Thousands flee homes as deadly Typhoon Doksuri soaks Beijing and a second storm approaches China (edition.cnn.com)
Drunk Delta Passenger Sexually Assaulted Mom and Teen Daughter on 9-Hour 'Nightmare' Flight: Lawsuit (people.com)
The man verbally and sexually harassed the plaintiffs, a mother and her 16-year-old daughter, on a nine-hour flight from JFK Airport to Athens, Greece last year, according to the Tuesday filing, which accuses the airline of gross negligence.
Ousmane Sonko: Senegalese opposition leader charged - again (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/902176...
China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Elderly couple found dead in Tokyo home, heatstroke suspected (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An elderly husband and wife were found dead in their Tokyo home Saturday, with police suspecting they may have died of heatstroke as
Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning (mainichi.jp)
DENVER (AP) -- As Denver neared triple-digit temperatures, Ben Gallegos sat shirtless on his porch swatting flies off his legs and spritzing himself w
Pope urges Russian 'brothers' to restore Black Sea grain deal (www.reuters.com)
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Family of Black mother fatally shot by neighbor urges DOJ to consider hate crime charges (abcnews.go.com)
The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother of four who was fatally shot by her white neighbor, is calling on the DOJ to review the case as a possible hate crime.
This land has been in her family since the Civil War. Now, she's fighting to keep it. (www.whatimreading.net)
“I wanted to leave a legacy for our family,” 93-year-old Josephine Wright said.
Residents Flood Library With New Copies of LGBTQ Books Stolen by Anti-Pride Protestors (themessenger.com)
People donated more than $15,000 to the library system, which will be matched by the city, providing $30,000 for LGBTQ programming
Denver plans to convert 194-unit, $26M hotel into city’s next homeless shelter (www.denver7.com)
The city would start leasing the complex through its Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on Sept. 1.
Jaipur-Mumbai train: India railway constable shoots four dead on train (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees, senior official says (www.reuters.com)
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Sudan conflict: Women tell BBC horror stories of rape (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Niger junta says France planning strikes to free Bazoum (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations (www.nytimes.com)
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during a Chinese move against Taiwan....
The fight over a bill targeting credit card fees pits payment companies against retailers (www.cnbc.com)
A bipartisan push in Washington to clamp down on credit card fees is pitting retailers like Walmart against network payment processors such as Visa.
Italy minister: joining China's Belt and Road was 'atrocious' decision (www.reuters.com)
Italy made an “improvised and atrocious” decision when it joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday.
After $700 Million U.S. Bailout, Trucking Firm Is Shutting Down (www.nytimes.com)
As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, who will pick the crops? (www.npr.org)
Ocean temperatures are unprecedented. Here's where they are highest. (www.washingtonpost.com)
A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization (www.nytimes.com)
This is an absolutely spectacular long form article from NYT that walks through small communities in mesopotamia, and how large political and economic changes have made them among the first to experience climate change as a life-threatening crisis. It also foreshadows water wars and how they could increasingly become a part of...
We Finally Know Why The TSA Is Cracking Down On CLEAR At Airport Security (viewfromthewing.com)
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At least 39 dead after blast rips through political gathering in Pakistan | CNN (www.cnn.com)
African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine (apnews.com)
African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there.
