Zelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plots (www.reuters.com)
Teva launches generic version of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Eric Trump Says Dad’s Criminal Charges Are Attracting Black Voters: ‘Certain Communities Are Coming Over to My Father’ (www.mediaite.com)
China wants EU to scrap EV tariff plans as talks start | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Netanyahu claims Israel saw ‘dramatic drop’ in US arms shipments (thehill.com)
‘Too many old people’: A rural Pa. town reckons with population loss (www.washingtonpost.com)
There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election....
Texas woman allegedly tried to drown Palestinian-American girl, aged 3 (www.theguardian.com)
Philippines decides against invoking mutual defense treaty with US amid South China Sea dispute (www.jurist.org)
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan (apnews.com)
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions....
UAE: Abortion now allowed in rape, incest cases as new law issued (www.khaleejtimes.com)
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to be freed after pleading guilty to US Espionage Act charge (www.reuters.com)
Collecting sex-crazed zombie cicadas on speed: Scientists track a bug-controlling super-sized fungus. (apnews.com)
Holy title, Batman!
Apple charged with breaching EU tech rules, faces another probe (www.reuters.com)
European Union antitrust regulators charged on Monday that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker which also faces another investigation into new fees imposed on app developers....
Ten Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel’s Gaza Genocide (popularresistance.org)
Holocaust survivors say using the Holocaust to justify genocide in Gaza and repress student protest on college campuses is a complete insult to the Holocaust’s memory.
Featured Blog | Predatory tactics in gaming are worse than you think (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Overturning Roe Didn’t Just Cut Off Access. It Sabotaged Science, Too. (www.motherjones.com)
Petty Politics Sabotages Science. Details at 11.
Gaza peace talks at 'dead end' as Israel rejects permanent truce (www.newarab.com)
A senior Israeli official said on Saturday that negotiations over a ceasefire deal with Hamas have reached a dead end, with Israel unwilling to support a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of its forces from Gaza....
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act (ec.europa.eu)
Germany's new visa programme makes it easier for skilled workers to immigrate (www.bbc.com)
40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess (arstechnica.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (apnews.com)
China's reusable rocket completes 10 km vertical takeoff, landing test (news.cgtn.com)
TIL about the TRAPPIST-1 Star System (en.wikipedia.org)
(it’s not a solar system because Sol is our star, specifically; we’re the only Solar system)...