China's Xi warns top EU officials not to engage in 'confrontation' (www.reuters.com)
Danish dockworkers join Swedish strike action against Tesla (www.reuters.com)
Canadian former intelligence chief found guilty of leaking state secrets (www.theguardian.com)
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Israel Is Threatening to Bomb Gaza’s Only Pediatric Cancer Unit --- [video, 33 min + transcript] (www.democracynow.org)
As the U.N. secretary-general repeats his call for an immediate ceasefire, the death toll in Gaza has topped 10,000, including 4,000 children. We speak to an American doctor who just left Gaza and the founder of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which runs the only pediatric cancer unit in Gaza....
UK interior minister plans to restrict use of tents by homeless (www.reuters.com)
Spain's report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands (apnews.com)
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt (theworld.org)
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities (www.telesurenglish.net)
The ban comes after Al Jazeera presented a well-documented report suggesting that Israel was responsible for the attack on Al-Ahli Hospital....
Microsoft Copilot Is Coming: Why It’s Both Exciting and a Bit Sad (www.technewsworld.com)
After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/22390...
Interview - ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech (www.theguardian.com)
U.S., Florida Gov. DeSantis says shorter lifespans should protect people from losing Social Security and Medicare protection (web.archive.org)
"I think it started before COVID and I think it’s continued even here afterwards. I think it’s more than, more than just COVID. I mean, I think that there’s deaths of despair. I think you have (drugs),” DeSantis said. Life expectancy in the U.S. has decreased to 76.4 years in 2023 from 77.28 in 2020, according to Centers...
Russia may annex Georgian breakaway regions -Medvedev (www.reuters.com)
Archive: archive.ph/lWCG9
Saudia Arabia, border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers, rights activists say (www.hrw.org)
In some instances, Saudi border guards asked migrants what limb to shoot, and then shot them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who were attempting to flee back to Yemen.
Most of the Texas border buoys, installed to deter migrants, are in Mexican territory, study shows (www.nbcnews.com)
Russia’s central bank to hold extraordinary meeting after rouble falls to 16-month low (www.theguardian.com)
Bank will discuss interest rate after high spending on war in Ukraine and drop in export revenues put further pressure on Russia’s economy.
How Hollywood appeases China, explained by the Barbie movie (www.vox.com)
Russian court hands jailed Alexey Navalny new 19-year prison sentence (www.aljazeera.com)
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to 19 more years in jail on extremism charges which he has dismissed as an attempt to silence him....
Trump Charges Should be a Warning to the USA and the UK (www.youtube.com)
I am not affiliated in any way shape or form to the channel linked. However, I also find the similarities of Trump and Johnson very stark in the way they behaved around inciting populism....
Putin rules out rejoining Black Sea grain deal, despite famine fears (www.politico.eu)
Hunter Biden guilty plea in doubt over immunity questions (www.washingtonpost.com)
Even if the legal turmoil that has surrounded Hunter Biden for years is wrapped up, the political battle will continue.
Germantown tap water unsafe to drink after diesel fuel leak, city officials say (www.actionnews5.com)
Severe thunderstorm on Tuesday caused a diesel leak that made its way into the city water supply.
Federal study finds nearly half of US tap water contains PFAS (kstp.com)
Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing (archive.is)
