SCOTUS reaffirms vital protections against retaliatory defamation claims (freedom.press)
Deal on Swedish NATO membership within reach - Stoltenberg (www.euronews.com)
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Former U.S. officials have held secret Ukraine talks with Russians (www.nbcnews.com)
[Common Dreams] ‘Terrifying’: Tuesday Was Hottest Day Ever, Breaking Record Set Just 24 Hours Earlier (www.commondreams.org)
Data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction shows that the average global temperature reached 17.01°C, or 62.62°F, on Monday—making it the hottest day ever recorded....
US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)
Why Europeans don’t have Threads yet (www.politico.eu)
UK government loses legal challenge over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages (www.politico.eu)
Tibetan leader Dalai Lama turns 88, receives birthday wishes from Indian PM Narendra Modi (www.wionews.com)
Rice to get costlier as weather, India's farm perks threaten supply (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar regime opens bogus bank accounts to bypass Western sanctions on MOGE - leaked (myanmar-now.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1194233...
Fierce Fighting Claims Lives of 33 Civilians in Shan State and Karenni State [Myanmar] (www.bnionline.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1194246...
US & EU Quietly Begin To Discuss Geoengineering (cleantechnica.com)
India's 'economic diplomacy' bolsters lending in Africa, countering China (www.livemint.com)
Seeking a safe place for one of Canada's most endangered freshwater fish (www.cbc.ca)
US Spies Are Buying Americans' Private Data. Congress Has a Chance to Stop It (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/519935...
Decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine on Biden’s desk (www.politico.com)
World’s largest video screen lights up Las Vegas (www.bbc.com)
The sphere is made up of approximately 1.2 million LED pucks. Each puck contains 48 individual LED diodes, with each diode capable of displaying 256 million different colors.