WHO says soda sweetener aspartame may cause cancer, but it's safe within limits (www.cnbc.com)
Indian authorities arrests 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290 (apnews.com)
Putin’s media machine turns on ‘traitor’ Prigozhin (www.politico.eu)
Mosquitoes could be spreading a flesh-eating bacteria that affects humans (www.euronews.com)
Germany faces €31 billion budget cut, triggering coalition infighting (www.politico.eu)
Romania demands Germany ‘permanently’ send over troops (www.politico.eu)
French rail operator SNCF fined after train killed cat hiding on tracks (www.theguardian.com)
Passengers Georgia and her 15-year-old daughter Melaina said their pet escaped from its travel bag and disappeared under a high-speed train as it prepared to leave Paris for Bordeaux, in south-western France, with 800 passengers onboard....
Putin Lauds PM Modi in Front of Xi Jinping, Shehbaz Sharif; Russia Backs India's Proposals at SCO (www.hindustantimes.com)
During the SCO Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin commended PM Narendra Modi for his leadership and organization of the virtual event. D
Insight: Biden's green hydrogen plan hits climate obstacle: Water shortage (www.reuters.com)
Office tasked with investigating the Russian invasion of Ukraine opens in The Hague (www.euronews.com)
Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad choices, study finds (phys.org)
Poland to send counterterrorism police to Belarus border (www.politico.eu)
Russia targets Kyiv with overnight drone strike, first in nearly two weeks (www.politico.eu)
The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric (www.usatoday.com)
Crypto offers Africans a ‘lifeline’ from inflation and corruption, say execs (web.archive.org)
Chris Maurice, founder and CEO of Yellow Card, Africa’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, says crypto in Africa “is growing at the speed of light” because it allows many Africans to escape from the traditional financial system’s failures and transact more freely.
Italy to bar soccer players from wearing No. 88, which has coded meaning (m.jpost.com)
US Supreme Court strikes down student loan forgiveness plan (www.bbc.com)
Alan’s Arking (Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, Edward Scissorhands) dead at 89 (www.bbc.com)
Gov. Laura Kelly Issued a Directive Allowing Kansans To Continue Changing Gender On Documents Despite Repressive Law. (www.kmuw.org)
Gov. Laura Kelly issued a directive that allows agencies under her control to defy a legal opinion issued earlier this week by Republican state Attorney General Kris Kobach, telling them to follow their lawyers’ narrower view of the law. Kobach has told reporters that if Kelly's administration did not follow his opinion, he...
LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes (theintercept.com)
The legal research and public records data broker LexisNexis is providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with tools to target people who may potentially commit a crime – before any actual crime takes place, according to a contract document obtained by The Intercept. LexisNexis then allows ICE to track the purported...
Donald Trump Just Got Dumped by His Lawyer Again (www.thedailybeast.com)
TRUMP UNDER ARREST (edition.cnn.com)
[LIVE THREAD] Donald Trump's arraignment in Miami; his supporters expected to protest outside of courthouse (lemmy.world)
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Trump Supporters’ Violent Rhetoric in His Defense Disturbs Experts (www.nytimes.com)
What the ****?
Russian commander claimed the Wagner mercenaries had kidnapped and tortured his soldiers during battle for Bakhmut (www.theguardian.com)
In a video posted online, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, who called himself the “already former commander”, also accused Wagner soldiers of stealing arms, forcing mobilised soldiers to sign contracts with Wagner, and attempting to extort weapons from the Russian defence ministry in exchange for releasing kidnapped (Russian)...
