For today, links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from the Kyiv Post and Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Russian military says it has captured town in eastern Ukraine. From AFP. The Russian army said today it had captured a town in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s forces are advancing on the strategic city of Pokrovsk. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces have “liberated the locality of Novohrodivka” in the Donetsk region, some 20 kilometers from . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Tass.

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of overnight air attacks on border regions. From Reuters. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of overnight air attacks on their border regions, with Ukrainian officials saying that two people died and four were injured in the Sumy region, and Russia saying three civilians were injured in Belgorod. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.

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FROM SEPT. 7  U.S. and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2 1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv’s allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 7  Howitzers, missiles, armor — what Ukraine was promised in Ramstein, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  As the allies gathered at the Ramstein Air Base for the 24th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group . . . READ MORE . . .

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Trench versus trench, drone versus drone, by Jeffrey S. Kargel | Kyiv Post  As Russia’s war against Ukraine has progressed, almost every aspect of war tactics by modern militaries has been completely disrupted by air-borne, sea-based, and increasingly surface-based drones. Both Ukraine and Russia – and by extension . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 4  Conditioning Americans for war with Russia, by Ray McGovern | Special to Consortium News / Popular Resistance  As the drums beat louder and louder about alleged threats from Russia, the Biden administration today blew perilous new life into the debunked and disgraced Russiagate disinformation operation. Russiagate seems . . . READ MORE . . .

Links to two news releases: from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth and the International Center for 9/11 Justice; other information is accessible by clicking on their shorter names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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AE911Truth’s 2024 anniversary event, today. From AE911Truth. A free online broadcast beginning today at 2 p.m. EDT includes interviews with nine observers including current Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies, and two panel discussions. Click HERE for details.

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‘Aviation Impossibilities’ symposium Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern. From IC911. Over the past six months, the International Center for 9/11 Justice has embarked on the first stage of an in-depth study into what took place in the skies on Sept. 11, 2001. Tomorrow, Sunday, an online symposium titled “Aviation Impossibilities: Deconstructing the Official Story of the 9/11 Hijackings and Air Defense Failures” will evaluate three key claims of the government’s account. Click HERE for details.

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For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Middle East Eye, the Anadolu Agency, and the Associated Press, and to excerpts from two articles in the August-September issue of the Capitol Hill Citizen; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below or by purchasing or borrowing a copy of that issue of the Citizen. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 as UN pursues vaccinations, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO — Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 24 hours, local medics said today, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from | AP. 

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Satellite images show Israel paving new road along Philadelphi Corridor: report. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces are paving a new road running the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, satellite images have shown, according to a BBC report. The imagery, photographs and video . . . READ MORE . . .

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President Erdogan denounces killing of Turkish-U.S. activist by Israel, by Seda Sevencan and Muhammed Enes Calli | Anadolu Agency  ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today condemned Israel for ‘heinously’ murdering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed Friday by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank  He said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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The heads of the CIA and MI6 issue a joint call for a cease-fire in Gaza, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — The heads of the American and British foreign intelligence agencies said today they are “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire in Gaza, using a rare joint public statement to press for peace. CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore said . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza enters its 2nd school year without schooling. The cost could be heavy for kids’ futures, by Wafaa Shurafa and Lee Keath | AP  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — This week, when they would normally be going back to school . . . READ MORE . . .

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Exposing the Gaza death undercount, by Ralph Nader | Capitol Hill Citizen  Probative evidence and professional assessments point to a death toll of over 300,000 Palestinians in Gaza with that number at least doubling by end of the year. Why then is the reviled Hamas’ death count now at about 41,000, accepted by the mass media and most governments? Click HERE to read beginning of article.

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In Congress, 52 standing  ovations for Netanyahu, by Linda Pentz Gunter | Capitol Hill Citizen  On July 24, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlalib, the lone Palestinian member of Congress, was also the only elected official who chose to make a visible protest against the disgraceful spectacle she was witnessing that day: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking inside the U.S Capitol to a roaring, applauding . . .Click HERE to read beginning of article.

 

For today, links to eight reports from Reuters, the Kyivi Post, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine says Russia launched 67 drones in overnight attack, by Max Hunder | Reuters  KYIV — Ukraine’s air force said today Russia launched a total of 67 long-range Shahed drones in a mass overnight attack, 58 of which it was able to shoot down. READ MORE . . .

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Drone debris from Russian overnight attack falls near Parliament building. From Kyiv Post. Ukrainian air defense reportedly shot down 58 Russian kamikaze drones over Ukraine in an early morning attack today that saw drone debris fall near the capital’s parliamentary building in the Pechersk district. At around 3 a.m. . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine mourns dead from major Russian strike, vows response with underground weapons production, by Yehor Konovlov and Katie Marie Davies | AP  POLTAVA, Ukraine — Funeral services were held today for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vowed to increase domestic military production by creating underground weapons factories. READ MORE . . .

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Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 4, injure more than 100 over past day, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least four people and injured 105, including children, regional authorities reported early today. The Air Force said Ukrainian air defenses downed 58 of the 67 Shahed-type drones . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says army seized new village in eastern Ukraine. From AFP.  Russia said today it had seized another village in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s troops are continuing to advance. The defense ministry said Russian forces “have liberated the village of Kalynove” in the Donetsk region, which . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine claims strike on Russian ammo depot. From AFP. Kyiv said today it had struck an ammunition depot in a Russian region bordering Ukraine where a large fire broke out overnight after a drone attack. The Russian governor of the Voronezh region said debris from a downed drone triggered . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Russia says its Grad MLRS destroys Ukrainian positions near border in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the battlegroup North destroyed Ukrainian positions near the border in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. READ MORE . . .

For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Anadolu Agency, and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli forces appear to withdraw from a West Bank camp after a major military operation, by Jalal Bweitel and David Rising | AP  JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by this morning, after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Health workers in Gaza administer polio vaccines during pauses in fighting. Reported by A Martínez | NPR  Naina Bhalla, the medical team leader for Doctors without Borders in Khan Younis, talks about the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE and HERE for report from Reuters and the Anadolu Agency.

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FROM SEPT. 5  In the Occupied West Bank, Palestinians say water is harder to come by since Oct. 7. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR  Since the war in Gaza began last October, life has gotten harder for Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. One of the crucial ways: access to water has gotten significantly worse. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM SEPT 5  Lawsuit seeks release of State Department documents reviewing U.S. arms sales to Israel. From Middle East Eye. Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) has filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of State in a bid for it to release documents related to allegations of human rights abuses by the Israeli military. The Leahy Law prohibits the U.S. from providing . . . READ MORE . . .

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ICC chief prosecutor defends arrest warrants for Netanyahu, by Burak Bir | Anadolu Agency  LONDON — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has defended arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that justice must be seen to be done. In an interview . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 5  Will Israel’s mass protests motivate Netanyahu to make a deal with Hamas? Reported by Jonaki Mehta, Tinbete Ermyas and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR  Journalist Anshel Pfeffer talks about the Israeli public and international community’s response to Netanyahu’s refusal to commit to a ceasefire amid hostage deaths. Click HERE to listen and read.

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The ‘exposure’ of prison horrors aims to shift focus from Israel’s broader crimes, by Ammiel Alcalay | Middle East Eye  While it’s almost impossible to place the atrocities in any kind of hierarchy, the public “shock” over Israeli practices of . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to nine reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, the Anadolu Agency, the Kyiv Post, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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1 killed, dozens injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Pavlohrad. From AFP. Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad killed at least one person and injured more than 50 others, including three children, authorities said this afternoon. Regional governor Sergiy Lusaka said the attacks led to “several fires . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine presses for long-range strike support, U.S. announces more aid, by Phil Stewart and Sabine Siebold | Reuters  RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today urged Western allies to ignore Moscow’s “red lines” and allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons for strikes on Russian territory as Washington . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from AP, the Kyiv Independent and the Anadolu Agency.

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Germany, Canada pledge howitzers, tanks, rockets and more to Ukraine, by Martin Fornusek | Kyiv Post  Canada and Germany announced new military donations to Ukraine as the allies gathered today for the Ramstein group meeting in Germany. The Ukraine Contact Defense Group met . . . READ MORE . . . 

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Zelensky: Russia loses 6,000 troops in Kursk, no longer a threat of attack on Sumy. From Kyiv Post. Russia has lost 6,000 soldiers, killed and wounded, in the Kursk region during the month-long Ukrainian Armed Forces operation, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced at the Contact Group meeting on Ukraine’s defense in Germany. READ MORE . . .

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Situation in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 300 military personnel and 12 pieces of equipment over the day in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said, giving a total of over 10,400 enemy servicemen lost since fighting began in the region. READ MORE . . .

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Russia will restrict U.S. media outlets over RT sanctions, Kremlin says. From AFP. Moscow will impose restrictions on American media outlets in response to new U.S. sanctions on the state-funded RT news network, the Kremlin said today. The United States indicted two RT employees and sanctioned its top editors on Wednesday, accusing them . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to eight reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, the Portland Press Herald, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 4  Netanyahu says Israel will not leave Gaza border corridor until it is secure, by James Mackenzie and Emily Rose | Reuters  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will only agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that guarantees the border area between southern Gaza and Egypt could never be used as a lifeline for the Islamist movement Hamas. He repeated . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.

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Netanyahu’s insistence on military presence in Philadelphi Corridor undermining ceasefire deal: report. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on maintaining a military presence in the 14-kilometre (9-mile) Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border is scuttling the possibility of a cease-fire deal, according to U.S. media, Anadolu Agency reports. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. city council votes unanimously to divest from companies doing business with Israel. From Middle East Monitor.  The City Council of Portland, Maine, has voted unanimously to divest from companies doing business with Israel, as the occupation state’s near 11-month military offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has killed 41,000 Palestinians and wounded 95,000 others. The divestment list includes . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Portland Press Herald.

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Israeli strike kills children playing in the street, by Maha Hussaini | Middle East Eye  Tala Abu Ajwa, 10, had been playing with her neighbours outside their residential building in central Gaza City. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NPR.

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FROM SEPT. 4  U.S. negotiators racing to present new Gaza ceasefire proposal, sources say, by Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay,Andrew Mills and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan | Reuters  WASHINGTON / DOHA / CAIRO — The White House is scrambling to put forward a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages by Hamas in the coming days, two U.S. officials, according to two Egyptian security sources and an official with knowledge of the matter. The new proposal aims . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Putin says Russia ‘ready’ for talks with Ukraine. From AFP. Russian President Vladimir Putin said today he was ready for talks with Kyiv, after having previously rebuffed the idea of negotiations while Ukraine’s offensive into the Kursk region was ongoing. He said talks should be on the basis of an aborted deal between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reached in Istanbul in 2022, the terms of which were never made public. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine gets a new chief diplomat as the war with Russia enters a critical phase, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of a new foreign minister today, two lawmakers said. Andrii Sybiha, a former ambassador to Turkey, is . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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Pentagon leaders head to Germany for the latest round of international talks on Ukraine military aid, by Tara Copp | AP  WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be in Germany Friday to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted . . . READ MORE . . .

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Death toll from Russia’s Sept. 3 strike on Poltava rises to 55, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  The death toll from Russia’s strike against the Ukrainian city of Poltava on Sept. 3 has risen to 55, the State Emergency Service said today. Another 328 people are currently listed as wounded, while several more may still . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine says peace summit follow-up meeting tackles food security. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine said 75 countries and international organisations have agreed a “shared vision” of measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and help global food security, a major concern following Russia’s 2022 invasion. READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces shoot down three ATACMS missiles in past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces liberated the settlement of Zavetnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and shot down three ATACMS missiles in the past day, according to a Russian Defense Ministry bulletin, which also gave details of other combat actions. READ MORE . . .

For today, links to six reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Common Dreams, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Common Dreams, ScheerPost, and The Free Press; other articles are accessible by clicking on its name below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE,) — MCM

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U.S. charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, by Eric Tucker | AP  WASHINGTON  — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count . . . READ MORE . . .

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UN officials welcome progress in Gaza polio campaign, call for permanent ceasefire, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO — The main United Nations agency for Palestinians said today it was making good progress in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza, but called for a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war to ease humanitarian suffering. UNRWA said that three days into the campaign . . . READ MORE . . .

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Former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz issues searing rebuke to PM Netanyahu. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Benny Gantz, a former Israeli war cabinet member who walked out in June, has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza or else step down. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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IDF attacks Gazans buying bread as Netanyahu tanks cease-fire hopes, by Jake Johnson | Common Dreams / ScheerPost  Continued Israeli military presence at the Philadelphi corridor, which Netanyahu characterized as “the oxygen of Hamas,” is among the new demands the far-right prime minister has pushed . . . READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu once again erases Palestine during address. From Middle East Monitor. In an address Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a map of Israel that erases the occupied West Bank, marking it as Israeli territory. He appeared standing in front of a wall-sized digital map that . . . READ MORE . . .

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Coke and Pepsi boycott over Gaza lifts Muslim countries’ local sodas, by Ariba Shahid, Jessica DiNapoli and Farah Saafan | Reuters  KARACHI / CAIRO / NEW YORK — Coca-Cola and rival PepsiCo spent hundreds of millions of dollars over decades building demand for their soft drinks in Muslim-majority countries including Egypt to Pakistan. Now, both face a challenge from local sodas in those countries due to consumer boycotts  targeting . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 3  While U.S. arms Israel, DOJ hits Hamas leaders with terrorism charges. From Common Dreams.  The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday unsealed terrorism and other criminal charges have been filed against half a dozen senior members of Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group that governs the Gaza Strip, and whose . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 3  Kamala Harris and the disgrace of denial, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost  Last Wednesday, the New York Times published a remarkable opinion piece under the headline, “This Is Who Kamala Harris Fails.” The 1,200–word commentary reflects what we are calling the “Abandon Harris” movement. Hala Alyan, a Palestinian–American writer, calls for voters . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 2  Dark tunnels and moral beacons, by Bari Weiss | The Free Press  The names of Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, and Hersh Goldberg-Polin should be seared into the minds of anyone who wishes to live in a civilized world. Instead, we read headlines . . . READ MORE . . .

 

For today, links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, the Anadolu Agency, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv, by Illia Novikov and Emma Burrows | AP  KYIV — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage, submitted his resignation today ahead of an expected major government reshuffle. Russian strikes, meanwhile, killed seven people in a western Ukraine city, a day after one of the deadliest missile attacks since the war began. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Agency.

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Casualties reported in Lviv, Kryvyi Rih as Russia launches another mass attack on Ukraine, by Olena Goncharova and Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  At least seven civilians were killed and 64 wounded in Lviv early this morning as Russia launched drones and missiles against Ukraine, regional authorities reported. Multiple casualties were reported also in Kryvyi Rih. In other cities . . . READ MORE . . .

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Deadly strike hits Ukraine’s Lviv as Moscow advances in east. From AFP. A Russian strike on west Ukraine’s Lviv, hundreds of kilometers from the front, killed seven people today, authorities said as Moscow claimed advances in the war-torn nation’s east. Russia has stepped up its aerial attacks on Ukraine since Kyiv launched an unprecedented cross-border offensive. . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelenskiy orders war’s biggest reshuffle to give Ukraine ‘new energy,’ by Olena Harmash | Reuters  KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today that Ukraine needed “new energy”, as he ordered a major government reshuffle at a crucial juncture in the war against Russia. A total of six ministers, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, submitted their resignation and parliament accepted the resignations of four. READ MORE . . .

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Kuleba resignation, reshuffle ‘expected long ago ahead of difficult times’ for Ukraine, lawmaker says, by Chris York and the news desk | The Kyiv Independent  The resignation of Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and a major government reshuffle was “expected long ago” ahead of a difficult few months for Ukraine, a senior lawmaker, Oleksandr Merezhko, Ukrainian MP and chair of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said today. READ MORE . . .

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Russian strike on Urkainian military academy kills dozens. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Ukraine is in mourning after Russian missiles tore into a military academy, killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 270. It’s one of the deadliest attacks of the two-and-a-half year war. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE for Sept. 3 NPR report.

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Ukrainian attack on Donetsk region mrket kills 3, Moscow-backed official says. From the Moscow Times. A Ukrainian attack on an open-air market in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk killed three people and injured five others, Moscow-backed authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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What is known about situation in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW —Russian forces have thwarted two Ukrainian attacks in the last 24 hours, having beaten back several more near three villages in the Kursk Area, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The enemy’s losses over the day . . .  READ MORE . . .