Canada expresses concern about human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, groups urge U.N. human rights chief to take more action over "documented abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims" (www.reuters.com)
Canada’s ambassador to Beijing visited the region of Xinjiang last week and expressed concerns about human rights violations directly to local leaders, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday....
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts (www.cfr.org)
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance....
Woman 'tried to drown three-year-old girl' in alleged racist attack in Texas (news.sky.com)
The attempted murderer took issue with the fact that the girl and the rest of her family were Palestinians and speaking in a different language.
A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store, police say (apnews.com)
Police said a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover....
Construction workers are dying from suicide at an alarming rate, with an estimated 6,000 construction workers dying as a result of suicide in 2022 (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli soldiers who drove with wounded Palestinian tied to their vehicle 'violated orders', military says (www.abc.net.au)
‘We’ve all broken the Ten Commandments’: The evangelicals still backing Trump (www.independent.co.uk)
‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight (www.theguardian.com)
After fleeing Hitler, brilliant Jewish economist Karl Polanyi was never welcomed by the British. Now, for the first time in 80 years, his masterwork The Great Transformation has been be published in the UK
Biden campaign lays out debate week strategy in new memo (www.nbcnews.com)
The New York Times: Woman Tried to Drown 3-Year-Old Girl After Making Racist Comments, Police Say (www.nytimes.com)
At a news conference on Saturday, Mr. Carroll said that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was referring to the mother as Mrs. H, because she did not want to be publicly identified....
Someone apparently hacked 50 Cent’s accounts to peddle a memecoin and made off with millions (www.engadget.com)
A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees (www.cnn.com)
A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico.
Synagogue in Russia’s Dagestan on fire as gun attack leaves at least one police officer dead | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The synagogue is now on fire with large flames and plumes of smoke billowing heavily out of a series of windows on at least one floor of the structure....
DeSantis vetoes all arts grants in Florida (www.nytimes.com)
Gov. Ron DeSantis gave no explanation for zeroing out the $32 million in grants that were approved by state lawmakers....
Illinois may soon return land the US stole from a Prairie Band Potawatomi chief 175 years ago (apnews.com)
Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may soon return it to the tribe....
New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves (www.theguardian.com)
Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement...
5 men convicted for Jetflicks, illegal streamer with more content than Netflix, Hulu and Amazon combined (www.nbcnews.com)
The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said....
Cheap and Lethal: The Pentagon’s Plan for the Next Drone War (theintercept.com)
Virginia exonerates man who spent 45 years in prison for death of 3-year-old (www.nytimes.com)
On Tuesday, a Virginia appeals court fully absolved Marvin Grimm Jr. of the 1975 crime, saying that new evidence had dismantled the state’s original case against him....
Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear (www.theguardian.com)
The former president used his first rally in the city of brotherly love to tie violent crime with illegal immigration, despite the evidence against this...
US family sues Nasa for $80,000 in damages after space debris hits home (www.theguardian.com)
A family in Naples, Florida, whose home was struck by debris that fell to Earth from outer space and punched a hole in the roof is pursuing $80,000 from Nasa in compensation for damages....
The Killing of Hind Rajab (forensic-architecture.org)
On 29 January 2024, a six-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza City, Hind Rajab, pleaded over the phone for emergency workers to rescue her from a bullet-ridden car. Her body was found two weeks later, alongside the bodies of six of her family members. FA was asked by Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines to investigate the circumstances of...
Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug (theintercept.com)
A CONNECTICUT CHEMICALS manufacturer that was identified as having sold a lethal drug to the Trump administration for use in its execution spree has said that it will no longer produce the substance, according to a letter obtained by The Intercept....
FBI offers reward for information about deadly southern New Mexico wildfires (apnews.com)
Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week....