Kazakhstan launches programme to reintroduce tigers to lost habitat BNE Intellinews
47 Tigers Die In Vietnam Zoos Due To H5N1 Bird Flu Virus: Report NDTV World
Climate
The Next Climate Conversation Is About Marine Clouds Persuasion
To slow global warming, could methane be stripped from the air? Science
China could cut CO2 by a third by 2035 with new UN targets, think tank says Channel News Asia
This winding LA highway is notoriously treacherous. Extreme weather is making it worse Guardian
New assessment suggests Anthropocene started in the 1950s Phys.org
Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants Guardian
Hurricane Helene
Biden: Congress ‘may have to’ come back to approve Helene relief Politico
The Town Meeting North Carolina Rabbit Hole
US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene The Register
Syndemics
Rwanda limits funeral sizes due to Marburg virus outbreak BBC
WHO DON: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Avian Flu Diary
Was Missouri’s bird flu case a one-off or something more? Quest for answers faces testing delay STAT
US Whooping Cough Outbreak Underscores Need for Timely Vaccines Bloomberg
The symptoms of ‘stronger’ Covid XEC variant and what to look out for Birmingham Live.
China?
China’s ‘World Bank’ gives backing to wave of renminbi bonds FT
China’s ‘golden week’ consumers unwilling to shell out as hairy crab prices tumble South China Morning Post
IN FOCUS: As expats exit Hong Kong and mainlanders enter, businesses and communities are counting the costs Channel News Asia
Seventy-Five Years of the Chinese Revolution MR Online
Myanmar
On Our Good Leg, We Rise: Fighting To Heal on Myanmar’s Front Lines The Diplomat
India
Google taps India’s love for gold to boost its credit play TechCrunch
Africa
China to bring Tanzania-Zambia railway back to full speed with US$1 billion boost South China Morning Post
Syraqistan
Consequences of Nasrallah New Left Review
Israel and Iran are at war — and if a nuclear site is hit, all bets for peace are off The London Standard. Commentary:
Satellite Images Show Damage to Israel Air Force Base After Iran Attack Haaretz
Missile barrage on Israel: What were the ‘hypersonic’ weapons used by Iran? France24
Yemen’s Houthis claim drone attack on ‘vital target’ in central Israel Anadolu Agency
Israel attacks heart of Beirut as Hezbollah pushes back in southern Lebanon Al Jazeera
Military briefing: Can Israel’s land offensive ‘defeat’ Hizbollah? FT
‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned Al Jazeera
Israeli rabbi, extremists plan conquest and settlement of Lebanon as war continues The New Arab
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists In These Times
Your Crisis of Faith is not My Concern (There’s a Genocide Going on) Steve Salaita
European Disunion
Mystery deaths and mass layoffs: Europe’s green battery dream Northvolt turns sour France24
Western Balkans emerges as nearshoring destination BNE Intelliews
New Not-So-Cold War
The significance of Russia’s capture of the Ukrainian stronghold of Vuhledar France24
Winnipeg Jets unveil reimagined logo embroidered with Ukrainian heritage CBC
Kremlin says no request for Putin to speak with Scholz has been received Ukrainsks Pravda
High-voltage transmission lines damaged in Kharkiv suburbs due to Russian strike Ukrainska Pravda
2024
Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney to stump at birthplace of Republican Party FOX
DoJ accuses Donald Trump of ‘private criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election result FT
What newly unsealed evidence reveals about Trump’s alleged actions on and before Jan. 6 CBS
Trump not entitled to immunity for efforts to overturn 2020 election, US special counsel says France24
Digital Watch
WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power TechCrunch
The Final Frontier
October’s new moon will bring us a spectacular ‘ring of fire’ eclipse Space.com
Why Is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? Scientific American
Supply Chain
Recession fears stoked on day three of America’s port strike Splash247
Huge blow to motorists who face fuel price hikes if Middle East conflict rages on Daily Mail
Guillotine Watch
America’s Strategy of Renewal Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs
Bridging Innovation and Empathy: Bill Gates’s “What’s Next?” 3 Quarks Daily
Class Warfare
Return to office and dying on the job Cory Doctorow, Medium
Ahead Lies Ruin: The Decay of Social Trust Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
Surrealism as a revolutionary movement Anti-Capitalist Resistance
Fredric Jameson, 1934-2024 Terry Eagleton, Verso
Tapia, Tabbi, Tabique, Tabby Places Journal
Antidote du jour (Charles J. Sharp):
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