[news] American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say (www.theguardian.com)
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[news] Aid agency insiders claim BBC ‘blocking’ Gaza humanitarian appeal (www.theguardian.com)
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[news] Israeli podcasters are laughing about genocide. What would it take to stop? (www.theguardian.com)
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[news] West Bank residents tell of teargas then shots before US woman’s death (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Sustainable’ logging operations are clear-cutting Canada’s climate-fighting forests (www.reuters.com)
With its vast expanses of forest, Canada has the most “certified” sustainable timber operations of any nation, according to the nonprofit organizations that attest to the environmental soundness of logging practices....
‘Worrying lack of moderation’: how eating disorder posts proliferate on X (www.theguardian.com)
Users say harmful content from accounts they do not follow appears even after requests to block it...
White House warns Iran on missile transfers to Russia. (www.voanews.com)
Pakistani man faces 20 years in New York Jewish center plot. (www.voanews.com)
Trump rebrands his ramblings as ‘I do the weave’ – but is he just losing it? (www.theguardian.com)
For those baffled by Donald Trump’s forays into meandering discourses about electrocution, bacons sales or cannibal killers at his recent political rallies, the former US president had an explanation....
US ‘hero voters’ key to Harris win, say top ex-aides who plotted Labour UK victory (www.theguardian.com)
Keir Starmer’s former pollster, Deborah Mattinson, is to meet Kamala Harris’s campaign team in Washington this week to share details of how Labour pulled off its stunning election win by targeting key groups of “squeezed working-class voters who wanted change”....
[news] Israel-Bound Weapons Transported Over Ireland (www.dropsitenews.com)
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Israel Just Killed Another American in the West Bank. Will the U.S. Ever Respond? (theintercept.com)
US confirms first case of bird flu with no known animal exposure (www.bbc.com)
US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure....
[news] American Killed at West Bank Protest Was a Campus Organizer [gift article - expires in 30 days] (www.nytimes.com)
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Judge rules Missouri ballot measure to protect abortion rights is invalid (www.theguardian.com)
Ruling, which may be reviewed by appellate court, could strike reproductive rights measure off November ballot...
Michigan newlyweds arrested after groom allegedly runs over and kills groomsman hours after wedding (www.nbcnews.com)
Police said an argument between groom James Shirah and groomsman Terry Lewis Taylor Jr. after the wedding allegedly led Shirah to hit Taylor Jr. with an SUV at high speed....
As Harris Rejects Fracking Ban, Will Anyone Listen to What Pennsylvanians Want? (truthout.org)
A 2020 CBS/YouGov survey found that a slight majority of Pennsylvanians actually oppose fracking, with 52 percent of voters opposed and 48 percent in favor. Another 2020 poll, this one by Franklin & Marshall College, reported that 48 percent of registered Pennsylvania voters supported a ban on fracking, while only 39 percent...
Cop Who Shot Sonya Massey Lied to Make a Drug Arrest. It Didn't Hurt His Career (theintercept.com)
KYLE ADKINS WAS leaving his parents’ house in Kincaid, a small village in central Illinois’ Christian County, to pick up his young children from their mother’s house just a few blocks away on the night of May 8, 2021....
Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media | Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers (www.nytimes.com)
Iran transfers ballistic missiles to Russia, sources say (www.cnn.com)
Massive oil, gas reserves found in Pakistani waters: Report (www.thehindu.com)
Wisconsin health officials recall eggs after a multistate salmonella outbreak (apnews.com)
Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm....
Harris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways (apnews.com)
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently....
Both of Sudan's warring sides guilty of atrocities, finds UN mission (www.middleeasteye.net)
Both sides in Sudan’s war have committed a range of human rights violations and crimes that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, a United Nations fact-finding mission has said. That include indiscriminate air strikes and shelling of schools, hospitals, communication networks and water and electricity supplies....
Ukraine says Russia launched massive attack with 67 drones (www.aljazeera.com)
The Ukrainian Air Force said it repelled a massive air attack by Russia across the country, shooting down 58 of 67 long-range drones that were launched overnight....
