White House says Rafah strike does not violate Biden’s warnings to Israel (wapo.st)
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The climate refugee crisis is here | Catastrophic flooding in southern Brazil has forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. Many say they won’t go back. (wapo.st)
Claudia Sheinbaum is likely to be Mexico’s next president. Who is she? (wapo.st)
Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)
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Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents (wapo.st)
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Whistleblower for Boeing contractor Spirit AeroSystems dies (wapo.st)
An assassination plot on American soil reveals a darker side of Modi’s India [gift article] (wapo.st)
Yet another dubious election deadline maneuver, in Florida (wapo.st)
Appeals court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery (wapo.st)
Secret service agent on Harris detail involved in altercation before flight (wapo.st)
Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds (wapo.st)
Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)
If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge (wapo.st)
U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons (wapo.st)
The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led...
U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons (wapo.st)
The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led...
AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them. (wapo.st)
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks (wapo.st)
Using AI to spot edible mushrooms could kill you | AI tools are good for some things, but don’t trust your health to apps that make frequent mistakes (wapo.st)
In particular, know how to identify the common and deadly species (eg: much of the genus Amanita) yourself, and get multiple trustworthy field guides for your part of the world.
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm | Vulnerable teens are blackmailed into degrading and violent acts by abusers who then boast about it (wapo.st)
Expelled congressman George Santos plans another House bid (wapo.st)
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power | AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up. (wapo.st)
In the Amazon, a new way to live off nature (wapo.st)
But now a smattering of solar panels across 12 villages in a couple of Ecuador’s deeply forested eastern provinces are making Canelos’s vision materialize. Every morning, before dawn, his people pass around a bowl of wayusa, a traditional drink made from a local plant that helps bring their dreams into focus. In them, they...
Capital One-Discover merger may face stiff antitrust review in Washington (wapo.st)
The plants used to make the world’s best mezcal are disappearing | Soaring demand is draining Mexico of its wild agave (wapo.st)
A Belgian port seized tons of cocaine. Criminals tried to take it back. (wapo.st)
Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States