Japan: Faces made of living skin make robots smile ( www.bbc.com )
Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces, for more realistic smiles and other facial expressions. ...
Sudan's raging civil war could see 2 million starve to death. Aid agency says "the world is not watching" ( www.cbsnews.com )
An aid agency issued a"crisis alert" Tuesday over war-torn Sudan, calling out the international community for its failure to address the civil war that has raged there for over a year. ...
Industrial sector San Marino - Confidus Solutions ( www.confiduss.com )
Major industries in the country are tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine. The Industrial Production growth rate of San Marino is 3.1%.8% of population in the country are unemployed. The total number of unemployed people in San Marino is 2,685. On average, you would pay 1.48 USD for one liter of...
Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs ( www.reuters.com )
Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices, has been excluding female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant because they are married. Both companies’ codes of conduct state that workers shouldn't be discriminated against on the basis of marital status....
Warnings over lethal and contagious strain of mpox as children in DRC die ( www.theguardian.com )
A dangerous strain of mpox that is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most transmissible yet and could spread internationally, scientists have warned....
Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise ( www.theguardian.com )
A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections....
China: death penalty for advocating ‘Taiwan independence’ ( countervortex.org )
Important game comes to USA ( lemmynsfw.com )
Israeli Supreme Court rules that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men ( www.npr.org )
G7 nations are ignoring the "cow in the room"—beef and dairy emissions ( www.motherjones.com )
Anti-tax protesters storm Kenya’s parliament, drawing police fire ( www.politico.com )
Netanyahu walks back proposal for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal endorsed by Biden ( www.axios.com )
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he is interested in a "partial deal" with Hamas that will free "some of the hostages" held in Gaza and allow Israel to continue fighting in the enclave....
Red Crescent Refutes State Department, Says Israel Never Reached Out About Hind Rajab’s Death ( theintercept.com )
THE ISRAELI MILITARY never contacted the Palestine Red Crescent Society about Israel’s killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl, her family members, and the paramedics sent to save her, a Red Crescent spokesperson told The Intercept, refuting the State Department’s first substantive remarks about the killing that took place...
International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
UN Condemns Looting and Burning of World Food Program Warehouse by Myanmar Junta in Rakhine ( www.irrawaddy.com )
UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say ( apnews.com )
N. Korea launches some 350 trash-carrying balloons overnight: Seoul military ( www.koreatimes.co.kr )
Trump gag order partially lifted in hush money case ( abcnews.go.com )
"Until sentence is imposed, all individuals covered by Paragraph (b)" -- referring to members of the court staff, the district attorney's staff and their families -- "must continue to perform their lawful duties free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm," Merchan wrote in the ruling....
Thailand eyes BRICS membership at October summit, begins OECD application ( www.reuters.com )
Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders: Chinese institutions dominate the top spots ( www.nature.com )
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service ( www.theguardian.com )
Ukraine destroyed columns of waiting Russian troops as soon as it was allowed to strike across the border, commander says ( www.businessinsider.com )
Ukraine destroyed columns of waiting Russian soldiers with HIMARS, a Ukrainian commander said....
US is expected to send Ukraine $150 million more in munitions to fight off Russia's attacks ( apnews.com )
The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to Ukraine, as Russia accuses Ukraine of using U.S.-provided munitions to strike inside Russia or Russian-held territory, according to two U.S. officials. ...
Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...
UK: Government lost £1.4bn on PPE contract with Full Support Healthcare ( www.bbc.com )
About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic....
