Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated Following Campaign Rally (peoplesdispatch.org)
The toughest plastic bag ban is failing: A tale of smugglers, dumps and dying goats (www.npr.org)
Kenya was hailed for its decision to outlaw single use plastic bags in 2016, with remarkably hefty penalties. So why are the bags back in stores, piling up in dumps — and being ingested by livestock?
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.
Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/994013...
Japanese court sentences 'Joker' to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train (abcnews.go.com)
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago
Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
North Korea welcomes Russia and China envoys and Kim Jong Un shows off missiles on Korea War anniversary (www.cbsnews.com)
China replaces foreign minister Qin after mysterious absence (www.reuters.com)
China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job.
‘So proud’: Heba Saadieh, the first Palestinian World Cup referee (www.aljazeera.com)
Saadieh tells Al Jazeera what she loves about refereeing, the challenges she’s overcome, and what it means to officiate in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. action during the 2020 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament soccer match between Myanmar and Bangladesh...
Google set to roll out AI chatbot Bard in EU (www.politico.eu)
EU draws up plan for ‘sustained’ military aid to Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Cuba slams presence of US nuclear sub at Guantanamo (news.yahoo.com)
Breathing, a sign of relief in Beijing! (www.iol.co.za)
From 2013 to 2017, fine particle levels in Beijing and the surrounding region fell by around 35%. This is a remarkable feat and was achieved because of the state’s investment of resources and President Xi Jinping’s vision of an Ecological Civilisation. The “wars on pollution control” launched by the State Council,...
UN aid chief condemns ‘reprehensible’ attacks on Gaza hospitals (archive.md)
Yemen claims its air defenses shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone (bulgarianmilitary.com)
Hamas leader refuses to acknowledge killing of civilians in Israel (www.bbc.com)
Israeli ministry 'concept paper' proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt's Sinai, with Canada as a possible final destination (www.ctvnews.ca)
How the Palestinian Authority Failed Its People (www.theatlantic.com)
Polish police say three Warsaw polling stations had bomb alerts (www.reuters.com)
Subjugation And Dehumanization Lead To Only One Result | Defector (defector.com)
Another good breakdown of the current situation in Palestine.
SAS troops ‘executed Afghan males of fighting age’, inquiry hears (www.theguardian.com)
Stefanos Kasselakis: the political outsider hoping to revive the Greek left (www.theguardian.com)
Israel launches its biggest raid on the West Bank in over 20 years (www.economist.com)
As the sun dipped on July 3rd, the fighting in a refugee camp in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, entered its second night. Ambulances ferried the injured through makeshift roadblocks, flaming tyres pumped a toxic black smoke into the air, and drones hummed faintly overhead. Israel’s army has carried out its largest raid on a...
Sweden’s Plan to Expand Nuclear Power in Focus During First Visit by Director General Grossi (www.iaea.org)
…the government that took office after last year’s general election has made clear its aim to reverse this declining trend and expand the role of nuclear power in the coming two decades, implementing legal changes aimed at paving the way for such an energy transformation....
Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
