(2024-08-03). Nothing in Its Place: The dark drama of Turkey's 1978 massacre. newarab.com 
(2024-08-03). Relief to Southern Lebanon: 8,000 Families Receive Food Parcels. icrc.org
(2024-08-03). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports drone strike on Rub Al-Thalatheen border town, says no casualties. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-08-03). UN calls for investigation into Beirut port explosion. plenglish.com Beirut, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today called for a thorough and transparent investigation to get the truth about the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020.
(2024-08-03). After Haniyeh's killing, who will lead Hamas. geo.tv 
Palestinian group Hamas' former top leader, Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. — Reuters Palestinian group Hamas prepares to choose a political leader after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in a Wednesday…
(2024-08-03). Correspondence] Bridging gaps in vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B in India. thelancet.com India has set an ambitious goal to achieve elimination of vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis in 2026, and hepatitis B in the near future.1 Despite substantial progress, challenges persist, necessitating a comprehensive approach to bridging existing gaps.
(2024-08-03). Perspectives] Janine Mohamed: championing Indigenous health. thelancet.com For more than two decades, Janine Mohamed, a Narungga Kaurna woman, has been a champion of nursing and health policy for Indigenous communities in Australia. Named Australian Victorian of the Year 2024, Mohamed served for 5 years as Chief Executive Officer of the Lowitja Institute, a non-governmental organisation that is Australia's only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health research institute. Throughout her career, Mohamed's experience has shown that trust and cultural safety have been key casualties in Australia's history of health-care delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Str…
(2024-08-03). Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Philippines' Mindanao. geo.tv 
Picture showing a Richter scale reading — Reuters/File An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The quake was at a depth of 10 km , GFZ…
(2024-08-03). Turkey blocks Instagram for 2nd day, amid censorship accusations. newarab.com 
The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the But Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said…
(2024-08-03). Turkey blocks Instagram access 'over removal of Haniyeh posts'. newarab.com 
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which regulates the internet, announced the decision early on Friday but did not provide a reason. | The Yeni Safak newspaper, which is close to the government, and other media said access was blocked in response to Instagram removing posts by Turkish users that expressed condolences over the…
(2024-08-03). Malaysia holds absentee funeral prayers for Hamas leader Haniyeh. newarab.com 
Malaysia held absentia funeral prayers on Thursday and Friday for assassinated Hamas political leader The prayers, held in three of the country's top national mosques, came amid official periods of mourning and prayers for the Hamas leader in Muslim-majority countries. | In attendance at the prayers held in the National Mosque of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Friday was Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, alongside other top officials and a congregation of around 3,000…
(2024-08-03). Qatar holds funeral for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. newarab.com 
Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian group's political bureaus had resided in Doha along with other Hamas leaders. | He will be buried at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital, fo…
(2024-08-03). Venezuela Condemns US Interventionist Statements on July 28 Presidential Elections (+Qatar Agreement). orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the serious interventionist statements made by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, adding that "the government of the United States is at the forefront of the attempted coup d'état against Venezuela." | Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil published the Venezuelan government's statement on Friday, August 2, pointing out that Blinken's statements promote a violent coup agenda against the Venezuelan people and State institutions. | The Venezuelan statement comes in response to the United States declaring the far-right candidate Edmundo González the winner of the July 28 presidential electi…
(2024-08-03). Government Releases Stunning New Tally of the Historical Harms of Indian Boarding Schools. scheerpost.com 
(2024-08-03). Remembering Vietnamese hero Nguy·ªÖn Phú Tr·ªçng. workers.org 
Nguy·ªÖn Phú Tr·ªçng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party and Chairman of the National Assembly, died July 19, 2024, at the age of 80. Tr·ªçng was widely respected for his ideological contributions as well as his long leadership . . . |
(2024-08-03). Vietnam President To Lam gets top job as Communist Party chief. aljazeera.com Lam has taken the nation's top job but it is unclear whether he will also remain president.
(2024-08-03). Students renew Bangladesh protests, call for nationwide civil disobedience. aljazeera.com Crowds hit the streets in large numbers as student leaders press the government for more concessions.
(2024-08-03). At Olympics, India's top women wrestlers have more at stake than medals. aljazeera.com In Haryana, the fear of one man has threatened to destroy many champions' dreams. Now, they are fighting back.
(2024-08-03). Why is Japan cracking down on rideable motorised suitcases? aljazeera.com
(2024-08-03). Tax justice in Pakistan. cadtm.org
(2024-08-03). To Lam elected as Vietnam's party general secretary. ecns.cn Vietnamese President To Lam has been elected as general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, according to a press conference here on Saturday.
(2024-08-03). 'Flying fish' lands two more medals for HK. ecns.cn Hong Kong's "flying fish" Siobhan Haughey won her second bronze of the Paris Games on Thursday, this time in the women's 100m freestyle, becoming the first athlete from the region to clinch four Olympic medals.
(2024-08-03). Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience. geo.tv 
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. — AFP
(2024-08-03). Asian community played significant role in America's development: US congressman. geo.tv 
US Congressman Al Green speaks to journalists during the convention in this still taken from a video. —Geo News
(2024-08-03). Iraq: Photography Award 2024. icrc.org International Committee of the Red Cross & Iraqi Red Crescent Society…
(2024-08-03). Jordan: Facts & Figures for the First Half of 2024. icrc.org
(2024-08-03). Healthy Brain Act Introduced to Fight Degenerative Brain Disease. indybay.org WASHINGTON (08-01) — Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) made history last month when she was the first member of Congress to give a floor speech using an AI clone of her voice that had been robbed from her as she suffers through Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) a rare and incurable brain disease that she has referred to as "Parkinson's on steroids." She also said that PSP has, in addition to having lost her ability to speak, also robbed her of the "ability to walk, run and dance."
(2024-08-03). Healthy Brain Act Introduced to Fight Degenerative Brain Disease. indybay.org WASHINGTON (08-01) — Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) made history last month when she was the first member of Congress to give a floor speech using an AI clone of her voice that had been robbed from her as she suffers through Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) a rare and incurable brain disease that she has referred to as "Parkinson's on steroids." She also said that PSP has, in addition to having lost her ability to speak, also robbed her of the "ability to walk, run and dance."
(2024-08-03). US reinforces its illegal military bases in Syria (+Photo). plenglish.com 
Damascus, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Local activists were quoted by several media outlets here as saying that US troops illegally deployed in northeastern Syria recently received large reinforcements, including weapons and ammunition.
(2024-08-03). Body cam footage shows white US police shooting unarmed Black woman. presstv.ir Sean Grayson, 30, fired three shots, striking Sonya Massey one time in the face.
(2024-08-03). Rescue operations underway after landslides in India kill over 160. presstv.ir Nearly 1,000 people have been rescued after landslides in the hills of Wayanad district in India's Kerala state.
(2024-08-03). Iraq to release timetable for expulsion of US occupation forces. presstv.ir A senior Iraqi lawmaker and head of a top anti-terror organization says Baghdad has set a timetable for the expulsion of the US occupation forces from the Arab country.
(2024-08-03). Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders: A road out of history. wsws.org Jeff Nichols' latest film is an amorphous, consciously romanticized portrait of a 1960s motorcycle club.
(2024-08-03). Video released of death of migrant woman stuck on US-Mexico border wall. wsws.org Elizabeth Poma Perez, 24, was stranded for 24 minutes at the top of the US border wall in San Diego before falling to her death as Border Patrol agents stood by.
(2024-08-03). Radhika Desai: Peak Hindutva? newleftreview.org As Modi's BJP loses its overall majority, Radhika Desai examines the part played by India's capitalist conglomerates in his rise—and the contradictions on which their strategy has foundered. The economic crisis of the parched countryside as brake on Hindutva's forward march.
(2024-08-03). Sita Returns: Modern India Through Her Eyes. fairobserver.com She turns her disappointment into triumph. Her grief into joy. Her rejections into approvals. If no one believes in her It does not matter. She believes in herself. Nothing stops her. No one can touch her. She is woman Sita, born of the earth, raised among sages, the non-uterine daughter of King Janak of Mithila,…
(2024-08-03). 3D tattooing after breast reconstruction. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in U.S. women with about 1 in 8 women diagnosed over the course of their lifetime. In about 35% of cases, a mastectomy is part of a woman's treatment plan and involves removing all tissue in one or both breasts, sometimes including the nipples and areolas. While it is considered a lifesaving procedure for women with breast cancer, it can take an emotional toll that can lead to a distorted self-image….
(2024-08-03). Indonesia announces major crackdown on smoking, cigarette sales. ummid.com In a major crackdown on smoking, Indonesia on Wednesday banned cigarette sales to people under the age of 21 while announcing a new regulations to curb tobacco addiction.
(2024-08-03). Bitcoin Bros and the MAGA Faithful Converge in Nashville — and Embrace an Alternate Reality. theintercept.com 
It was an hour before the motorcade was set to arrive in downtown Nashville, and the lady in the "Trump Save America" T-shirt was explaining why she hates Kamala Harris. "I'm not meaning to say I'm a prejudiced person," she began. Of the many ways to end such a sentence, none were promising. I assumed she would call the vice president a "DEI hire," as right-wing pundits had done all week. But she veered in a different direction. | Harris, the woman went on, believes in pushing homosexuality, transgenderism, and "people acting like cats and dogs." At her grandniece's public school in Kentucky, students identify…
(2024-08-03). Watch Malaysia PM Anwar's Tribute to Ismail Haniyeh removed by Facebook. ummid.com Tech giant Meta is facing flak from the Malaysian administration for removing from the Facebook page of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim a post tagged with a video paying tribute to slain Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh. Watch the video here.
(2024-08-03). Live: Ismail Haniyeh laid to rest with full state honours. ummid.com Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha, Qatar is gearing up for a huge crowd likely to turn up for the funeral of slain Hamas Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh Friday August 02, 2024.
(2024-08-03). Miscarriage Rate High Among Women in Gaza. themedialine.org 
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(2024-08-03). J-K Administration Sacks Six Employees Over Alleged Narco-Terror Links. devdiscourse.com In a significant move, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday terminated six government employees, among them five policemen, over alleged narco-terror links. Official sources revealed that these employees were part of a network operated by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and terror groups.
(2024-08-03). CAT 2024 Registration Starts, Last Date of Application Sep 13. ummid.com Online registration for Common Admission Test (CAT 2024) has started from today i.e. August 01, 2024, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) said.
(2024-08-03). India: End human rights defender and journalist Irfan Mehraj's 500-day imprisonment. fidh.org
(2024-08-03). Thailand: Anon Nampa sentenced to four more years in prison. fidh.org
(2024-08-03). Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul Launch 'Cricket for a Cause' Auction to Support Vipla Foundation. devdiscourse.com In a remarkable initiative, Bollywood actress Athiya Shetty and her cricketer husband KL Rahul have partnered with eminent members of the cricket community for a charitable cause. Together they announced a special auction, titled 'Cricket for a Cause: To Benefit the Vipla Foundation', aimed at supporting the Vipla Foundation, previously known as Save The Children India.
(2024-08-03). Bangladesh: Arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of six anti-discrimination student movement organisers. fidh.org
(2024-08-03). India's youngest female Muslim MP Iqra Hasan is also a feminist. ummid.com Undoubtedly, Iqra inherited the political legacy from her family but it is evident that her relentless efforts and dedication on the ground played a crucial role in her success, making her win a testament to her individual merit and hard work.
(2024-08-03). Kamala Harris secures enough delegates to be Democratic nominee for US president. scmp.com The VP is poised to be the first woman of colour at the top of a major party's ticket.
(2024-08-03). 3D tattooing after breast reconstruction. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in U.S. women with about 1 in 8 women diagnosed over the course of their lifetime. In about 35% of cases, a mastectomy is part of a woman's treatment plan and involves removing all tissue in one or both breasts, sometimes including the nipples and areolas. While it is considered a lifesaving procedure for women with breast cancer, it can take an emotional toll that can lead to a distorted self-image….
(2024-08-03). Delegación de Cuba homenajeó en Angola a héroes de ambos países. radiohc.cu La Habana, 3 ago (RHC) El primer ministro de Cuba, Manuel Marrero, encabezó hoy la delegación de la isla que rindió tributo al Héroe Nacional y primer presidente de Angola, António Agostinho Neto, y al comandante cubano Raúl Díaz Argàºelles.
(2024-08-03). Felicita Cuba a To Lam, secretario general del Partido en Vietnam. radiohc.cu La Habana, 3 ago (RHC) Miguel Díaz-Canel, Primer Secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República, transmitió hoy las más sinceras y cálidas felicitaciones al presidente To Lam, por su elección como Secretario General del Partido Comunista de Vietnam.