Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation (apnews.com)
Judge Throws Out Confession of Bombing Suspect as Derived From Torture (www.nytimes.com)
A Defense Agreement Likely to Deepen Chinese Rancor (www.nytimes.com)
NATO official gives Ukraine "unacceptable" conditions for joining (www.newsweek.com)
Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, sources tell CNN....
US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
Marine heatwave off Oregon coast considered ‘extreme’ by NOAA (www.oregonlive.com)
The average ocean temperature around the world reached 70 degrees in 2023 – the highest ever.
The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes (www.wired.com)
Kerala lottery: Indian women sanitation workers hit jackpot (www.bbc.com)
Eleven women from India's Kerala state win a 100m rupee ($1.2m) lottery after pooling their money.
Meta blocking news links as legislation backfires; X is sued (9to5mac.com)
Meta is blocking news links in Canada, as it did previously in Australia, following the introduction of new legislation. The...
Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments (arstechnica.com)
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Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security, privacy and financial concerns (techcrunch.com)
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Man electrocuted to death whilst stealing electrical cable (www.mizzima.com)
Spain's unemployment rate falls to 15-year low of 11.60% in Q2 (www.reuters.com)
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Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
India, Manipur genocide: ‘Horrific Videos, Reports Just Tip of Iceberg, Much More Has Happened We Don't Know About’ (www.youtube.com)
Babu Verghese, an author, journalist and consultant for several Christian television channels, who was recently in Manipur, both in the valley and in the hills, and spoke widely to people of both the Meitei and Kuki communities, says that the horrifying videos and reports that surfaced in the last week of killings, burning and...
Russia launches criminal probe into death of journalist in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Trump documents trial: The schedule is set. Here’s what to know (www.politico.com)
German LGBTQ+ activist warns over 'worrying' hate crime rise (www.reuters.com)
Iran says EU sanctions linked to Russia's war in Ukraine are 'politically motivated' (www.reuters.com)
Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger as US seeks to defrost China ties (www.bbc.co.uk)
No word from North Korea on US soldier who dashed across military border (www.reuters.com)
The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as European Commission president (www.theguardian.com)
BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions (www.theguardian.com)
