Hugo Carvajal: Spain extradites Venezuela's ex-spy chief to US (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fast grocery firms doomed by French dark store ban (www.bbc.co.uk)
Muslim legislator attacked outside Eid-al Adha prayer in Connecticut says incident should be looked into as a hate crime (www.nbcnews.com)
Russia's Prigozhin: no more fighting in Ukraine but prepare for Africa - video (www.reuters.com)
Heatwave-linked pollution sees Spanish city urge less car use (www.reuters.com)
Kevin Spacey accusers came forward to tell the truth, prosecutors tell London trial (www.reuters.com)
French MEPs score a win as Parliament agrees to rent €2M-a-year Strasbourg offices (www.politico.eu)
EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in twenty years - International Energy Agency (www.euronews.com)
Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai reformist leader who won election will not be PM (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel condemns EU envoy's Gaza paragliding flight (www.bbc.co.uk)
Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia (www.reuters.com)
Afghanistan: Women protest against beauty salon closures (www.bbc.co.uk)
UK apologizes to veterans for LGBT ban as damning review published (www.politico.eu)
Europe battles heatwave and fires, record temperatures scorch China (www.reuters.com)
South Africa says Putin agreed not to attend BRICS summit (www.reuters.com)
Migrant girl death in US custody was 'preventable' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Brazil’s Lula upbeat on EU-Mercosur deal, calls for peace in Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine's farmers fear the worst after grain deal collapses (www.reuters.com)
I lost my job to ChatGPT and was made obsolete. I was out of work for 3 months before taking a new job passing out samples at grocery stores. (www.businessinsider.com)
Guardsman Jack Teixeira Cites Trump’s Treatment in Seeking Release in Leak Case - Lawyers say former president’s freedom undermines arguments for their client’s detention (web.archive.org)
Three finalists picked for job of Chicago police superintendent (www.wbez.org)
Does The Kentucky Attorney General Go To Work? An Investigation. (www.huffpost.com)
An open records request shows Daniel Cameron hasn’t used his key fob to get into the state Capitol for the last three years. His office won’t say why.
Unhoused Coloradans turn to methamphetamine as a form of protection (coloradosun.com)
In Colorado Springs, meth accounts for the majority of drug overdose deaths. Many of the deceased were living outside, using the drug to stay awake.