Category: Regions
Meta Removes News From Platform in Canada
New York Times A Canadian law that will require tech companies to compensate domestic publishers has led Meta to start blocking news articles on its social networks. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/canada/meta-facebook-news-feed-removed.html
Read MoreRussia’s Pro-War Bloggers Are Suddenly Sniping Among Themselves
New York Times A new tone has set in among the uninhibited military bloggers, whose support for the invasion has given them unusual powers to speak out. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-bloggers.html
Read MoreWinter Heat Wave Grips Chile, Argentina and Other South American Countries
New York Times An unusual winter heat wave has brought record high temperatures to cities across Argentina, Chile and Paraguay this week, triggering concerns about the impacts of climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/americas/south-america-chile-heat-wave-winter.html
Read MoreSeiichi Morimura, 90, Who Exposed Japanese Wartime Atrocities, Dies
New York Times In a widely read book, he detailed gruesome biological experiments on people at a secret Imperial Army site in occupied China before and during World War II. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/seiichi-morimura-dead.html
Read MoreIsraeli health system on brink of collapse as doctors leave in droves
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A surge in requests from Israeli doctors to leave the occupied territories at any cost has been reported since the Knesset (the parliament) passed a bill late last month that would overhaul the…
Read MorePoland and Lithuania Warn Against ‘Provocations’ From Wagner in Belarus
New York Times The notice came a few days after two helicopters bearing Belarusian flags violated Polish airspace. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/europe/poland-belarus-wagner-nato.html
Read MoreTrump’s Jury for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Capitol Attack
New York Times Jurors drawn from among the residents of the District of Columbia will be called on to decide the fate of the former president. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/asia/trump-jan-6-jury-washington.html
Read MoreLK-99 Is the Ambient Superconductor of the Summer
New York Times Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field are cautiously skeptical. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/science/lk-99-superconductor-ambient.html
Read MoreUS at bottom of crises, turmoil in West Asia: Hezbollah chief
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Hezbollah secretary-general has blamed Washington for being at the bottom of crises in West Asia. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/08/03/708272/Hezbollah-Nasrallah
Read MoreRishi Sunak Home Scaled by Greenpeace Protesters in Britain
New York Times The incursion by opponents of oil drilling raised concerns about the security of the British leader and his family. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/03/world/europe/sunak-greenpeace-protest-britain.html
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