High-ranking corrupt officials in China earn eight to fourteen times their regular salary by profiting from corruption, study based on official data says (www.zew.de)
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Indonesia and US seal $35 million coral reef debt swap (www.msn.com)
The U.S. has agreed to forgive $35 million of Indonesian debt over the next nine years, the U.S. Treasury said on Monday, in return for the Southeast Asian country restoring and preserving coral reefs in what experts estimate is the world’s most biodiverse patch of ocean.
After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrike (news.un.org)
“Another day. Another month. Another school hit,” said Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, the largest aid agency in Gaza, in a social media post after a school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, was “hit by the Israeli Forces” on Saturday. It was home to nearly 2,000 people forcibly displaced by the hostilities, the UNRWA...
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500 (www.propublica.org)
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
The six sources — all except one of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity — recounted how Israeli soldiers routinely executed Palestinian civilians simply because they entered an area that the military defined as a “no-go zone.” The testimonies paint a picture of a landscape littered with civilian corpses, which are...
Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn (arstechnica.com)
Denise Finger, wife of the deceased, wrote to the Linux Wireless list on Friday evening:...
The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits (www.reuters.com)
After being rebuffed twice by federal courts, the $350 billion healthcare giant is attempting again to end the litigation in a so-called “Texas two-step” bankruptcy. The maneuver involves offloading its talc liability onto a newly created subsidiary, which then declares Chapter 11. The goal is to use the proceeding to force...
US to expand security review of land purchases near military installations, Treasury says (www.reuters.com)
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House Freedom Caucus drops two members in one night (www.axios.com)
A spokesperson for the Freedom Caucus declined to comment on the vote, telling Axios: “HFC does not comment on membership or internal proceedings.”...
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site (www.theguardian.com)
Hurricane Beryl tracker: Death toll rises to 6 in Texas, over 2 million without power (abcnews.go.com)
'I had to downgrade my life' - US workers in debt to buy groceries (www.bbc.com)
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Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)
Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden could make a decision within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection, said Hawaii’s governor who participated in a recent meeting with Biden and other Democratic governors and whose family has known the president for years....
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Prison forces trans woman into solitary confinement at a men's facility (www.lgbtqnation.com)
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis? (www.bbc.com)
The high court’s ruling is already having a ripple effect on cities across the country, which have been emboldened to take harsher measures to clear out homeless camps that have grown in the aftermath of the pandemic....
The US president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did. (arstechnica.com)
Pope Francis Decries Populism and Says There’s a ‘Cancer’ Ailing Democracy (www.thedailybeast.com)
Schiff says Biden has to ‘win overwhelmingly’ or pass the torch, adds VP Harris could win against Trump (www.nbcnews.com)
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry families (www.usatoday.com)
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Wildlife Protections Take a Back Seat to SpaceX’s Ambitions (www.nytimes.com)
Tesla investors to urge judge to reject record $7 bln legal fee in Musk pay case (www.reuters.com)
Tesla shareholders will appear in court on Monday to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the company is “outlandish,” the latest twist in a legal showdown over Musk’s $56 billion pay package....
