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A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce Build-Up of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds (www.sciencealert.com)

Israel/Gaza: Threats against the ICC promote a culture of impunity, say UN experts (www.ohchr.org)

Georgia: Thousands rally in protest at 'foreign influence' bill (www.bbc.com)

Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening to protest a controversial “foreign influence” bill backed by the government....

Xiaomi Mix Flip surfaces in real-life image for first time (www.gizmochina.com)

Far-right EU election gains could boost nationalist parties on home turf (www.theguardian.com)

Polls indicate a surge for the right across the continent in next month’s ballots but the centrists are still likely to hold sway in parliament...

Target Pride merchandise only available at select stores after rightwing backlash (www.theguardian.com)

Company, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, declined to disclose number of stores where merchandise will not be available...

Migrants, real and imagined, grip US voters, 1,500 miles north of border (www.theguardian.com)

Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an ‘invasion’ regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems...

Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review in order to access the playtest (files.catbox.moe)

On today’s episode of “This shouldn’t be legal”…...

The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO (www.pcgamer.com)

New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)

Active self-treatment of a facial wound with a biologically active plant by a male Sumatran orangutan - Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)

Less than 25% of the EU’s electricity came from fossil fuels in April (www.euronews.com)

The drop in fossil fuel generation was driven by wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower....

While Xi tours Europe, China feeds Russia's war machine (kyivindependent.com)

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China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s (www.bbc.com)

Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....

Russia launches major assault in Kharkiv region (www.euronews.com)

Russia targets the border city of Vovchansk with intense airstrikes and rocket attacks as part of its major new assault on eastern Ukraine....

Rise in UK knife attacks leads to a crackdown and stokes public anxiety (apnews.com)

A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well....

Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements (apnews.com)

Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of it may be used in ways that don’t make a dent in the crisis....

Kristi Noem Now Banned in More Than 90 Percent of All South Dakota Tribal Lands (www.thedailybeast.com)

The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe became the fifth Sioux tribe this year to ban South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from setting foot in their territory, making Noem an outlaw in more than 16 percent of South Dakota and in more than 90 percent of her state’s tribal lands....