Hamburg airport hostage standoff ends with child freed, suspect arrested (www.aljazeera.com)
The 18-hour drama started after a man drove his car through the airport gate with his four-year-old daughter inside.
Opium cultivation declines by 95 per cent in Afghanistan: UN survey (news.un.org)
According to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2023, released by the agency on Sunday, the supply of opium declined by an estimated 95 per cent, falling from 6,200 tons in 2022 to 333 tons in 2023, corresponding to a fall in the area under cultivation, from 233,000 hectares to just 10,800 hectares over the same period.
Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Market Worth USD 32.1 Billion by 2032 with 6% CAGR: Reports and Data
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It was nice knowing your Brisbane. The Brisbane Olympics 2032 will be the biggest disaster for Brisbane since the Whiskey to Go Go. (kbin.social)
shine on brisbane...
The US is quietly arming Taiwan to the teeth (www.bbc.com)
Consumers are paying more than ever for streaming TV each month and analysts say there’s no reason for the companies to stop raising prices (finance.yahoo.com)
After years of inflation, Americans are used to sticker shock. But nothing compares to the surging price of streaming video....
White House under growing pressure as Democrats demand Gaza ceasefire (scrippsnews.com)
House Republicans Introduce Bill to Expel Palestinians From the Country (newrepublic.com)
Republicans have a racist new idea amid the war on Gaza.
Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no?’ (thehill.com)
Trump and His Lawyers Dare NY Judge to Throw Him in Jail (www.rollingstone.com)
Blast at Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza kills dozens | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Dozens were killed and many more injured in a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip late Saturday night, according to an official at a nearby hospital and eyewitnesses who spoke with CNN.
With return of three pandas to China, U.S. could soon have none (www.nbcnews.com)
The National Zoo’s beloved bears are set to leave this month, while the loan agreement for the country’s only other pandas, at Zoo Atlanta, is expiring next year....
Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage (apnews.com)
A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer....
Actors’ Union Says It Receives ‘Last, Best and Final’ Offer From Studios (www.nytimes.com)
What the fuck are the studios gonna do, make movies and shows without actors?...
With the world on fire, a cowardly, timid news media is a threat to U.S. democracy (www.inquirer.com)
News organizations are using cowardly words to describe killing abroad, fascism at home — downplaying the danger to democracy....
Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’ (www.theguardian.com)
Home secretary criticised for tweets vowing to restrict use of tents by homeless people, ‘many of them from abroad’
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other's Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video (www.rollingstone.com)
It’s like watching a clown show. Maybe he should watch more porn and grow up.
Off-duty US Park Police officer unintentionally shot fellow officer in Virginia, police say (apnews.com)
Fairfax County detectives determined that the officer pulled the trigger on a gun he believed was unloaded early Sunday, striking Jesse Brown Hernandez inside an apartment in McLean, Virginia, according to a police statement....
More fruit pouches for kids are being recalled because of illnesses that are linked to lead (apnews.com)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday it has received reports of seven illnesses in at least five states possibly linked to contaminated puree....
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Ex-Utah county clerk accused of shredding, mishandling 2020 and 2022 ballots (abcnews.go.com)
Utah prosecutors have charged a former county clerk with three felonies and other counts for allegedly shredding and otherwise mishandling ballots from the 2020 and 2022 elections....
Dozens of health organizations pledge ‘full support’ for federal ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars (www.cnn.com)
Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all...
Some houses are being built to stand up to hurricanes and sharply cut emissions, too (apnews.com)
When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson’s home in the tiny coastal community of Mexico Beach, Florida, even though the house rests on pillars 14 feet above the ground. But Paulson’s home, with a rounded shape that looks something...
Tupac Shakur has an Oakland street named for him 27 years after his death (apnews.com)
A stretch of street in Oakland, California, was renamed Friday for Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary....
Investigation underway into Sunshine Coast polystyrene spill at start of turtle nesting season (www.abc.net.au)
An investigation is underway after thousands of polystyrene balls washed up on Sunshine Coast beaches just days into turtle nesting season....
