Whole pod of 77 whales die in mass stranding in Orkney (www.bbc.com)
A pod of 77 pilot whales has died after washing ashore on a beach in Orkney in what could be the biggest mass stranding for decades....
Hungary's Orban meets Trump on 'peace mission' (www.dw.com)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with former US President Donald Trump in Florida to discuss “ways to make peace.” The meeting took place shortly after a NATO summit in Washington....
The Mexican Army intensifies its offensive against El Guano, the brother of Chapo Guzmán (english.elpais.com)
The military has captured Luis ‘N,’ the head of security for Aureliano Guzmán Loaera, after fighting in the Golden Triangle region. It is the second operation in the past few months that has been aimed at the drug dealer’s older sibling...
EU charges Elon Musk’s X for letting disinfo run wild (www.politico.eu)
The tech mogul’s platform is the first to get hit with charges under new EU social media law....
China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of 'enabler' of Russia's Ukraine war (apnews.com)
China accused NATO on Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia, a reflection of its determination to oppose strengthening ties between NATO members and Asian nations such as Japan, South Korea and the Philippines....
Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
A US announcement of a plan to station long-range missiles in Germany for the first time since the cold war has set off a diplomatic furore between Washington and Moscow and elicited comparisons to the European missile crises of the 1980s....
EU residency permits to exempt Brits from biometric checks at UK border | Biometric Update (www.biometricupdate.com)
China exports rise, but falling imports dampen June trade data (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17899464
Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact in the face of shared alarm over China (apnews.com)
Kenyan president sacks cabinet after weeks of deadly protests (www.theguardian.com)
US reportedly foiled Russian plot to kill boss of German arms firm supplying Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil’s spy agency accused of illegally targeting Bolsonaro’s foes (www.theguardian.com)
Biden says Israel-Gaza war should end now and Israel must not occupy Gaza (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17891878
After meeting with Putin in Moscow, Hungary's Orbán brings "peace mission" to Trump at Mar-a-Lago (www.salon.com)
Biden introduces Zelenskiy as ‘President Putin’ at Nato summit (www.theguardian.com)
Did he do it for the memes?
England fans injured in attacks before Euro 2024 semi-final (www.independent.co.uk)
Israeli snipers accused of attacking fleeing civilians in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Several civilians in Gaza City say people were shot dead by snipers after the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order and told Palestinians to head south as it steps up its offensive across the enclave....
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode....
BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, detains captain for exporting 'looted' grain (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday....
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. military fails to reconnect Gaza pier, says mission will end soon (www.washingtonpost.com)
Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman, said in a statement that U.S. troops tried to reconnect the floating pier to the shoreline Wednesday but were unable to do so because of “technical and weather-related issues.” The pier and its support vessels were taken back to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where they had sheltered amid...
The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI (www.bbc.com)
Sperm whales communicate with each other using rhythmic sequences of clicks, called codas. It was previously thought that sperm whales had just 21 coda types. However, after studying almost 9,000 recordings, the Ceti researchers identified 156 distinct codas. They also noticed the basic building blocks of these codas which they...
Norway to give Ukraine $93 mln to boost air defences, PM says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/14709660
Russian plot to kill European weapons chief foiled by US and Germany (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24848057
