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McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve drinks and some locations may charge for refills (www.cbsnews.com)

Millions in US face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections (www.theguardian.com)

Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries...

AITA? Its like really loud (lemm.ee)

EU Adopts Groundbreaking Business Value Chain Law (www.hrw.org)

(Brussels) – The new EU directive adopted on May 24, 2024, requiring large companies to ensure human rights respect in their value chains signals a new era for corporate accountability, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a question-and-answer document about the provisions, strengths, and weaknesses of the...

Missionaries killed in Haiti by gang are state reps' daughter, son-in-law, nonprofit says (www.usatoday.com)

Father-son Hamas terrorists casually describe taking turns raping Israeli woman, then executing her (www.news.com.au)

Europe’s new political consensus: We need to make more weapons (www.politico.eu)

The war in Ukraine has shifted thinking — both among politicians and the public — on the need to spend more on defense....

But did you try unnaturally? (sopuli.xyz)

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Mike Johnson flies same Christian nationalist flag outside his office that Samuel Alito flew at vacation home (www.advocate.com)

Even as Violent Crime Drops, Lawlessness Rises as an Election Issue (www.nytimes.com)

How terminal works (kevroletin.github.io)

Egyptian soldier killed in fire exchange with Israeli forces near Rafah crossing (www.middleeasteye.net)

An Egyptian soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces at the Rafah crossing on Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip on Monday....

Happened to me multiple times (lemmy.zip)

Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)

This is a gift article link, so there should not be a paywall.

Google updates Snapseed for Android (9to5google.com)

At Least 27 People Killed in Horrific Amusement Park Fire (www.thedailybeast.com)

Strike On Russian Strategic Early Warning Radar Site Is A Big Deal (www.twz.com)

Borrowers, especially the young, struggle with credit card debt in potentially bad sign for economy (apnews.com)

Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites - Digiday (digiday.com)

The Verge and 404 Media are building out new functions that would allow them to distribute posts on their sites and on federated platforms – like Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky – at the same time. Replies to those posts on those platforms become comments on their sites.

EU sanctions 19 Russians -including judges, prosecutors and members of the judiciary- for human rights violations after the death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny (www.reuters.com)

European Union foreign ministers decided on Monday to impose sanctions on Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service and on 19 Russians for human rights violations after the death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny in a prison in February....

"Very abnormal": Expert worries pro-Israel megadonors trying to make Dems a "pro-Netanyahu party" (www.salon.com)

Google Pixel 9 successor: First proof of a "Samsung-free" Tensor G5 chip in the Pixel 10 (www.notebookcheck.net)

China is flexing its missile arsenal in a new simulation for a mass Taiwan attack as the US watches Beijing's Rocket Force closely (www.businessinsider.com)

China released a simulation video on Friday of how it could strike Taiwan with waves of missiles....

57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 (ground.news)

Only 57 fossil fuels and cement producers have been responsible for most of the world’s CO2 emissions since 2016, according to the Carbon Majors report by InfluenceMap...