Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can’t be trusted to guarantee AI safety (wtop.com)
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Morality police patrols return to Iran streets as Mahsa Amini anniversary nears (observers.france24.com)
Nearly 10 months after Iran’s so-called “morality police” disappeared from the streets during mass protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian police announced July 16 that they had resumed patrols targeting “immoral clothing.” Amateur videos and first-hand reports from our Observers in Iran indicate...
Met 'stop incels & 39 terrorist plots' to attack Pride in London, MPs and more (www.mylondon.news)
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Tupac Shakur: Police search house over 1996 killing (www.bbc.co.uk)
G20 meeting in India split on debt relief and Ukraine (www.dw.com)
A two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies ended Tuesday without a final communique due to differences over the war in Ukraine....
EU says slavery inflicted 'untold suffering', hints at reparations (www.reuters.com)
July 18 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) said on Tuesday that Europe’s slave-trading past inflicted “untold suffering” on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a “crime against humanity”....
Colombian mudslide: Children swept away as river burst its banks (www.bbc.com)
At least 14 people, among them several children, have been killed after a river burst its banks in Colombia, officials say....
Sudan’s mass grave is the latest development in a brutal conflict (www.vox.com)
Nicaragua fails to back censure of Russia at end of EU-Latin America summit (www.theguardian.com)
EU leaders have failed to persuade all of their Latin America and Caribbean counterparts to strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite watering down a joint statement closing a two-day summit in Brussels....
South Africa says arresting Putin would be ‘declaration of war’ (www.aljazeera.com)
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said that any attempt to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits the country next month would be a declaration of war with Russia....
Kenya braces for 3 days of anti-gov’t protests: All the details (www.aljazeera.com)
‘There is always risk’: The Zimbabwean de-miner in South Sudan (www.aljazeera.com)
Can Putin recover from the Wagner mutiny? (www.aljazeera.com)
North Korea Detains U.S. Soldier After Unauthorized Border Crossing (www.nytimes.com)
What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil (theconversation.com)
North Korea Detains U.S. Soldier After Unauthorized Border Crossing (www.nytimes.com)
'All cost, no benefit': Victoria cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games (www.forbes.com.au)
Switzerland fights to contain forest fire near Italy border as winds pick up (ghostarchive.org)
BITSCH, Switzerland, July 18 (Reuters) - Swiss firefighters on Tuesday were battling a forest fire that has forced more than 200 people to evacuate, and authorities warned winds were making the blaze difficult to contain....
Panama Ex-President Martinelli is sentenced to 10 years in prison for money laundering (apnews.com)
Prosecutors said companies that had won lucrative government contracts during Martinelli’s presidency funneled money to a front company that was then used to purchase the publisher. The transactions involved a complex series of foreign money transfers totally $43 million. The front company collecting the money was called...
The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeks (lemmy.world)
‘Haiti is experiencing a brush with famine’: UN slashes food assistance (thehill.com)
A key international aid organization is slashing its food assistance program in Haiti, leaving 100,000 people without food aid they had previously counted on....
Israeli protesters block highways in a 'day of disruption' against judicial overhaul plan (youtube.com)
Israeli protesters blocked highways and gathered outside Tel Aviv’s stock exchange and military headquarters on Tuesday in the latest countrywide demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned judicial overhaul.
Italy's antitrust investigates inflated prices for Colosseum tickets (www.reuters.com)
ROME, July 18 (Reuters) - Italy’s antitrust authorities are going into combat over Rome’s Colosseum, opening an investigation into ticketing operations that have seen tourists paying inflated prices to visit the ancient Roman arena where gladiators once fought....
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines’ deadly “war on drugs” (www.sandiegouniontribune.com)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines’ deadly “war on drugs” can resume, rejecting Manila’s objections to the case going ahead at the global court. The court’s investigation was suspended in late 2021 after the Philippines...
