New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first (www.standard.co.uk)
United said it needs to hire 7,000 aircraft mechanics as a looming shortage threatens to disrupt the industry (www.businessinsider.com)
Nearly half of US honeybee colonies died last year. Struggling beekeepers stabilize population (apnews.com)
Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance (www.pbs.org)
Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.
British woman claims Etihad Airways employee sent her unsolicited private messages after searching her data in the airline's system (nitter.net)
“Terrifying experience travelling alone”, she tweets.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In 'Good Faith' In Ukraine Invasion (news.yahoo.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” amid the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, adding the U.S., in fact, bore heavy responsibility for the ongoing war.
[Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail (www.texastribune.org)
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.
"Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t," a political scientist says (web.archive.org)
“The emperor only values his throne and will do anything to protect it, while all others are mere resources to be exploited,” writes Aleksandar Đokić, a Serbian political scientist and former lecturer at RUDN University in Moscow. “In other words, the Russian empire is knowingly throwing its own people, people of its own...
Donald Trump Just Got Dumped by His Lawyer Again (www.thedailybeast.com)
She thought she was unshockable, then two castrated Ukrainian soldiers arrived (www.thetimes.co.uk)
For a month the two men could not tell their psychologist what had happened to them, only that it was horrible beyond words. “If there’s hell somewhere, it’s worse than that,” said one....
Shell plans to increase fossil fuel production despite its net-zero pledge (www.npr.org)
Author Cormac McCarthy Dead at 89 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Garth Brooks Says His New Nashville Bar Will Be Safe for Trans People, Serve Bud Light (jezebel.com)
Opinion | If the Supreme Court Abolishes Affirmative Action, Here’s What Women Need to Do | The New York Times (archive.today)
Archive Link from archive.today...
Chinese censors to restrict use of AirDrop and Bluetooth, activists fear it will further hinder their ability to mobilise people and share information (web.archive.org)
Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some...
Donald Trump says he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents (apnews.com)
Big things are happening apparently!
Arizona announces limits on construction in Phoenix area as groundwater disappears (www.cnn.com)
UK: defence secretary Ben Wallace accused of concealing Russian ‘act of war’ against Royal Air Force plane (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/647097...
5 ex-Memphis cops involved in Tyre Nichols' death charged with second-degree murder (www.axios.com)
"Life-threatening" cold, bomb cyclone blizzard to sweep U.S. this week (www.axios.com)
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud (www.npr.org)
Good riddance
Hyundai subsidiary has used child labor at Alabama factory (www.reuters.com)
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar military committing war crimes at ‘alarming’ rate, UN warns (www.aljazeera.com)
Crimes against humanity and war crimes by Myanmar’s military have escalated at an “alarming” rate, United Nations investigators have warned....
Russia-Ukraine war: surge in civilian deaths in Ukraine as July marking the highest number of civilian casualties reported since October 2022, UN says (ukraine.un.org)
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