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Construction to Break German Dependence on Russian Gas Hits a Snag: Wartime Bombs

New York Times The choreography of finding and clearing unexploded, decades-old munitions has become routine on Germany’s northern coast. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/europe/germany-gas-terminal-munitions.html

Mexico’s ‘Monster’ Trucks Show Cartels Taking Drug War to Next Level

New York Times Taking the monster truck concept to deadly new realms, cartels are modifying pickups with gun turrets, steel armoring and battering rams. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/americas/mexico-cartels-trucks.html

Solar Supply Chain Grows More Opaque Amid Human Rights Concerns

New York Times The global industry is cutting some ties to China, but its exposure to forced labor remains high and companies are less transparent, a new report found. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/business/economy/solar-xinjiang-china-report.html

Going to Europe? Be Prepared for New Visitor Taxes.

New York Times Driven by the climate crisis, the post-pandemic surge in visitors and a growing interest in making tourism work for local communities, European cities are finding new ways to tax visitors. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/travel/europe-tourism-taxes.html

Anger Over ‘Barbenheimer’ in Nuclear-Scarred Japan

New York Times The Japanese subsidiary of Warner Bros. criticized what it called insensitive promotion of “Barbie” by the company’s headquarters. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/asia/japan-barbenheimer.html

A Poet Captures the Terror of Life in an Authoritarian State

New York Times A memoir by Tahir Hamut Izgil, a Uyghur intellectual who escaped China, explores the corrosive effect of repression and surveillance on his community. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/books/uyghur-memoir-tahir-izgil.html

New Voices Dominate Booker Prize Nominations

New York Times Four of the 13 books that will compete for the prestigious literary award are debuts, in a longlist that the judges said was “defined by its freshness.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/books/booker-prize-longlist.html

Hamas urges dialogue as deadly fighting rock Palestinian camp in Lebanon

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Hamas resistance group urged dialogue among rival factions as deadly fighting rages at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/08/01/708114/Hamas-calls-for-dialogue-as-deadly-fighting-rages-at-Palestinian-refugee-camp-in-Lebanon

Aung San Suu Kyi Receives Partial Pardon in Myanmar

New York Times The civilian leader, who was ousted in a coup in 2021, has been serving a 33-year prison sentence. Five of the 19 convictions against her have now been overturned, state television said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-pardon-myanmar.html

Typhoon Khanun Threatens Japan and China on Heels of Doksuri

New York Times Typhoon Khanun was barreling through the Pacific days after an earlier tropical cyclone, Doksuri, brought death and destruction to the region. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/world/asia/typhoon-khanun-japan-china-doksuri.html