Colombia deforestation fell to historic low last year (www.aljazeera.com)
Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report (www.theguardian.com)
Kerala, India’s Communist-led state, provides a model for digital literacy (peoplesdispatch.org)
Germans' dissatisfaction with ruling coalition at record high, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
University of Melbourne facing investigation over tech surveillance of students (www.smh.com.au)
China Outspends the U.S. on Fusion in the Race for Energy’s Holy Grail - [WSJ] (archive.md)
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Beryl to intensify as deadly storm barrels towards Texas coast (www.aljazeera.com)
EV sales stall in US and Europe as market uncertainty persists (www.ey.com)
Emmanuel Macron is avoiding acknowledging the defeat of his liberal camp in the general election, delaying the mandate for the New Popular Front to form a government (peoplesdispatch.org)
BlackRock and Wall Street Banks are Profiting from Israel's Crimes in Gaza, UN Experts Say (geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com)
Hungary's Orban unexpectedly visits China, backs Xi's peace plan (www.reuters.com)
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Japan real wages down 1.4% in May, 26th monthly fall despite hikes (japantoday.com)
Canada releases 70-year-old document that accuses U.S. of genocide, biological warfare during Korean War (www.thecanadafiles.com)
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
Indian Prime Minister Modi makes first visit to Russia since the start of its war on Ukraine (apnews.com)
2024 could be world’s hottest year as June breaks records (www.straitstimes.com)
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S. Korea resumes border artillery drills on land for 1st time in 6 years (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential (www.thelancet.com)
In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in...
Ten die during a fire in nursing home in Uruguay (www.reuters.com)
Rare Fr*nch W. France’s left-wing parties projected to finish first in parliamentary elections, keep far right at bay. (www.nbcnews.com)
Against all odds, the socdems beat the liberals and reduced a surging far-right to an embarrassing third place. French fascists are stomping on their berets and cartoonishly snapping baguettes in half.
IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive (www.haaretz.com)
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