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DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers (www.wired.com)

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'Pirated' TikTok Clips Help to Promote TV Series, Research Finds * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

US Billionaires Have Doubled Their Wealth Since 2017 Trump Tax Overhaul (truthout.org)

Billionaires now control 1 out of every 25 dollars of American wealth....

No UNSC 'consensus' on Palestine's full UN membership (www.trtworld.com)

Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work (apnews.com)

Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the capital’s Tidal Basin....

You Must Spend $80 To Unlock The King Kong Glove In Call Of Duty (kotaku.com)

Instagram will blur nudes in messages sent to minors (www.theverge.com)

US seeking to deter Iran from strike on Israel, officials say (www.theguardian.com)

Russian military replaced Ukraine battlefield losses 'far faster' than expected, general warns (www.politico.com)

The US Postal Service wants to hike stamp prices again in July. Here’s how much you’ll pay (edition.cnn.com)

The US Postal Service filed a notice with its regulators to increase prices on First-Class “Forever” stamps to 73 cents from 68 cents, marking yet another price hike for the financially beleaguered federal agency.

Tennessee GOP senators OK criminalizing helping minors get transgender care, mimicking abortion bill (www.nbcnews.com)

The $2bn dirty-money case that rocked Singapore (www.bbc.com)

A Singaporean court has begun handing out sentences in a sensational case, which saw 10 Chinese nationals charged for laundering $2.2bn (£1.8bn) earned from criminal activities abroad....

Biden vows to defend Philippines in the South China Sea (www.bbc.com)

President Joe Biden has vowed that the US will defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, calling its support for Manila “ironclad”....

Seven Astronauts describe what it feels like to be in space. (pixelfed.social)

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader (apnews.com)

Voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader, according to a study released Thursday....

Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk (apnews.com)

Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream town....

‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened (mondoweiss.net)

Summary by brave leo :...

How Texas teens lost the one program that allowed birth control without parental consent (www.texastribune.org)

Texas is in the minority of states that requires parental consent before a teenager can get birth control, in virtually all circumstances. But there’s long been one exception to that rule: the federal Title X program, which provides confidential contraception regardless of age, income or immigration status....

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