Tokyo man deemed eligible for compensation after outing by boss (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The case is likely the first time an outing has been recognized as a work-related injury.
Greta Thunberg fined for disobeying police order - TT (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine: The Latest - Kyiv deploys cluster munitions "to great effect" (www.telegraph.co.uk)
TSMC delays U.S. chip plant start to 2025 due to labor shortages (asia.nikkei.com)
Russia's Prigozhin: no more fighting in Ukraine but prepare for Africa - video (www.reuters.com)
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...
Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs (techcrunch.com)
More than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding on Scottish beach (www.reuters.com)
[Israeli] Settlers, protected by soldiers, go on a rampage in the West Bank, attack vehicles and villages, cause damage (english.wafa.ps)
Putin says Russia will use cluster bombs in Ukraine if it has to (www.reuters.com)
UK’s Sunak tries to smooth things out after defense sec urges Ukrainian ‘gratitude’ (www.politico.eu)
Spanish minister uses a private jet to attend a climate conference. 100 metres before the venue she gets out off the limo and takes a bicycle. The security cars follow her. (www.albawaba.net)
Cuba slams presence of US nuclear sub at Guantanamo (news.yahoo.com)
Migrant boat from Senegal carrying 200 people missing off Canary Islands (www.bbc.co.uk)
I’m sure it will garner the kind of media frenzy that submarine with those 5 dudes did.
Heat records are being broken across the globe. But what's driving temperatures so high? | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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U.S. military trains in Hawai’i to target China (www.workers.org)
Near the town of Wahiawā on the occupied Hawaiian island of O’ahu, the U.S. army is gearing up for war with China at the Lightning Academy, the 25th Infantry Division’s training camp near Schofield Barracks. Here, the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) takes place over the span of a few weeks, where soldiers from all...
6 things that threaten Europe, according to … the EU (www.politico.eu)
China restricts exports of two metals that the EU considers of 'strategic' importance (www.euronews.com)
SCO summit: Putin says sanctions making Russia stronger (www.bbc.co.uk)
He spoke at the SCO summit which took place virtually under Indian PM Narendra Modi's leadership.
China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US (qz.com)
Biden administration to award nearly $1.1 billion to Stellantis, GM for EV production (www.reuters.com)
‘Children in pieces’: Israeli raids on Gaza ‘safe zone’ kill 71, wound 289 (www.aljazeera.com)
Senior official says Netanyahu holding up hostage-truce deal with new demands (www.timesofisrael.com)
Channel 12 quotes officials as saying that they believe Netanyahu is trying to delay a deal because he is likely to lose his coalition over the deal, with far-right parties vowing to quit if the agreement goes through.
2024 could be world’s hottest year as June breaks records (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17745389
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17595046
