[The Verge] You don’t have to freak out about aspartame in your diet soda (www.theverge.com)
"The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters."
Who’s A Bigger Threat To Filipinos: U.S. Or China? (video) (www.youtube.com)
French court allows football federation to continue discrimination against Muslim women who wear headscarves (www.amnesty.org)
French court allows football federation to continue discrimination against Muslim women who wear headscarves (www.amnesty.org)
Ahead of COP28, UAE civil society actors sentenced in mass trial remain behind bars (www.amnesty.org)
France riots: police reinforcements in Marseille | AFP Video (www.youtube.com)
Israel Cannot Rebut Apartheid (dissidentvoice.org)
Xi undecided on whether to order Taiwan unification by 2027: Milley (www.scmp.com)
The Man Who Opened a Store Selling Heroin and Cocaine Has Died From an Overdose (www.vice.com)
Florida Meteorologist: ‘I Have Never Observed So Many of Earth’s Vital Signs Blinking Red' (themessenger.com)
The next years are going to be fun… The world is burning while the fossil fuel industry is chugging along like everything is great as long as you buy enough co2 credits....
Everyone Knew the Migrant Ship Was Doomed. No One Helped. (www.nytimes.com)
‘A dangerous step backwards’: outrage at supreme court’s LGBTQ+ rights ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Civil rights groups and Democrats reacted angrily to the US supreme court decision in favor of the Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, who argued she had a first amendment right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages. Critics of the court’s decision say it ushers in a new era of prejudice in America....
Macron Blames Video Games For Riots, Calls On Parents To Help (www.channelstv.com)
Russia reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Ukrainian intelligence (www.reuters.com)
Brazil court bans Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years (www.washingtonpost.com)
Russia reducing personnel at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Ukrainian intelligence (www.reuters.com)
75 tonnes of Russian gold imported into Switzerland since beginning of war (www.pravda.com.ua)
Alleged Wagner mercenary opens fire at airport in Moldova (euromaidanpress.com)
Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health (www.bbc.com)
Mystery In Moscow As Russian Bank Vice-President ‘Falls Out Of A Window’ (euroweeklynews.com)
Heat wave in Mexico leaves at least 100 dead, authorities say (www.reuters.com)
New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first | The ban is expected to reduce the use of 150 million bags a year (www.standard.co.uk)
New Zealand is to become the first country to ban thin plastic bags used to purchase loose fruit and vegetables in supermarkets....