-General "welcomes the news that the ship-to-ship transfer of oil from the FSO Safer to the Yemen replacement vessel has been safely concluded today, avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe". — www.un.org — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

EU delivers Ukraine 224,000 shells under ammo plan — ground.news: 16 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

A Ukrainian arms dealer accused of corruption is now one of Kyiv's top weapons suppliers — Business Insider/yahoo — 12 August 2023 (LINK)

Miss Universe Organisation cuts Indonesia ties over sex abuse claims — ground.news: 67 media reports — 12 August 2023 (LINK)

Zelensky fires heads of military enlistment in all Ukrainian regions, describes taking of cash from people who want to avoid conscription as form of treachery — ground.news: 27 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

UN Secretary-General "welcomes the news that the ship-to-ship transfer of oil from the FSO Safer to the Yemen replacement vessel has been safely concluded today, avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe". — www.un.org — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Posts exaggerate significance of Swiss study on heart risk and COVID-19 vaccination: less than 3% of people briefly had a slightly elevated blood level of a protein that can be a marker of heart injury. No one in the study had any serious heart damage, and other experts say the findings are unlikely to be clinically significant — factcheck.org — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

UN says 5 staff members kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago walk free — ground.news: 38 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

UBS ends taxpayer backstop granted for Credit Suisse rescue — reuters ● — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Norway's record-breaking climber is facing backlash after Sherpa death on K2 — Al Jazeera — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

FTX's Bankman-Fried headed for jail after judge revokes bail ollowing accusations of witness interference — ground.news: 198 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Laos must immediately release Chinese lawyer Lu Siwei and prevent his imminent deportation: UN experts — ohchr — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

UN Human Rights Office "very concerned" by imminent execution in Viet Nam — ohchr — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country's east — ground.news: 71 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

A mosque in northwestern Nigeria collapses during prayers, killing 7 worshippers — ground.news: 37 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Leading UK COVID scientist, 27, dies in cycling accident near Italy's Lake Garda — ground.news: 6 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

US AG Garland appoints Hunter Biden investigator David Weiss special counsel — foxnews → — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Tropical storm weakens after leaving scattered damage in South Korea, which now prepares for Scout concert — AP — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

South Africa's ex-president Zuma sent to jail for 15 months for contempt of court when refused to testify in corruption probe, immediately released with Presidet's approval — ground.news: 38 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Navalny admonishes 'corrupt' Russian elite after being handed 19 more years in jail — reuters/yahoo — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Morocco breaks heat record with 50C in Agadir — ground.news 1 main source: afp, 24 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

Anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated at Quito campaign event — ground.news: media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

— A suspect in the crime later died from injuries sustained in a shoot-out with security personnel. Villavicencio's party, Movimiento Construye, reported that armed men also attacked their Quito offices.

West African nations deploy standby ECOWAS force after Niger's junta fails to heed ultimatum — ground.news: 7 media reports — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval — ground.news: main source: ap, 14 media reports — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Pakistan parliament dissolved to hold national election — reuters ● — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says — ground.news: 15 media reports — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

At least two killed in Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia city, Ukraine says — Al Jazeera — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine adds Bacardi to 'international sponsor of war' list — ground.news: media reports — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

White House Throws cold water on reports of Saudi-Israel normalization deal — haaretz — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Ethiopia's government recaptures Amhara region towns from militia, government and residents say — AP — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Typhoon Khanun makes landfall in South Korea after lashing Japan — reuters ● — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

US voices fears for Niger's ex-president, who is 'running out of food' — guardian ● — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast on 4 August, survivors tell Red Cross — abcnews — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Malaysia makes owning an LGBTQ+ Swatch punishable by up to 3 years in jail — AP — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Rand Paul asks DC US Attorney to probe Fauci for allegedly lying to Congress about US-funded COVID research in Wuhan — ground.news: 22 media reports — 11 August 2023 (LINK)

heathercoxrichardson: "Good Lord, Who Among Us Hasn't Paid For A Clarence Thomas Vacation?" — substack — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Rhine economy feels the pinch of melting glaciers in the Alps — euractiv — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

4 Syrians arrested in Vaud and Neuchatel on suspicion of belonging to terrorist group (in French) — lenouvelliste — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

Switzerland freaks out after Veselnitskaya: "Switzerland is fighting for its reputation," wrote Swiss newspaper of record Neue Zürcher Zeitung. — https://news.yahoo.com/switzerland-freaks-veselnitskaya-plot-exposed-141836219.html — 10 August 2023 (LINK)

WHO classifies EG.5 ('Eris'), the variant most prevalent in US, as COVID-19 'variant of interest' but says it does not seem to pose more of a threat to public health than other variants — ground.news: 28 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Biden administration takes action against Lukashenko regime on third anniversary of fraudulent election — CNN — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Niger's military junta digs in with Cabinet appointments and rejects talks — AP — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Former Niger rebel creates movement to reinstate ousted President Bazoum — ground.news: 18 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated at Quito campaign event — ground.news: media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

— A suspect in the crime later died from injuries sustained in a shoot-out with security personnel. Villavicencio's party, Movimiento Construye, reported that armed men also attacked their Quito offices.

Argentina election campaigns suspended after 11-year old killed in robbery — ground.news: 15 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

6 Miss Indonesia Universe contestants lodge sexual harassment complaint against organizers — wionews — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Indonesia's capital named world's most polluted city — ground.news: 27 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Ignoring red flags, South Korea went ahead with Scout jamboree anyway: As far back as 2016, planners for the World Scout Jamboree were warning of the risk of heat waves and typhoons — washingtonpost ● — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Huge explosion at military-linked optical factory rocks Russian capital — Newsweek — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Stay inside as dangerous stormy weather lashes northern Europe, officials say. 2 people have died — AP — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations — ap / abcnews — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Fire at French holiday home for disabled in Haut-Rhin kills at least 9 people with 2 more feared dead — AP — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Hated son may take Thai king's crown after shock twist — thedailybeast — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

World's oldest moss, Takakia, a 390m-year-old moss found in Himalayas, could go extinct as a result of climate crisis — guardian ● — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Sony's profits drop 31% as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes — ground.news: 33 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

What's behind rising China-Philippines tensions in the South China Sea — Al Jazeera — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

— Manila accuses the Chinese Coast Guard of using water cannon to block a Philippine military supply boat from delivering food, fuel and water to troops garrisoned on a decommissioned warship grounded on a reef in the South China Sea. Beijing claims sovereignty over the submerged reef, known as Ayungin in the Philippines and Ren'ai in China,

Fresh snow at Glacier 3000, Switzerland, just in time for re-opening of Glacier 3000 cable car — snowbrains — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

Syrian government extends permission for limited UN aid to opposition areas — Al Jazeera — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

At least 27 migrants found dead in the desert near Tunisian border, Libyan government says — ground.news: 19 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

— Tunisian security forces have been removing migrants from coastal areas and reportedly dumping some of them in the desert.

Several thousand people — their faces covered to conceal their identities — marched through Haiti's capital demanding protection from violent gangs who are pillaging neighborhoods in the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond. — AP — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

Storm continues to sweep over the Nordics, causing landslides — reuters ● — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

US to send Kyiv first $200 mln of arms freed by $6.2 bln 'accounting error' — ground.news: 7 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

Amazon Nations Fail to Agree on Deforestation Goal at Summit — ground.news: 31 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

— Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advocated for a shared policy of ending deforestation by 2030, but the joint declaration issued at the summit allowed countries to pursue their own individual deforestation goals. The eight Amazon nations, including Brazil, agreed to a list of unified environmental policies at a rainforest summit in Belem, Brazil, aimed at combating forest destruction and promoting regional cooperation.

Jailed ex-premier Imran Khan barred from Pakistan politics for 5 years — ground.news: 38 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

Colombian drug lord and paramilitary leader jailed for 45 years in US — ground.news: 63 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

Iraq bans media from using term 'homosexuality', says they must use 'sexual deviance' — ground.news: 21 media reports — 9 August 2023 (LINK)

New Zealand is partnering with BlackRock in aim to reach 100% renewable electricity — ground.news: media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

Australia will refer to West Bank as 'occupied Palestinian territories' in line with UN Security Council resolutions, and aligns Australia with the UK, New Zealand, and Europe — ground.news: 13 media reports — 8 August 2023 (LINK)

At least 16 dead, dozens missing after migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia and Western Sahara — ground.news: 26 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Nearly 300 women and children have been kidnapped in Haiti this year, UNICEF reports — ground.news: 13 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

— This six-month number is close to the total registered for the entirety of 2022 and is triple the 2021 tally. Almost half the population, including nearly 3 million children, now require humanitarian assistance.

West African leaders to meet on Niger 10 August after junta defies deadline — ground.news: 18 media reports> — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Niger coup leaders refuse to let senior U.S. diplomat meet with nation's president — ground.news: 17 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Niger coup: Junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat — BBC — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say — ground.news: main source: ap, 15 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

ISIS attack kills 10 Syria pro-government fighters in Raqqa — ground.news: 17 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Central African Republic President Touadéra set to win referendum with Wagner help — ground.news: 6 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

— A new constitution would extend the presidential mandate from five to seven years and abolish the two-term limit. Voters cast 95.27 percent of their ballots in favour on 6 August and 4.73 percent against, with a turnout of 61.10 percent in the July 30 referendum, National Election Authority president Mathias Morouba said. These "provisional" results must be ratified by the constitutional court, which is scheduled to publish the definitive outcome on August 27.

Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv says peace talks in Jeddah were 'productive.' Moscow calls them 'futile.' — washingtonpost ● — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Russia retaliates for tanker attack, as drones downed near Moscow — euronews — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Deadly floods hit China's major grain-producing region, fueling food security concerns — CNN — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

3 killed after firefighting helicopters collide while battling Southern California blaze — CNN — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Storm Khanun forces thousands of young scouts to leave South Korean world jamboree — AP — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Cambodian king approves Hun Sen's son as new prime minister: Hun Manet's appointment requires approval from the newly elected National Assembly, expected this month — ground.news: 57 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Air pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human health — ground.news: 12 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

— Connection particularly strong in regions like North Africa and the Middle East, where an increase in PM2.5 concentration has led to larger increases in antibiotic resistance since 2013. If current policies remain unchanged, global antibiotic resistance could increase by 17% by 2050, resulting in about 840,000 premature deaths annually. Model shows that particle pollution is to blame for 11% of changes in average antibiotic resistance levels around the world.

The number of people with vascular dementia using community mental health services could be reduced if levels of air pollution are cut, researchers have suggested: Higher exposure to air pollutants associated with an increase in use of community mental health services by people with dementia — standard.co.uk — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Georgia lawyer sentenced to 18 months in prison for involvement in Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection — onlineathens — 7 August 2023 (LINK)

Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco reports $30B in Q2 profits, down nearly 40% from last year — ground.news: 47 media reports — 7 August 2023 (LINK)