Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance (www.theguardian.com)
Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
For the fourth day in a row, Earth has broken or equalled its hottest average temperature record (www.abc.net.au)
The planet’s average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius on Thursday, surpassing the 17.18C record set on Tuesday and equalled on Wednesday.
Update: The hottest 21 days ever recorded were the last 3 weeks (lemmy.world)
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France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)
Women in China are telling each other to bring their boyfriends to see 'Barbie' — and to use it as a litmus test for their thoughts on feminism and patriarchy (www.insider.com)
For some women in China, “Barbie” is more than just a movie — it’s also a litmus test for their partner’s views on feminism and patriarchy....
Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia's Main Missile Base In Occupied Crimea (www.forbes.com)
‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
New record set for world's hottest day - as scientist warns milestone is a 'death sentence' (au.news.yahoo.com)
The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists....
Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set (youtu.be)
Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico’s supreme court has decriminalized abortion across the country, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state....
Zelenskyy fires recruitment officials for accepting $10,000 bribes to help Ukrainian men dodge the draft: 'bribery during war is treason' (www.businessinsider.com)
Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - An Iranian chess player who moved to Spain in January after she competed without a hijab and had an arrest warrant issued against her at home has been granted Spanish citizenship, Spain said on Wednesday....
Calls for ‘ecocide’ law to punish those who destroy nature like war criminals (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
Wagner troops ‘plotting march to Russia to avenge leader’s death’ (uk.news.yahoo.com)
Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands (www.theguardian.com)
We just hit 1.5 C above per-industrial levels for the first time. (www.abc.net.au)
A Universal Basic Income Is Being Considered by Canada's Government (www.vice.com)
Ukraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
We just survived the hottest 36 days ever recorded (lemmy.world)
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Putin Unleashes Record Bombing in Ukraine as the World Watches Gaza (www.thedailybeast.com)
Almost 90 bombs were dropped in one region in just 24 hours....
Brazil: Amazon deforestation drops 34% in first six months under Lula (www.theguardian.com)
Finland has no private schools – and its pupils perform better than British children (inews.co.uk)
Finland ranked seventh in the world in OECD’s student assessment chart in 2018, well above the UK and the United States, where there is a mix of private and state education
Israel Committing 'Textbook Case of Genocide,' Holocaust Historian Says (www.newsweek.com)
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