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–Yves
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#COVID-19
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Monkeypox
Study raises concerns about the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine STAT
Second monkeypox strain found in the UK The Guardian
Climate/Environment
Study finds climate change is waking bumblebees earlier from winter hibernation, putting the species at risk Phys.org (Resilc)
The Arctic Circle: A new frontier for sustainable wine BBC (Resilc)
Raids reveal how illegal gold from Indigenous lands gets laundered in Brazil Mongabay
* * * Climate change is a national security issue Responsible Statecraft (Resilc)
Jackson water crisis: Troops hand out 1.1m bottles of water in a day BBC (Resilc)
China?
U.S. to sell $1.1 billion in anti-ship, air-to-air weapons to Taiwan WaPo
US ramps up China tech sanctions faster than expected Asia Times (KW)
Germany’s military ramps up presence in Indo-Pacific DW
India
MGNREGA: The Last And Often The Only Resort For Indian Women IndiaSpend (J-LS)
PMO Has No Record of Modi’s Claim of Going to Jail Over Satyagraha for Bangladesh’s Independence The Wire
Floods in Pakistan bear similarities to those in India. It’s time for a collaborative mechanism to deal with extreme weather events The Indian Express (J-LS)
Restricting INGOs Dawn (J-LS)
Syraqistan
Iran briefly seizes 2 US Navy sea drones in Red Sea amid tensions Military Times
Trudeau defends CSIS after U.K. author claims agency informant smuggled girls into Syria CBC
Violence against women in #SaudiArabia is a horrific.. This is an attack by dozens of male security forces who used tasers and sticks and abused orphaned girls inside the orphanage just for their hunger strike to improve their poor living conditions.#ايتام_خميس_مشيط pic.twitter.com/NHevnNR9Ki
— Mahmoud Refaat (@DrMahmoudRefaat) August 30, 2022 (Resilc)
Old Blighty
UK energy price hikes threaten half of small businesses with collapse WSWS
Boris Johnson promises £700m funding in bid for new nuclear power plant Sky News
* * * Saudi arms sales: UK government accused of ‘delay tactics’ over files Middle East Eye
Bain & Co takes legal action to overturn UK state contract ban FT
Europe
Greece’s wiretapping committee meeting held under secrecy Neos Kosmos
How do you do, fellow kids? TikTok’s newest star is … Silvio Berlusconi Politico
New Not-So-Cold Cold War
White House Asks Congress for $14 Billion To Fund Its War Against Russia Antiwar.com (Resilc)
G7 ministers forge ahead with Russian oil price cap, details thin Reuters
Nord Stream 1: Gazprom announces indefinite shutdown of pipeline The Guardian
20% of Italian industry will close if Russia turns off gas -Bonomi ANSA
Wood industry: Biomass shortage due to Ukraine war and bird nesting peace ERR News
Ukraine can become ‘green energy center’ for Europe, President Zelenskyy says Anadolu Agency
Germany’s energy saving rules come into force DW
France to restart all nuclear reactors by winter amid energy crunch France24
* * * Mahathir tweets on Russia’s war in Ukraine from heart hospital The Edge
Our Latest Interview with Jacques Baud The Postil (guurst)
Italy Says Cyber Attacks on the Rise Since Invasion of Ukraine Bloomberg
Games studio offers chance to write message on artillery shells in Russia-Ukraine war News.com.au
Vostok-2022 commences in Russia with India, China participating The Hindu
Kazakhstan Suspends Arms Exports for a Year The Diplomat
Chevron applies for Venezuela license renewal, proposes wider business Reuters
Argentine vice president survives assassination attempt when gun jams NBC (BC)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police Electronic Frontier Foundation
FBI and French officials arrive in Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack The Record
Imperial Collapse Watch
Air Force, Space Force may let in applicants who test positive for THC Military Times. Resilc: “New meaning of spaced cadetzzzz”
The Missing “Peace” in the $13.5 Billion Military Package CounterPunch (Resilc)
The US military is still missing 6 nuclear weapons that were lost decades ago Task and Purpose (KW)
SpaceX Signs Deal With NASA to Provide 5 More Crewed Trips to the ISS Gizmodo Australia
Biden Administration
Biden backtracks on ‘threat’ to America RT (KW)
🚨Omfg the Biden administration literally asked Meta if they would take down a Fauci parody account on Instagram pic.twitter.com/Lgnxo04po2
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Trump Raid
Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure AP
Gunz
Convicted felon busted for 3D printing gun parts The Register
The Bezzle
Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme ProPublica
DeFi venture OptiFi permanently locks up $661,000 of assets in code snafu The Register
America’s Bad Bet on Sports Gambling Compact (Resilc)
Amazon Really Believed It Could Sell You a Health Care Fantasy NYT (Resilc)
Class Warfare
Amazon loses bid to scrap historic union win at Staten Island warehouse CBS (KW)
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