Intel expands in China despite sanctions (asiatimes.com)
Europe is becoming a US 'vassal', leading think tank warns (www.brusselstimes.com)
ECFR: with possible exception of France, whole of Europe “has almost completely renounced the idea of greater strategic autonomy.” “We are so vassalised that we can’t even admit to it. If we did, then people might figure it out and that would be terrible.”
Customers scramble after deposits disappear from Wells Fargo accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
For the second time this year, Wells Fargo has acknowledged that direct deposits were not showing up in customers’ accounts. --- Looks like Wells Fargo and many major banks about to be hit by massive bank runs....
German city hit by massive hail storm (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1092177...
Is Ukraine's counteroffensive failing? Kyiv and its supporters worry about losing control of the narrative (www.nbcnews.com)
Some U.S. officials are frustrated at the pace of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which has gained less than 100 square miles of territory.
EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime (www.propublica.org)
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard...
Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for south pole (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1091152...
Two West Bank Palestinians shot dead by Israelis: ministry (www.france24.com)
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were shot by Israelis on Friday, one by soldiers and the other by settlers, the Palestinian health ministry said....
Kai Cenat: Police plan to charge Twitch streamer after PS5 giveaway mayhem (www.bbc.com)
Police say they plan to charge US YouTuber Kai Cenat after a video games console giveaway event he organised sparked mayhem in New York....
Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1089947...
Antarctica Is Losing a Flabbergasting Amount of Ice (futurism.com)
Researchers are concerned about a huge chunk of ice larger than Mexico failing to refreeze as temperatures drop in Antarctica.
Chinese embassy slams Moscow over Russian border incident (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1087382...
Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (www.commondreams.org)
Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale forests (www.npr.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1086578...
Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel (www.smithsonianmag.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1086439...
Revolut to halt US crypto services next month (blockworks.co)
From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger (thegrayzone.com)
Judea vs ‘Fantasy Israel: Ilan Pappe on the Collapse of Israeli Pillars, and the Opportunities for Palestine (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Academic Book About Emojis Can’t Include The Emojis It Talks About Because Of Copyright (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1076627...
Over 2,300 Ukrainian patients have so far been evacuated to European hospitals (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1077283...
Japan swelters in its hottest July in more than a century (www.asahi.com)
Last month was the hottest July in Japan in more than a century, according to analysis by The Asahi Shimbun of average temperatures since 1898.
China floods: Torrential rains in Hebei province leave 10 dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1092199...
Pakistan ex-PM Khan given three-year jail sentence (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1083580...
Mexico and the U.S. are divided by guns and fentanyl (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The two neighbors see the toll taken on their citizens by violence and drugs in different ways and can’t agree on which poses the most pressing threat.
Australian Christian Lobby says plans to combat social media misinformation will ‘cancel Christian posts’ (www.theguardian.com)
Claim comes despite draft of bill explaining media regulator will not be empowered to request specific content be removed from digital platforms
