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NPR (Gabrielle Emanuel) - A park famed for rare gorillas gears up to fight Ebola and protect its primates

In Virunga National Park, rangers are on the frontlines — playing a critical role to contain the surging virus while coping with an upsurge in conflict-related violence.

WASHINGTONPOST (Hope Hodge Seck, Dan Lamothe) - A SEAL’s death left doubts. His family thought Hegseth and Trump Jr. would help.

Cmdr. Job Price’s death was ruled a suicide. But irregularities raised suspicions for some, and a lack of assistance from Trump insiders angered his family.

SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - Soros’ OSF helped stir Indonesian rebellion, leaks reveal

Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone expose how the Soros-run Open Society Foundations plotted to “prevent the continuation” of Indonesia’s elected government by bankrolling opposition media, youth activists groups and lawfare operations to remove President Prabowo Subianto.

This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Ever since the election of Prabowo Subianto as Indonesia’s President in February 2024, Jakarta has faced continuous waves of anti-government protests. Activists enraged by harsh economic conditions and elite corruption have taken to the streets in vast numbers, often engaging in fiery clashes with police and the military. A series of leaks obtained by The Grayzone indicate this upheaval has unfolded according to a well-honed plan to take down Prabowo, which drew on organic grievances but which depended heavily on funding the Open Society Foundations. Founded by anti-communist billionaire George Soros in 1993, OSF has…Open

NPR (Sergio Martínez-Beltrán) - Filipino sailors say they were falsely accused of possessing child porn and deported

NPR has tracked deported Filipino sailors who say they were accused without evidence of possessing child sexual exploitation material. Almost none have been charged or prosecuted.

SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - “We will never leave”: Defying Israeli ethnic cleansing in South Lebanon

Residents of South Lebanon refuse Israeli evacuation orders, declaring that by remaining, they are resisting

In his latest on the ground report for The Grayzone, Wyatt Reed travelled to the ancient city of Tyre to document the aftermath of a brutal wave of Israeli strikes on residential buildings and local businesses. Despite Israel’s claims that their attacks target Hezbollah, he found no evidence of militant activity. Instead, he only encountered civilians attempting to rebuild their lives — and, in many cases, refusing to obey a forced evacuation notice imposed by Israeli forces seeking to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon.Open