Texas woman known as the 'Sassy Trucker' leaves Dubai after monthslong legal dispute, advocate says (apnews.com)
Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
A firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the prime minister opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea....
China's judiciary, conviction rate in 2022 reaches 99.975% while criminal justice data culled from official reports and database (safeguarddefenders.com)
Some 1,430,000 criminal verdicts at court of first instance were issued in 2022. Of those, 354 were not guilty judgments, the NGO Safeguard Defenders says.
An American soldier is detained by North Korea after crossing its heavily armed border (apnews.com)
Trump says special counsel told him he’s a target in Jan. 6 probe (archive.is)
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Thousands of Ukrainians in the UK face homelessness after warm welcome (theworld.org)
Venezuela says it will not accept European observation during 2024 presidential elections (english.elpais.com)
The stance comes after the European Parliament condemned the ban on María Corina Machado, a frontrunner in the polls, from public office
Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn (apnews.com)
The U.S. Funds Shadow Police Units All Over the World (archive.is)
Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/317922...
AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic (apnews.com)
Greg Abbott Axes Water For Texas Construction Workers Amid 3-Digit Temperatures (www.huffpost.com)
If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes (www.euronews.com)
Poland erects wall on Belarusian border to stop uncontrolled migration (www.euronews.com)
U.S. Security Communications Advisor John Kirby on Ukraine's incursion in Russia: "If it’s making Putin a little uncomfortable, he can just get the hell out of Ukraine and call it a day" (www.whitehouse.gov)
Asked to comment on Russian president Putin’s recent characterization of Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk region as “the West being at war with Russia,” Mr. Kirby said during a press meeting in the White House:...
China breaks with Latin America and BRICS allies over Venezuela election fraud: Beijing's unquestioning support of the Maduro government is out of step with its ambitions in Latin America (thediplomat.com)
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Israel confirms death of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif (www.politico.eu)
Deif was second in command of the militant group and described by Israelis the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attacks.
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hamas on Wednesday.
HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient (www.theguardian.com)
Lenacapavir , sold as Sunlenca by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, currently costs $42,250 for the first year. The company is being urged to make it available at a thousand times less than that price worldwide....
Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated (apnews.com)
Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel strikes fourth school in four days (www.france24.com)
Palestinian sources said at least 29 people were killed Tuesday in a strike on a school being used to shelter displaced people in Gaza, the fourth such incident in four days, with Hamas blaming Israel for the deaths....
"Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" (archive.is)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/103453...
Rio-bound Boeing 777 returns to Amsterdam over tech issue – DW – 06/23/2024 (www.dw.com)
An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff.
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program (abolitionmedia.noblogs.org)
