Brazil’s Lula voices support for more countries joining BRICS group [APNews - By CARLA BRIDI - August 2, 2023] (apnews.com)
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Trump charged by Justice Department for efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss (apnews.com)
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission (apnews.com)
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 active duty troops from the U.S.-Mexico border it deployed earlier this year as the government prepared for the end of asylum restrictions linked to the pandemic.
Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ (apnews.com)
A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records.
Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine (apnews.com)
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes (apnews.com)
Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusion on...
The Crimean Peninsula is both a playground and a battleground, coveted by Ukraine and Russia (apnews.com)
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Its balmy beaches have been vacation spots for Russian czars and Soviet general secretaries. It has hosted history-shaking meetings of world leaders and boasts a strategic naval base. And it has been the site of ethnic persecutions, forced deportations and political repression....
Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors (apnews.com)
Analysis: Buildup of American forces in Persian Gulf a new signal of worsening US-Iran conflict (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of Marines backed by advanced U.S. fighter jets and warships are slowly building up a presence in the Persian Gulf. It’s a sign that while America’s wars in the region may be finished, its conflict with Iran over its advancing nuclear program continues to worsen, with no...
Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US’s first public religious school (apnews.com)
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased (apnews.com)
Twitter is threatening legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that researches hate speech and content moderation on social media platforms....
Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets (apnews.com)
A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy (apnews.com)
Home sales are 30-40% below last year’s depressed level after the economy barely grew in the latest quarter, according to the owner, who would give only his surname, Cai. He has cut staff by 80% to 40 employees. Their income from sales commissions has fallen as much as 90%....
Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell faces sentencing in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival (apnews.com)
July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California (apnews.com)
Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.
Locals vow to keep fighting to save a forest in southwest Turkey after the chainsaws finish work (apnews.com)
The protest at Akbelen is the latest stand-off in Turkey between environmentalists and developers uprooting green areas for mines, quarries and other projects....
Suicide bomber at political rally in northwest Pakistan kills at least 44 people, wounds nearly 200 (apnews.com)
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack that a senior leader said was meant to weaken Pakistani Islamists.
A drought alert for receding Lake Titicaca has Indigenous communities worried for their future (apnews.com)
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China says US military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island (apnews.com)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China accused the United States of turning Taiwan into an “ammunition depot” after the White House announced a $345 million military aid package for Taipei, and the self-ruled island said Sunday it tracked six Chinese navy ships in waters off its shores....
Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems (apnews.com)
Montana train derailment renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems::The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana.
Official tells AP that Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in August (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia’s war on the country, an official said Saturday night. The kingdom and Kyiv did not immediately acknowledge the planned talks....
African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine (apnews.com)
African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there.
Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS (apnews.com)
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food...
Judge orders release of 3 of 'Newburgh Four' and assails FBI's role in a post-9/11 terror sting (apnews.com)
Official tells AP that Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in August (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia’s war on the country, an official said Saturday night. The kingdom and Kyiv did not immediately acknowledge the planned talks....