(2024-08-03). UN calls for investigation into Beirut port explosion. plenglish.com Beirut, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, today called for a thorough and transparent investigation to get the truth about the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020.
(2024-08-03). World Report] Russian attacks impacting maternal and child health. thelancet.com The bombing of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital is only the latest in a series of attacks jeopardising maternal and child health in Ukraine. Ed Holt reports.
(2024-08-03). Searching for JD Vance. dissidentvoice.org What explains the meteoric rise of a little-known principal at an investment firm to one of the youngest, least politically experienced Vice-Presidential candidates in US history? How did Senator J. D. Vance rise from relative obscurity in 2016 to become the current running mate to Donald Trump? Simple: groveling service to the ruling class. In …
(2024-08-03). Family of killed hostage Eitan Levy release footage of Gazans abusing body on Oct. 7. haaretz.com Israeli cease-fire negotiations delegation to depart to Cairo on Saturday night or Sunday ‚ñ IDF says it destroyed launchers that fired recent barrages to Gaza border communities ‚ñ Russia withdrew arms shipment to Yemen's Houthis after U.S. and Saudi pressure ‚ñ U.S. defense secretary orders navy cruisers and destroyers to Middle East region ‚ñ Mossad hired Iranian agents to plant bombs in building where Hamas' Haniyeh was staying…
(2024-08-03). Video Interview Friday. sonar21.com 
I am not whining. Just informing. I had a packed day, with back-to-back interviews. I started off the Ania K and then did the Judge and closed out with Nima. Three issues dominated the conversation — Israel, Ukraine and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. | Meanwhile, the indicators of a brewing attack by Iran are flashing red. Here's a sample from the Telegram channels: | " Meanwhile, according to Axios, Israeli and American intelligence are expecting an Iranian a…
(2024-08-03). US prisoners land in Texas after huge swap in Turkey with Russia. newarab.com 
Journalist Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich, former
(2024-08-03). Where Is the Biden Plan to End the War in Ukraine? scheerpost.com 
(2024-08-03). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 890. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 890th day, these are the main developments.
(2024-08-03). Ukraine says it targeted Russian airfield, fuel depots in three regions. aljazeera.com Russia says air defence systems 'intercepted and destroyed' 75 drones over a number of regions.
(2024-08-03). Russia vows to shoot down Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets. ecns.cn The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces were prepared to shoot down Ukraine's first batch of F-16 jets and the weapons will not be a "panacea" for Kyiv's army.
(2024-08-03). Democracia eleitoral dos EUA: dólares, votos fraudados e projéteis. globalresearch.ca A diretora do Serviàßo Secreto dos EUA, Kimberly A. Cheatle, renunciou ao cargo devido à sua incapacidade de proteger Donald Trump da tentativa de assassinato. Na audiência no Congresso, ela se recusou a dizer quantos agentes foram designados para proteger …
(2024-08-03). Colombia: Anatomy of a lockdown. icrc.org
(2024-08-03). Ukraine: Repairing two dams reduces risk of collapse for communities. icrc.org
(2024-08-03). Mad nuclear plans. mronline.org 
UK Plans to Build New Missiles to Target Russia Linked to Pentagon's Mad Conventional Strike Scheme.
(2024-08-03). Russia shot down 75 Ukrainian drones. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones over seven regions of the country and in the Sea of Azov, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
(2024-08-03). Russia stages large-scale navy drills involving most of its fleet. presstv.ir
(2024-08-03). Vladimir Putin invites Nicolas Maduro to this year's BRICS+ meeting in Russia. tvbrics.com The Russian President emphasised that Maduro's participation will be of fundamental importance for the progressive development of relations between Russia and Venezuela…
(2024-08-03). Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Submarine Destroyed, Kyiv Claims. twz.com 
Ukraine claims it struck and sunk the Russian Russian Navy "As a result of the impact, the boat sank on the spot," according to the General Staff.
(2024-08-03). Ukraine Urges UN, Red Cross to Investigate Alleged POW Atrocities. devdiscourse.com Ukraine's human rights commissioner has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to investigate a widely circulated image that allegedly depicts the killing and dismemberment of a Ukrainian prisoner-of-war by Russian forces. Dmytro Lubinets, the top human rights official in Ukraine, posted on Telegram saying that the image likely shows a Ukrainian POW with his head and limbs severed.
(2024-08-03). Ukraine War Day #892: BlackRock Owns The Bones. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com 
Dear Readers: | Today Bulgarian podcaster Plamen Paskov | During his latest podcast, Paskov claimed that the BlackRock Financial Group, along with other Western companies heavily invested in Ukraine, have demanded that the Kiev government not bury Ukrainian soldiers in the fertile black earth which th…
(2024-08-03). German army declares itself rooted in the "traditions" of Hitler's Wehrmacht. wsws.org With its return to an aggressive foreign and great power policy and the preparations for a direct war against Russia, the German ruling class is once again openly relying on the criminal traditions of Hitler's army, the Wehrmacht.
(2024-08-03). Russia: Human rights defender Oleg Orlov released. fidh.org On August 1, 2024, Oleg Orlov was released as part of a prisoner exchange after more than five months of arbitrary detention and years of judicial harassment. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) is deeply relieved by the news and welcomes the efforts of the countries that contributed to his release. The Observatory however recalls that he should never have been detained in the first place and calls on all other human rights defenders and political (…) | – |
(2024-08-03). CPJ: Release of Gershkovich, Kurmasheva welcome, but Russia must stop stifling reporting. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director
(2024-08-03). Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares. scmp.com US Commerce Department keeps the country on a list of12 nations so designated, including China and Russia, surprising some analysts.
(2024-08-03). Russia: Human rights lawyer Grigory Vaypan labelled as "foreign agent". fidh.org
(2024-08-03). Grey Anderson: Imperium Uncloaked. newleftreview.org Grey Anderson on Tom Stevenson, Someone Else's Empire. Lucid anatomization of the American imperium, with a devastating assessment of the UK's equerry role.
(2024-08-03). Russia : Inclusion of indigenous peoples' and national minorities' rights organisations in the list of "extremist organisations" fidh.org
(2024-08-03). Despite reforms, Vietnam remains a non-market economy, US declares. scmp.com US Commerce Department keeps the country on a list of 12 designated nations, including China and Russia, surprising some analysts.
(2024-08-03). Irán revela detalles sobre el asesinato del líder de Hamás. cubadebate.cu El país persa vuelve a acusar a Israel, apoyado por EE.UU., del ataque perpetrado contra Ismail Haniya. Según las investigaciones, fue disparado un proyectil de corto alcance con una ojiva de unos 7 kilogramos desde fuera de la zona del alojamiento donde se encontraba Haniya en Teherán, lo que resultó en una fuerte explosión.
(2024-08-03). Estados Unidos enviará refuerzos militares a Oriente Medio. cubadebate.cu Según fuentes citadas por Reuters, entre las fuerzas que se está considerando desplegar figuran aviones y medios navales. Singh, reiteró que se trata de capacidades "destinadas a enviar un mensaje de disuasión". El anuncio se produce después que Irán y sus aliados en la región amenazaran con represalias por los asesinatos del líder del movimiento palestino Hamás.
(2024-08-03). OTAN estabelecerá "nova estratégia para a Rússia". globalresearch.ca Aparentemente, a OTAN está a desenvolver uma nova abordagem à s suas relaàßàµes com a Federaàßà£o Russa. De acordo com uma declaraàßà£o recente de um alto funcionário americano, foi revelado que a alianàßa atlantista está prestes a estabelecer uma nova estratégia …