The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany (www.businessinsider.com)
The US announced deployments of new long-range fires weapons to Germany will start in 2026....
The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143130
Why Won't the US Help Negotiate a Peaceful End to the War in Ukraine? (www.jeffsachs.org)
For the fifth time since 2008, Russia has proposed to negotiate with the U.S. over security arrangements, this time in proposals made by President Vladimir Putin on June 14, 2024. Four previous times, the U.S. rejected the offer of negotiations in favor of a neocon strategy to weaken or dismember Russia through war and covert...
French government resigns, ushering in indefinite transition period (www.politico.eu)
The Attal administration will now serve as a caretaker government until a new prime minister is appointed....
Palestinian president blames Hamas for continuing war in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
T-shirts of Donald Trump assassination attempt sold on Chinese e-commerce sites, listings swiftly taken down (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Chinese e-commerce retailers were quick to cash in on the assassination attempt on former United States president Donald Trump last Saturday (Jul 13), with T-shirts of the image of him waving his fist going on sale hours after the news broke....
Smith calls out progressives after Trump shooting (edmonton.citynews.ca)
New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea (apnews.com)
Deadly unrest over job quotas grips Bangladesh (www.bbc.com)
Israeli strike on central Gaza school reportedly kills 22 (www.bbc.com)
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say (www.theguardian.com)
Food aid is piling up inside Gaza. Here's why it's not reaching those in need (www.npr.org)
Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t coming | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye...
Currently thousands injured, 10+ death and all the university in Bangladesh is protesting - Dozens injured in Bangladesh clashes as students protest job quotas (www.aljazeera.com)
Heavy Downpours and Flooding Kill Dozens Across South Asia | Climate change has created more intense monsoon seasons in the region, displacing millions and gutting buildings, bridges and villages. (www.nytimes.com)
UN concern over disciplinary case against UK lawyer for ‘boys’ club’ remarks (www.theguardian.com)
In 2022, Proudman wrote on X she was troubled by Cohen referring in a judgment to the relationship between a woman and her part-time judge and barrister ex-husband as “tempestuous”, and his use of the word “reckless” to describe the alleged domestic violence....
Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told (insideclimatenews.org)
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
Survivors Describe Horror as Israel Massacres 90 Palestinians in “Safe Zone” (truthout.org)
Kenya: Police face pressure over mutilated bodies in Nairobi (www.dw.com)
Mutilated and dismembered bodies were found in plastic bags at a dump site in the Mukuru slums of southern Nairobi. Preliminary investigations revealed that all the bodies were female....
How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
An analysis of battlefield videos released by Hamas and interviews with three Hamas members and scores of Israeli soldiers...
China, Russia announce joint naval exercises (www.voanews.com)
China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.
George Town Festival organiser removes promotional videos amid inclusivity concerns, says sorry for Malay omission (www.malaymail.com)
cross-posted from: monyet.cc/post/5875366...
From basement to battlefield: Ukrainian startups create low-cost robots to fight Russia (apnews.com)
Struggling with manpower shortages, overwhelming odds and uneven international assistance, Ukraine hopes to find a strategic edge against Russia in an abandoned warehouse or a factory basement....
