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Overnight News Digest: Last Night of Summer [1]
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Date: 2023-09-22
Tonight at 2:50 am the sun will cross the equator (visually from earth) and autumn will officially begin. Fall is my favourite season and I just gave you a hint of my favourite holiday. But before we get into the rest of the news, the credits:
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw. OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes09OP0az coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.
Cool stuff above the fold. More portentous stuff is below.
We begin with this from NPR:
World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes The find didn't look like much at first – basically a log, lying crosswise over another log. "It didn't look particularly exciting," says Larry Barham, professor of archaeology at the University of Liverpool. "But when you look closely and you remove the sand around it, you can see where one sits on top of the other is a notch."
From the Associated Press:
From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges BY ELENA BECATOROS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles little more than a large black box on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wooden camera and darkroom in one. As a small crowd gathers around the box camera, images of beauty and of hardship ripple to life from its dark interior: a family enjoying an outing in a swan boat on a lake; child laborers toiling in brick factories; women erased by all-covering veils; armed young men with fire in their eyes.
And pictures of the week from the BBC.
We begin with a story from the BBC:
Russian TV teases launch of Tucker Carlson show By Jen Monaghan & Megan Fisher Russian TV news channel Rossiya 24 has aired a trailer for a weekend show featuring former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson. The state-run broadcaster did not make clear whether it will feature original content or be a translation of his regular English-language videos on X.
From the Sioux City Journal:
Russian Troops Have a Life Expectancy of Just 4.5 Months in Ukraine It’s been reported that Moscow is running out of soldiers, indicated by mass conscription last year and a more recent recruitment campaign. And a new report from independent Russian news organization Important Stories and the Conflict Intelligence Team might explain why. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
From France24:
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The rest of the news, presented from West to East:
Canadian mother and twins charged with pretending to be Inuit By Bernd Debusmann Jr Three women in Canada have been criminally charged after allegedly pretending to be Inuit to receive benefits from indigenous organisations. According to police, two 25-year-old sisters committed fraud by posing as adopted Inuit children. Both sisters and their 59-year-old mother are facing two counts of fraud each. One Inuit group called the alleged deception "flabbergasting".
From Deutsche Welle:
From The Hill:
Colombia’s presidential office manipulates video of President Petro at UN to hype applause BY LEÓN RAMÍREZ MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated Press reviewed the video and was able to verify that it was altered. The recording released by the presidential office incorporated applause for U.S. President Joe Biden, who spoke moments before Petro, making it appear the applause was directed at the Colombian leader.
From the BBC:
Incendiary rhetoric on Sikh's murder stokes debate in Canada diaspora By Nadine Yousif A row between Canada and India over the murder of a Sikh separatist has stoked talk of political friction among some Sikhs and Hindus in the diaspora, though others say it's overblown. After Mr Trudeau's public accusation on Monday that India may have been behind the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, a clip surfaced on social media showing the head of a US-based Sikh separatist group calling for Hindu Canadians to return to India.
From France24:
Brazil court rules for Indigenous land rights in key case A lopsided majority of Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Thursday (September 21) against an effort to restrict native peoples' rights to protected reservations on their ancestral lands, in a win for Indigenous activists and climate campaigners.
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From the Daily Beast:
The UN’s Big Week of Leaders Meeting Sent an Ominous Message to the World David Rothkopf For one week each year, as world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly meetings, the biggest stories in international affairs all seem to be laid out, side-by-side for Americans to view up close. This year, the spectacle and related developments here in the United States had to leave most rational observers more shaken than stirred. On Wednesday, speaking at a climate conference, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said environmental challenges facing the planet had “opened up the gates of hell.”
From the BBC:
Net zero: Will Rishi Sunak's changes to climate policies save money? By Lucy Hooker Rishi Sunak's decision to extend some of the UK's net zero deadlines has proved - perhaps predictably - rather divisive. The prime minister said he was putting "the long-term interests of our country before the short-term political needs of the moment".
From CNN:
King Charles’ soft power with an edge boosts UK’s diplomatic efforts Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse Analysis byand King Charles and Queen Camilla have just wrapped up their long-awaited state visit to France, spending their final day in the southwest of the country. While in Bordeaux, a region with deep historical ties to Britain, the couple toured a Royal Navy frigate, met local business owners and learned about the devastating impact of last year’s wildfires.
From NBC News:
‘We need deeds, not words’: Pope Francis calls for action to save Mediterranean migrants “This beautiful sea has become a huge cemetery,” said the pontiff, on his visit to a hilltop memorial above Marseille with sweeping views across the Mediterranean. He appealed for more compassion in dealing with a tragedy “caused by the cruel trafficking and the fanaticism of indifference.”
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From ABC News:
A shooting in a pub in Sweden has killed 2 men and wounded 2 more, police say Swedish police say two people have been killed and two wounded in a shooting at a crowded pub northwest of Stockholm STOCKHOLM -- Two people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday, in the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. Police said that a 20-year-old man and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries sustained in the shooting late Thursday at a pub in Sandviken some 162 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Stockholm.
From Deutsche Welle:
Nigeria: Mysterious death of Afrobeats idol stirs outrage 18 hours ago The late Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as MohBad, was one of the Afrobeats genre's rising stars. Nigerian fans have taken to the streets, seeking answers for his death at a Lagos hospital under vague circumstances. , after he died mysteriously last week. The death of a prominent Afrobeats singer and rapper has stirred outrage in Nigeria , after he died mysteriously last week. Thousands of Nigerians on Thursday demonstrated across the country to seek answers for the passing of the late Ilerioluwa Aloba, who performed under the moniker MohBad. The 27-year-old was confirmed dead on September 13.
Also from the CBC:
Disease could cause another crisis in flood-ravaged Libya | About That The UN issued a dire warning that Libya is on the cusp of a second major crisis following devastating floods earlier this month. From contaminated water to the lack of sanitation, Andrew Chang explains the threat of disease and how bad it could get.
From Deutsche Welle:
First South African woman to navigate submarine dies September 21, 2023 A freak wave has claimed the lives of three submariners from the South African Navy, among the dead was the first woman on the African continent to navigate a sub. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Thursday named three submariners who died in an incident off the coast of Cape Town on Wednesday. Lieutenant Commander Gillian Elizabeth Hector was named among three who died when a large wave struck the SAS Manthatisi while being resupplied at sea. Hector was celebrated in South Africa, as being the first female officer on the African continent to navigate a submarine.
From the Washington Post:
India set to reserve 1/3 of Parliament seats for women. It took 27 years. By Kelsey Ables India moved this week toward enacting a pivotal bill that would reserve a third of seats in the lower house of Parliament and in state legislatures for women, and could make strides in gender representation in the world’s largest democracy. The legislation, known as the Women’s Reservation Bill, has faced obstacles for decades. It passed in the lower house on Wednesday and upper house on Thursday, with close to unanimous votes in its favor. It now requires approval from half of India’s 28 state legislatures, which is expected.
From WION:
China scooped up human DNA from nations around the world, spurring fears of a genetic arms race In the year 2020, when most of the European countries were in lockdown due to the COVID pandemic, an aircraft containing a Chinese creation called the Fire-Eye arrived in the Serbian capital. It was a refined portable laboratory that could detect coronavirus infections from tiny genetic elements that the deadly virus leaves behind, as per the latest report by the Washington Post.
From First Post:
Li Shangfu, Qin Gang and more: The big names gone missing in Xi Jinping's China The disappearance of China's defence minister Li Shangfu, who is believed to be under investigation for corruption, is the latest case in which an influential person in President Xi Jinping's entourage has inexplicably gone. Here are the other big names gone missing It is not uncommon for public figures to vanish unexpectedly in Xi’s land. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of former Chinese minister Qin Gang and his loss of the coveted position in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government is yet to be resolved, while another high-profile Xi Jinping minister is also missing from public view. General Li Shangfu, China’s heavyweight defence minister, has not been seen in public for more than three weeks.
From CNN:
The Philippines accuses China’s shadowy maritime militia of destroying coral reefs in South China Sea Kathleen Magramo By Vibrant reefs filled with colorful fish and seaweed just two years ago have been turned into a wasteland of crushed corals in the South China Sea and the Philippines says it has identified a culprit – China’s shadowy maritime militia. China has rejected the accusation, setting up another public disagreement with its neighbor over the flashpoint waterway.
From The Guardian:
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