The South Korean POWs left to plot escape from the North (www.bbc.co.uk)
First lady Jill Biden celebrates US' re-entry into UNESCO in Paris (www.euronews.com)
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 (www.irishtimes.com)
EU probes border agency's rescue role after migrant shipwreck killed hundreds (www.reuters.com)
Australia awards South Korea's Hanwha $4.7 bln defence contract (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: UK probes Novo's Ozempic, weight-loss drug Saxenda over suicidal, self-harming thoughts (www.reuters.com)
Semiconductors: Can India become a global chip powerhouse? (www.bbc.co.uk)
UNESCO calls for schools around the world to ban smartphones in the classroom (www.euronews.com)
Russian court jails cyber security executive for 14 years in treason case (www.reuters.com)
Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once more (www.reuters.com)
FOMC Raises Fed Target rate to 5.25% to 5.5% in July 2023 meeting. (www.federalreserve.gov)
Powell speaks in 30 minutes....
Elon Musk just changed Twitter’s logo again — sort of (www.theverge.com)
First room temperature and pressure superconductor discovered (lemmy.world)
Research paper: arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008...
US citizens will need to pay for a visa to travel to Europe starting in 2024 (nypost.com)
‘Hands-off, eyes on’: Ford deploys 'hands-free' driving in cars on UK motorways (www.euronews.com)
Colorado Cop Who Left Handcuffed Woman on Train Tracks Says It was an Accident (www.theroot.com)
The officer claims she didn't realize a whole train was coming when she left a woman handcuffed in a parked police car.
Netherlands struggles with 'perfect storm' of housing & migration crisis (www.euronews.com)
Cambodia's Hun Sen to resign and appoint son as PM (www.bbc.com)
New Chinese foreign minister Wang talks Ukraine in Turkey on first trip (www.reuters.com)
UK candidate Jim Skea elected as new leader of UN climate science body (www.politico.eu)
Vatican prosecutor seeks seven-year sentence for cardinal (www.reuters.com)
People Potentially Harmed in UFO Cover-Ups (www.newsnationnow.com)
Florida’s Environmental Failure Is a Warning Sign for the U.S. (time.com)
How DeSantis's environmental policies crippled Florida in the climate change era, and what the rest of the country should learn from the mistakes.