Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port in 'hellish' attack - official (www.reuters.com)
Tourist deluge, heatwave lay bare Italy's taxi shortage (www.reuters.com)
Introducing Llama 2 - Meta's Next-Generation Commercially Viable Open-Source AI & LLM
Introducing Llama 2 - Meta’s Next Generation Free Open-Source Artificially Intelligent Large Language Model...
‘So proud’: Heba Saadieh, the first Palestinian World Cup referee (www.aljazeera.com)
Saadieh tells Al Jazeera what she loves about refereeing, the challenges she’s overcome, and what it means to officiate in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. action during the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament soccer match between Myanmar and Bangladesh...
French privacy chief warns against using facial recognition for 2024 Olympics (www.politico.eu)
North Korea: US soldier held after crossing demilitarized zone (BBC News) (www.bbc.com)
Air Force general who predicted war with China leads 'unprecedented' training exercise (www.nbcnews.com)
Europe’s economic engine is stalling: Germany deindustrializes (www.politico.eu)
Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says (www.politico.eu)
“If they don’t act immediately, we’ll be able to ban the operation [of the platforms] on our territory.” Nineteen very large online platforms will have to comply to limit the spread of illegal and harmful content.
San Antonio police kill Melissa Perez in her own home during mental health crisis - Liberation News (www.liberationnews.org)
Spain election: Trans youths' families fear for rights under a right-wing government (www.reuters.com)
Australian state cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games over cost blowout (www.politico.eu)
Poland: Plane crash at Chrcynno hangar kills five and injures seven (www.bbc.co.uk)
CND Condemns Additional Billions for Britain's Nuclear Arsenal (www.commondreams.org)
Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million (www.reuters.com)
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
US national held after crossing into N Korea - UN body (www.bbc.co.uk)
Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur (www.reuters.com)
West Bank ‘not occupied’ territory, says Ron DeSantis (www.aljazeera.com)
Speaking to Christian Zionist group, Florida governor and Republican US presidential candidate pledges support for Israel....
UN unable to feed 100,000 Haitians this month amid ‘catastrophic’ conditions (www.theguardian.com)
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children (www.democracynow.org)
Texas troopers told to push children into Rio Grande, deny water to migrants, records say (www.houstonchronicle.com)
WASHINGTON — Officers working for Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative have been ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, and have been told not to give water to asylum seekers even in extreme heat, according to an email from a Department of Public Safety trooper who described the...
Mormonism: A deep state intelligence network posing as a religion (lemm.ee)
Mormonism is the fastest growing religion in terms of adherents and the fortune. Despite all the scandals about Mormonism (polygamy, pedophilia, anti-LGBT community, drug trafficking, financial abuse …), it is still on the rise and continues to draw in more followers. However, documents have unraveled the mystique of Mormonism...
US government launches the Cyber Trust Mark, its long-awaited IoT security labeling program (techcrunch.com)
ICC ruling opens way to investigation on killings in Philippines (www.reuters.com)
