The most intense heat wave ever recorded on Earth happened in Antarctica last year, scientists say (www.insider.com)
Prime Minister Trudeau backs bill to ban export of live horses for Japanese horse-meat delicacy (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18 (www.nbcnews.com)
A group of caste equity leaders have been fasting for more than two weeks to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make caste discrimination illegal in California.
UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada (news.un.org)
Trial begins for Canada 'Freedom Convoy' organisers (www.bbc.com)
The trial for the leaders of the so-called Freedom Convoy protest that gridlocked Canada’s capital for weeks in 2022 began on Tuesday....
Australian MPs to travel to US to fight pursuit, extradition of Julian Assange (www.irishexaminer.com)
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)
BRICS summit: Leaders eye expansion, common currency (www.dw.com)
Xi calls for accelerating BRICS expansion...
London's clean-air zone expansion hit by camera vandalism (www.reuters.com)
Modi says India's economy will be among the top three in the world within five years (apnews.com)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s economy will be among the top three in the world within five years, as he marked 76 years of independence from British rule on Tuesday.
US tourists stay in Eiffel Tower overnight while drunk - prosecutors (www.bbc.com)
Two American tourists have been found sleeping inside the Eiffel Tower after getting stuck while drunk, according to prosecutors....
Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justice (apnews.com)
He helped Lula overturn a graft conviction stemming from Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption investigation, getting him freed after 580 days of incarceration. The Supreme Court annulled all convictions of Lula, and ruled in 2021 that the judge overseeing the case had been biased. That allowed Lula to run successfuly...
Insight: World battles to loosen China's grip on vital rare earths for clean energy transition (www.reuters.com)
African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed (www.reuters.com)
Grandma refused bus ride suffered horror injuries (www.bbc.co.uk)
This is a staggering story. This jobsworth closed the doors on her because she forgot her bus pass the week before. Despite knowing that she definitely has a bus pass because all pensioners in the UK get one. Just a total loss of humanity.
Ghana abolishes death penalty, with expected reprieve for 176 condemned prisoners (www.theguardian.com)
Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared (arstechnica.com)
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records (www.reuters.com)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/05ac7354-8761-4498-a86c-838c261159dd.pngBEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - A remote township in China’s arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 Celsius (126 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50C weather just six months ago....
BBC presenter accused of paying teen for explicit pictures (www.theweek.in)
Shell boss under fire for saying cutting fossil fuel production is ‘dangerous’ (www.theguardian.com)
Everyone Knew the Migrant Ship Was Doomed. No One Helped. (www.nytimes.com)
I have not forgiven Met officers who photographed dead daughters, mother says (www.theguardian.com)
Mina Smallman, the mother of two women murdered in a London park, has forgiven their killer but not the two Metropolitan police officers who took and shared photos of their bodies, she said....
The ICJ Ruling Confirms What Palestinians Have Been Saying for 57 Years (theintercept.com)
The United Nation’s top court filed a ruling Friday that echoed what Palestinian advocates have been saying for decades: Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land, including its settlements in the West Bank, is illegal and must end....
Road to redemption: Israel seized 26 percent of Gaza. Now, Jewish settlers see their chance (www.haaretz.com)
The Israeli army’s occupation of parts of the Gaza Strip, for an undefined period of time, is one of the most dramatic developments in the war that began with Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7....
