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G20 financial summit can't agree on Russia/Ukraine war or how to help vulnerable countries with debts (en.mercopress.com)

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Elon Musk says Twitter’s ad revenue is down 50% and cash flow is negative (www.cnn.com)

Greenland melted recently, says study that raises future sea level threat (www.rfi.fr)

Washington (AFP) – A mile-thick ice sheet in Greenland vanished around 416,000 years ago during a period of moderate natural warming, driving global sea rise to levels that would spell catastrophe for coastal regions today, a study said Thursday. In a dark room, scientists took interior strips of the ice core and exposed them...

Philippines' Marcos won't aid ICC in 'war on drugs' probe (www.dw.com)

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of the Philippines said on Friday that his government would not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the deadly “war on drugs” carried out by his predecessor....

‘Once in a lifetime’ fossil reveals a dinosaur and mammal locked in mortal combat (lemmy.world)

“The mammal preserved here is among the biggest mammals of the time, and you’re talking about an animal the size of a house cat. They didn’t get any bigger than that. And there was very little overlap in size between mammals, which were, you know, orders of magnitude smaller, and dinosaurs, which were an order of magnitude...

Lithuanian border towns grapple with threat of Russia-Ukraine war (www.aljazeera.com)

In the Lithuanian border town of Barvoniskes, a small group of elderly residents gather at a local church for the Sunday service....

Vattenfall to stop development of its British Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project due to rising costs (www.reuters.com)

Will economic recovery lift China’s yuan out of jungle after Fed effect fades? (www.scmp.com)

China still has the tools to stabilise market expectations for the yuan’s exchange rate, while external conditions will also marginally improve as the United States is expected to conclude its run of interest rate increases, the foreign exchange regulator said on Friday....

EU pharma reforms will hurt patients and hinder research (www.politico.eu)

UK budget deficit falls in June but experts say tax cuts are unlikely (www.theguardian.com)

The UK’s spending deficit fell unexpectedly last month, helped by higher income tax revenues on the back of a flurry of wage rises earlier in the year and a jump in VAT receipts....

U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation (archive.is)

Latin America eyes leverage on lithium as EU scrambles for resources (www.politico.eu)

Chinese cities brace for floods as heat scorches inland regions (www.reuters.com)

Google is exploring using AI tools to write news articles (www.reuters.com)

Egypt's Health Ministry has sent a medical convoy to conduct tests and provide treatment after 67 people were infected by an unknown virus in a village in the south of the country. (www.msn.com)

The infections have caused mild to moderate symptoms in most cases, including high fever, bone pain and fatigue lasting three to five days in all cases, the health ministry said on Monday. Vomiting and nausea have also been reported in some cases....

Climate change is a hoax /s (lemmy.ml)

[In Helsinki, Finland] Thousands march in antiracist protest against government, call for [far-right minister] Riikka Purra resignation (yle.fi)

“I would say this was one of the most important days of my life living in Finland,” Eugene Ufoka told the crowd of thousands from the steps of Parliament building in Helsinki on Wednesday evening....

Mother in Osaka arrested for starving daughter and claiming insurance money (www.japantimes.co.jp)

Top US economist quits EU job after Macron speaks out (www.politico.eu)

Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can’t be trusted to guarantee AI safety (wtop.com)

Catholic abbot told to cover cross at Western Wall - The abbot was told that the cross worn at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City was "really big and inappropriate for this place." (www.jpost.com)

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