India summer: Eight more die as country faces 'longest' heatwave (www.bbc.com)
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers (apnews.com)
Israel Bombs Gaza After UN Security Council Passes Binding Ceasefire Resolution (truthout.org)
As the UN Security Council passed a binding U.S.-sponsored resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, Israel continued to slaughter Palestinians in Gaza — despite U.S. officials’ insistence that the ceasefire is backed by Israeli officials....
Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths by financing paramilitary group, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Ikea’s CEO has solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare (fortune.com)
US P-8 Poseidon searches for Russian sub 66 miles off Florida (bulgarianmilitary.com)
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ (www.theguardian.com)
3 Nixon justices helped end his presidency. Will the 3 Trump appointees force him to stand trial? (apnews.com)
Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days after hearing the case. Nixon resigned from office just over two weeks later....
Singer sues hospital, says staff thought he was mentally ill and wasn't member of Four Tops (apnews.com)
The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group....
Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (www.cnn.com)
US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads (www.theguardian.com)
Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad...
Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions (arstechnica.com)
Adobe has promised to update its terms of service to make it “abundantly clear” that the company will “never” train generative AI on creators’ content after days of customer backlash, with some saying they would cancel Adobe subscriptions over its vague terms....
Virginia NAACP files suit against school board that restored names of Confederate leaders (www.nbcnews.com)
The state chapter of the influential civil rights organization argues that restoring the names of the pro-slavery military figures created “an unlawful and discriminatory educational environment for Black students.”...
Scientists propose converting natural gas into hydrogen directly in gas fields (techxplore.com)
Judge calls DeSantis ban on transgender care unconstitutional (www.washingtonpost.com)
A federal judge blocked most of a law championed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® that strictly limited transgender health care for adults and banned it completely for children....
Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value (www.pcgamer.com)
OpenAI's ChatGPT not working for hours as millions forced to use brain in 'major outage' server status (www.msn.com)
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UN Human Rights Office Says IDF's Deadly Nuseirat Raid May Amount to War Crime (www.commondreams.org)
AMD has preemptively dropped support for Windows 10 on its new Ryzen AI 300 Series chips (www.tomshardware.com)
In another attempt to convince us that “AI PCs” are somehow fundamentally different from the PCs we’re already using, AMD has officially dropped support for Windows 10 from its new AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series platform. This can be observed by glancing at the official AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs page, which now only lists...
Russia Bans Nonexistent 'Anti-Russian Separatist Movement' (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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Chemical Makers Sue Over Rule to Rid Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’ (www.nytimes.com)
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Shop on the Temu app? Why class-action lawsuits in Canada and the U.S. have been proposed over privacy (globalnews.ca)
Temu, a popular marketplace where consumers can buy direct from factories overseas at cheap prices, is drawing concerns from lawyers and privacy experts in North America who allege the shopping app can be “invasive” for unwitting users....
Hanoi in High Gear: Vietnam’s Spratly Expansion Accelerates (amti.csis.org)
Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war (www.cnn.com)
The military leader of Hamas has said he believes he has gained the upper hand over Israel and that the spiralling civilian death toll in Gaza would work in the militant group’s favor, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing leaked messages the newspaper said it had seen....
