International Chess Federation (FIDE) to ban and punish transgender players (www.erininthemorning.com)
With these new rules, FIDE has managed to...
WikiLeaks publishes "The Intolerance Network", over 17,000 documents from right-wing campaigning organisations globally (wikileaks.org)
The data covers the work of organisations HazteOir and CitizenGO, comprising documents which date from 2001 to 2017 like spreadsheets of donors and members, strategy and planning documents, letters, financial charts and legal and training documents. HazteOir was first founded in 2001 in Spain to campaign for right wing values,...
Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)
One mom said she cried for 10 days after hearing she was being removed from her daughter’s birth certificate.
Victims of “Donbas genocide” were paid actors, Prigozhin’s fired trolls reveal (euromaidanpress.com)
In the aftermath of Prigozhin's media empire collapse, former employees spoke out about the dark tactics employed, including hiring individuals to portray "victims of Ukrainian Armed Forces” in staged reports that underpinned Russia's fake pretext for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine -- the manufactured "genocide in Donbas."
Russia is on the edge of civil war, Ukraine spy chief claims (uk.news.yahoo.com)
‘Russian society is torn into two pieces,’ says Major-General Kyrylo Budanov.
Climate activist faces 10 years in jail for a fake letter 'canceling' an oil industry conference | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Rosemary Penwarden, [a 64 year old] climate activist in New Zealand, faces more than 10 years in jall for a fake letter canceling an oil conference....
National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers (www.washingtonpost.com)
US says Wagner coup is ‘real’ and ‘serious’ as White House consults allies (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Joe Biden has been briefed on the chaotic situation in Russia with US officials describing it as “serious”....
Nepal registers first same-sex marriage; 'historic', say activists (www.reuters.com)
Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation's first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country.
FCC to reintroduce rules protecting net neutrality | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.
Wagner-linked Telegram Gray Zone says Prigozhin's jet was shot down by Russian (MOD) air defense forces (t.me)
Wagner-linked Telegram Gray Zone says Prigozhin's jet was shot down by Russian (MOD) air defense forces
Ukraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine dismantled another massive bot farm linked to more than 100 individuals after searches at almost two dozen locations.
World experiences hottest week ever recorded and more is forecast to come (www.theguardian.com)
There is a good chance that the month of July will see the highest global temperatures for 120,000 years
Spain's far-right party Vox would abolish law allowing abortion (www.reuters.com)
Spain's far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday.
Hunger kills hundreds after US and UN pause food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region, officials say (apnews.com)
Local officials and researchers say hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and United Nations suspended food aid.
VP of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 28, falls to her death from window of Moscow apartment (www.lbc.co.uk)
A Russian banking executive, 28, has died after falling from a window of her Moscow apartment.
Amnesty International urges review of Indonesian troops in West Papua after torture video (asiapacificreport.nz)
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a Papuan man being tortured by several soldiers at the Gome Post in Puncak regency, Central Papua, went viral on social media. “This incident was a [case of] cruel and inhuman torture that really...
Judge rules that Twitter violated contract when it withheld millions of dollars in bonuses (www.courthousenews.com)
UN describes Gaza as ‘scene of death and destruction’ amid food, water challenges (thehill.com)
“I visited a school, hosting thousands of displaced persons,” Lazzarini continued. “The place was overcrowded. The level of distress and the unsanitary living conditions were beyond comprehension. Everyone was asking for water and food. Instead of being at school to learn, children were asking for a sip of water and a loaf...
HRW Confirms: Israel is Using White Phosphorus in Gaza (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel is using white phosphorus in its military aggression on Gaza and Lebanon....
'Scandalous': Anger as BBC 'refuse to cover' anti-Brexit rally in London (www.thenational.scot)
THE BBC has been asked to explain why it has not reported on a large-scale anti-Brexit rally in the centre of London ...
If India ordered a murder in Canada, there must be consequences (www.economist.com)
Western countries have for too long acquiesced to the Indian government’s abuses