New deal establishes a hotline Chinese and Philippine presidents can use to stop clashes at sea (apnews.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)
Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t coming | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.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....
Case of man who falsely claimed to be bitcoin inventor referred to CPS (www.theguardian.com)
The case of Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the creator of bitcoin, has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over a potential prosecution for perjury and forgery....
Tenacious D’s Newcastle show postponed after comment about Trump assassination attempt (www.theguardian.com)
The latest show on Tenacious D’s Australian tour has been postponed after senator Ralph Babet demanded the pair be deported following an apparent joke about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump....
Survivors Describe Horror as Israel Massacres 90 Palestinians in “Safe Zone” (truthout.org)
Smith calls out progressives after Trump shooting (edmonton.citynews.ca)
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)
Orban tells EU leaders Trump would act as "Russia-Ukraine peace broker" (www.straitstimes.com)
He claims Trump would act immediately upon winning the election, before taking office. Which sounds legally dubious, but not that that’s ever stopped Trump…
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...
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....
Gaza: Palestinian with Down syndrome ‘left to die’ by Israeli soldiers after combat dog attack [12 July 2024 | Middle East Eye] (www.middleeasteye.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17606053...
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....
Paris Olympics will give out 300,000 condoms to athletes, continuing long-held tradition (www.advocate.com)
Israeli strike on central Gaza school reportedly kills 22 (www.bbc.com)
Jaguars, Macaws and Tropical Dry Forest Have a Right To Exist, a Colombian Court Is Told (insideclimatenews.org)
Irish PM condemns 'reprehensible' Dublin violence (www.bbc.com)
The Chinese Base That Isn’t There (www.nytimes.com)
Food aid is piling up inside Gaza. Here's why it's not reaching those in need (www.npr.org)
European Commission to partly boycott Hungary's presidency (www.dw.com)
Brussels has reacted to Viktor Orban’s “peace mission” to Moscow by snubbing Hungary’s six months as European Council president. It will only send civil servants, not Commissioners, to meetings chaired by Hungary....
Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital money to citizens (apnews.com)
Thailand’s prime minister said Monday that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy....
Russia has lost at least 100 of the T-90M tanks Putin praised as the 'world's best' in Ukraine, tracker data shows (www.businessinsider.com)
A top Russian tank touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the “world’s best” has suffered at least 100 losses in the war in Ukraine, according to open-source information....
UN body that regulates the deep sea tackles proposed mining code amid growing concerns (apnews.com)
Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining unfolded Monday in Jamaica as at least one company threatened to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place....
Italian police free 33 Indian farm labourers from 'slavery' (www.bbc.com)
Dozens of Indian farm labourers have been freed from slave-like working conditions in northern Italy, police have said....
