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Poland signs deal for Apache helicopters to boost national security (www.euronews.com)

Leeds: Man charged with stirring up racial hatred over riots (www.bbc.com)

A man from West Yorkshire has been charged with stirring up racial hatred on social media in connection with the recent violent disorder across the UK....

“Welcome to Hell”: B’Tselem’s report on Israel’s ‘torture camps’ [August 6, 2024 | Quds News Network | qudsnen.co] (qudsnen.co)

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A new report by Israeli human rights group, B’Tselem, has revealed that more than a dozen Israeli prison facilities were converted into a network of camps “dedicated to the abuse” of Palestinian detainees following October 7.

Oklahoma’s Oil Industry Touts a Voluntary Fund to Clean Up Oil Wells. Major Drillers Want Their Contributions Refunded. (www.propublica.org)

"Brain time of young Europeans is not a currency for social media": TikTok commits to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards programme from the EU to comply with the Digital Services Act (ec.europa.eu)

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Lack of eviction data obscures extent of the affordable housing crisis. (stateline.org)

Exclusive: Google Pixel 9 has a new weather app, here's what it looks like (www.androidauthority.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18334356...

Blindfolded, bound and beaten: Palestinians tell of Israeli jail abuse (www.bbc.co.uk)

New Musk lawsuit against OpenAI claims Altman ‘betrayed’ him • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Maybe they’ll take each other out.

Kamala Harris’s chances in November could hinge on a women’s voting surge (www.brookings.edu)

Project 2025: A Hellish Legal Vision For America ft. Liz Dye (yt.artemislena.eu)

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Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case (apnews.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York....

Serve Your Next Website With QuickBasic (hackaday.com)

New Majora's Mask ROM Hack 'Pumkin Tower' Could Be The Craziest Version Yet (retrododo.com)

Senior economic aide Sperling leaving White House to work on Harris campaign. (www.voanews.com)

Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18317331

Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms (www.bbc.com)

Fuelled by heat from ocean waters, hurricanes are sometimes known as nature’s steam engines. As they barrel over the oceans, they turn its heat into brutal kinetic energy that flattens islands and inundates coastal cities, taking months of urgent repair work to heal. Ocean temperatures are now breaking all records, and these...

‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year (www.theguardian.com)

Senior economics aide Gene Sperling is leaving the White House to work on the Harris campaign (apnews.com)

White House senior adviser Gene Sperling is leaving his administration position to work with Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign as the Democrats step up efforts to challenge Donald Trump on policy issues in November’s election....

Commodities giant Glencore is ordered to pay over $150M in wake of Congo mining bribery case (apnews.com)

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said Monday they have found Glencore’s international unit “criminally liable” and ordered the commodities giant to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending a probe of bribery in connection with Congo’s mining industry over a decade ago....

Malaysia summons Meta to Prime Minister's Office over removal of Anwar's posts on slain Hamas leader, demands apology (www.channelnewsasia.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/38858062