(2024-08-03). World Report] Russian attacks impacting maternal and child health. thelancet.com The bombing of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital is only the latest in a series of attacks jeopardising maternal and child health in Ukraine. Ed Holt reports.
(2024-08-03). Family of killed hostage Eitan Levy release footage of Gazans abusing body on Oct. 7. haaretz.com Israeli cease-fire negotiations delegation to depart to Cairo on Saturday night or Sunday ‚ñ IDF says it destroyed launchers that fired recent barrages to Gaza border communities ‚ñ Russia withdrew arms shipment to Yemen's Houthis after U.S. and Saudi pressure ‚ñ U.S. defense secretary orders navy cruisers and destroyers to Middle East region ‚ñ Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant bombs in building where Hamas' Haniyeh was staying…
(2024-08-03). US prisoners land in Texas after huge swap in Turkey with Russia. newarab.com Journalist Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich, former
(2024-08-03). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 890. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 890th day, these are the main developments.
(2024-08-03). Ukraine says it targeted Russian airfield, fuel depots in three regions. aljazeera.com Russia says air defence systems 'intercepted and destroyed' 75 drones over a number of regions.
(2024-08-03). Russia vows to shoot down Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets. ecns.cn The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces were prepared to shoot down Ukraine's first batch of F-16 jets and the weapons will not be a "panacea" for Kyiv's army.
(2024-08-03). The Hiroshima Nagasaki "Dress Rehearsal": Oppenheimer and the U.S. War Department's Secret September 15, 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca The head of the Manhattan Project, General Groves was in permanent liaison with Oppenheimer. On Sept. 15, 1945 The War Department requested an estimate of the "number of bombs required to ensure our national security" against the USSR…
(2024-08-03). Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: 2024 session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference. 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). Mad nuclear plans. mronline.org UK Plans to Build New Missiles to Target Russia Linked to Pentagon's Mad Conventional Strike Scheme.
(2024-08-03). Russia shot down 75 Ukrainian drones. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones over seven regions of the country and in the Sea of Azov, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
(2024-08-03). Russia stages large-scale navy drills involving most of its fleet. presstv.ir
(2024-08-03). Vladimir Putin invites Nicolas Maduro to this year's BRICS+ meeting in Russia. tvbrics.com The Russian President emphasised that Maduro's participation will be of fundamental importance for the progressive development of relations between Russia and Venezuela…
(2024-08-03). Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Submarine Destroyed, Kyiv Claims. twz.com Ukraine claims it struck and sunk the Russian Russian Navy "As a result of the impact, the boat sank on the spot," according to the General Staff.
(2024-08-03). Ukraine Urges UN, Red Cross to Investigate Alleged POW Atrocities. devdiscourse.com Ukraine's human rights commissioner has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to investigate a widely circulated image that allegedly depicts the killing and dismemberment of a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war by Russian forces. Dmytro Lubinets, the top human rights official in Ukraine, posted on Telegram saying that the image likely shows a Ukrainian POW with his head and limbs severed.
(2024-08-03). German army declares itself rooted in the "traditions" of Hitler's Wehrmacht. wsws.org With its return to an aggressive foreign and great power policy and the preparations for a direct war against Russia, the German ruling class is once again openly relying on the criminal traditions of Hitler's army, the Wehrmacht.
(2024-08-03). Russia : Inclusion of indigenous peoples' and national minorities' rights organisations in the list of "extremist organisations" fidh.org
(2024-08-03). Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares. scmp.com US Commerce Department keeps the country on a list of12 nations so designated, including China and Russia, surprising some analysts.
(2024-08-03). CPJ: Release of Gershkovich, Kurmasheva welcome, but Russia must stop stifling reporting. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director
(2024-08-03). Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares. scmp.com US Commerce Department keeps the country on a list of 12 designated nations, including China and Russia, surprising some analysts.
(2024-08-03). Russia: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov released. fidh.org On August 1, 2024, Oleg Orlov was released as part of a prisoner exchange after more than five months of arbitrary detention and years of judicial harassment. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply relieved by the news and welcomes the efforts of the countries that contributed to his release. The Observatory however recalls that he should never have been detained in the first place and calls on all other human rights defenders and political (…) | – |
(2024-08-03). Russia: Human rights lawyer Grigory Vaypan labelled as "foreign agent". fidh.org
(2024-08-03). OTAN estabelecerá "nova estratégia para a Rússia". globalresearch.ca Aparentemente, a OTAN está a desenvolver uma nova abordagem à s suas relaàßàµes com a Federaàßà£o Russa. De acordo com uma declaraàßà£o recente de um alto funcionário americano, foi revelado que a alianàßa atlantista está prestes a estabelecer uma nova estratégia …