The King and I: Joe Biden and Charles III to bond over tea and eco-activism at Windsor Castle (www.politico.eu)
Cluster Weapons U.S. Is Sending Ukraine Often Fail to Detonate (archive.ph)
Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints (www.politico.eu)
U.S. military base in Tokyo admits leaks containing PFAS (english.news.cn)
TOKYO, July 5 (Xinhua) – U.S. Yokota base in Japan’s western Tokyo area has acknowledged three incidents of leakage involving foam fire extinguishers containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of organic fluorine compounds that raise health concerns, local media reported....
New York State Built Elon Musk a $1 Billion Factory. ‘It Was a Bad Deal.’ (www.livemint.com)
News: OpenAI Introduces Superalignment
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[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....
Violence against women: Sex without consent is rape, say MEPs (www.eureporter.co)
Massive mineral deposit discovery could meet global battery and solar panel demand ‘for next 100 years’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Russian agents attempted assassination of CIA informant in US (m.jpost.com)
Russian agents made an attempt to assassinate a former Russian agent turned CIA informant on American soil in 2020, according to multiple sources.
Biden labels China’s Xi Jinping a dictator (www.politico.com)
Genome Editing Used To Create Disease Resistant Rice (www.ucdavis.edu)
Ukraine's Armed Forces advance another 1,400 metres on Bakhmut front (www.pravda.com.ua)
During today’s Regular Press Conference, Chinese MFA spokesman Zhao Lijian released more information about US biological labs in Ukraine. (threadreaderapp.com)
Russia Ends Another of Ukraine's War Crimes - Fresh Water Flows Again to Crimea (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk's X is fighting a subpoena in a lawsuit between Jeffrey Epstein accusers, further delaying an already drawn-out case (www.businessinsider.com)
Bangladesh Internet Goes Dark as Widening Protests Kill 39 (www.bloomberg.com)
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Ford to spend $3 billion to expand large truck production to a Canadian plant previously set for EVs (www.cnbc.com)
Cuba foils plot to sneak arms onto island from U.S., official says (www.reuters.com)
Kyiv rejects compromise with Putin as Hungary’s Orban calls for ceasefire (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia (apnews.com)
The US has sent at least 14,000 of its massive, highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs to Israel since October 7, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Graphene find in China’s Chang’e-5 moon samples challenges lunar origin theory (www.scmp.com)
Is Natural Gas a Fossil Fuel Trap or a Bridge to Clean Energy? (www.bloomberg.com)
Zelenskiy orders purge of state guard after assassination plots (www.reuters.com)
