France trains live updates: Arson attacks on French train network delay thousands of travellers hours before Olympic ceremony (www.bbc.co.uk)
From BBC:...
Olympic officials try to crush U.S. probes of China doping, threaten Salt Lake Games (www.npr.org)
In a shocking move on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee moved to crush U.S. inquiries into a Chinese sports doping scandal, by threatening to reject Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Winter Games in 2034....
'Deal now': Israel hostage families protest as Netanyahu addresses US (www.france24.com)
Responding to Netanyahu’s speech, the Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said “45 minutes of speech and applause won’t erase the one sad fact: the words ‘Deal Now!’ were absent from the prime minister’s address.”
NCSoft president: "The games industry's evolution towards acceptance and diversity is ongoing" (www.gamesindustry.biz)
From the article:...
Chinese students arrested over drone footage of U.S. aircraft carrier (www.newsweek.com)
Three Chinese students are under investigation over footage captured by a drone of a United States aircraft carrier and naval facilities in South Korea in June, local police said on Wednesday....
‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war (www.theguardian.com)
Passports recovered from battlefields in Sudan suggest the United Arab Emirates is covertly putting boots on the ground in the country’s devastating civil war, according to leaked documents....
Rupert Murdoch in secret legal battle with children over media empire – report (www.theguardian.com)
Billionaire media tycoon, 93, attempting to secure Lachlan Murdoch’s control rather than assets going to all children...
French minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony (apnews.com)
Author left the job (sh.itjust.works)
Exclusive: China's Iranian crude imports find new market in northeast (www.reuters.com)
Franco-Swiss Basel-Mulhouse airport evacuated after bomb alert - French police (www.reuters.com)
Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president...
Search for people missing after Ethiopia mudslides continues as death toll rises to 257 (apnews.com)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Search teams were still digging at the site of deadly mudslides in southern Ethiopia on Friday, as the death toll rose to 257, according to the U.N. humanitarian office....
SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against Major Video Game Companies After Nearly 2 Years Of Contract Talks (deadline.com)
from the SAG-AFTRA press release:...
White Label SEO Reseller Programs: Outsourced Solutions for Agencies (whitelabelseo.ai)
Elevate your agency’s offerings with White Label SEO’s affordable seo outsourcing services, a white label SEO reseller program designed to boost client rankings efficiently.
Philippines 'prepares for worst' after oil spill (www.bbc.com)
The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed floating barriers and started to clean up an oil spill to prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila....
Kebab war ignites as Germany fights Turkey over food protection (www.euronews.com)
German producers have sparked a dispute by filing an opposition to a Turkish application to grant the döner kebab’s special status at the EU level, initiating a six-month period to resolve disagreements....
Tennessee woman gets over 3 years in prison for blocking clinic access during protest (abcnews.go.com)
A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to over three years in prison for using threats and violence to interfere with the operation of a New York City reproductive health center in the early days of the pandemic in 2020....
I made my Nothing Phone look super cool with these light glyph skins (www.androidpolice.com)
One UI 6.1.1 adds two new audio settings that we love (www.androidauthority.com)
TL;DR...
[Swayfx] Waybar, Waypaper, foot, waterfox.
ultrawade oled, lots of custom scripts.
Anon has a question (lemmy.today)
Michigan outlaws the 'gay and trans panic defense' in criminal trials (www.nbcnews.com)
The law prohibits using a victim’s sexuality or gender identity as justification for criminal action....
Setting some boundaries (lemmy.world)
