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Scientists enlist AI to interpret meaning of barks (www.bbc.com)

Argentina posts largest monthly primary surplus yet under Milei (www.reuters.com)

Kremlin Joy as Trump Sucks Up to New Russian ‘Tough Guys’ (www.thedailybeast.com)

Roger Stone Caught on Tape Discussing Trump’s Plan to Challenge 2024 Election (www.thedailybeast.com)

Russia and North Korea sign mutual defence pact (www.theguardian.com)

Washington Post publisher alleged to have advised Boris Johnson to ‘clean up’ phone during Partygate Covid scandal (www.theguardian.com)

CDK Global cyberattack shuts down most auto dealership systems nationwide (www.autonews.com)

White House cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu in protest over video (www.axios.com)

The White House canceled a high-level U.S.-Israel meeting on Iran that was scheduled for Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video on Tuesday claiming the U.S. was withholding military aid, two U.S. officials tell Axios.

Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links (www.reuters.com)

China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality Of Vast Network Of Illinois License Plate Readers (www.techdirt.com)

Manufacturing Obituaries': Media Falsely Reports Noam Chomsky's Death (www.commondreams.org)

“Shameful and sad that Valéria Chomsky had to deny news of Noam Chomsky’s death,” said one Brazilian academic who spoke to the renowned leftist’s wife.

Recalled lead-tainted applesauce pouches stayed on Dollar Tree shelves for weeks, FDA says (www.pbs.org)

Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than 500 children, leaving the products on some store shelves for two months, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.

Sex Workers Are Getting Scammed on Instagram. Meta Needs to Step In (www.rollingstone.com)

Iran signals a major boost in nuclear enrichment at key site (www.washingtonpost.com)

A major expansion underway inside Iran’s most heavily protected nuclear facility could soon triple the site’s production of enriched uranium and give Tehran new options for quickly assembling a nuclear arsenal if it chooses to, according to confidential documents and analysis by weapons experts....

2nd-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District, votes to ban cellphone and social media for students starting in 2025 (abcnews.go.com)

World First: California to welcome cannabis for sale and consumption at State Fair (www.theguardian.com)

‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age (www.theguardian.com)

Claire*, 42, was always told: “Follow your dreams and the money will follow.” So that’s what she did. At 24, she opened a retail store with a friend in downtown Ottawa, Canada. She’d managed to save enough from a part-time government job during university to start the business without taking out a loan....

Massachusetts’ 911 system is down statewide, Boston Fire says (www.cnn.com)

Wikipedia calls top Jewish civil rights org ‘unreliable’ on Israel-Palestine crisis (www.independent.co.uk)

Fisker files for bankruptcy protection, the second electric vehicle maker to do so in the past year (apnews.com)

Electric vehicle maker Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology....

UK millionaires are fleeing Britain in their thousands (lite.cnn.com)

A record number of millionaires could leave the United Kingdom this year as political turmoil and the potential for higher taxes under a future Labour government reduce the appeal of what was once among the top destinations for the rich....

New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case (apnews.com)

New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention....

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