US sues Amazon.com for breaking antitrust law and harming consumers (www.reuters.com)
Powerful earthquake kills 'at least' 296 in Morocco, govt says (www.reuters.com)
Republican feud over 'root canal' spending cuts raises US gov't shutdown risk (www.reuters.com)
Members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus are pushing to cut spending to a fiscal 2022 level of $1.47 trillion, $120 billion less than President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to in their May debt ceiling compromise....
Russia fines Reddit for first time over 'banned content,' RIA says (www.reuters.com)
Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court....
Spain's unemployment rate falls to 15-year low of 11.60% in Q2 (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/792025...
Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police order - TT (www.reuters.com)
Russia launches criminal probe into death of journalist in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
German LGBTQ+ activist warns over 'worrying' hate crime rise (www.reuters.com)
Iran says EU sanctions linked to Russia's war in Ukraine are 'politically motivated' (www.reuters.com)
No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border (www.reuters.com)
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say-sources (www.reuters.com)
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24380086
Squatters take London’s housing crisis into their own hands (www.reuters.com)
In the shopping streets and housing estates of the south London town of Croydon, some once-derelict buildings are slowly coming back to life....
Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs (www.reuters.com)
Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices, has been excluding female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant because they are married. Both companies’ codes of conduct state that workers shouldn’t be discriminated against on the basis of marital status....
Kremlin calls NATO chief's nuclear weapons remark an 'escalation of tension' (www.reuters.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/13270546
Exclusive: US House panel finds Wall St 'colluded' to curb emissions (www.reuters.com)
Mexico health ministry: bird flu patient died of chronic disease, not the virus (www.reuters.com)
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry (www.reuters.com)
Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan (www.reuters.com)
Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters....
UN says Gaza death toll still over 35,000 but not all bodies identified (www.reuters.com)
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, May 13 (Reuters) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-Hamas war is still more than 35,000, but the enclave’s Ministry of Health has updated its breakdown of the fatalities, the United Nations said on Monday after Israel questioned a sudden change in numbers....
Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters (www.reuters.com)
Canary Mission is one of the oldest and most prominent of several digital advocacy groups that have intensified campaigns to expose Israel's critics since the war broke out, often leading to harassment such as Sayed experienced. The people behind the site have kept their identities, location and funding sources hidden....
Exclusive: Biden to put tariffs on China medical supplies - sources (www.reuters.com)
Israel orders people in more areas of Gaza's Rafah to evacuate (www.reuters.com)
Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah....
