Trump’s Georgia charges are a win for voting rights leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Man dies of heatstroke in east Japan while working at store without running A/C (mainichi.jp)
UTSUNOMIYA -- The Tochigi Labor Bureau announced on July 24 the work-related death of a man due to heatstroke, the first of its kind in the eastern Japan prefecture in eight years.
Porn Is Illegal in Ukraine But That Might Be About to Change (www.kyivpost.com)
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Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette (www.bbc.com)
Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit....
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
Death toll from Hawaii wildfires increases to 53 and more than 1,000 structures have burned (www.scmp.com)
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet (www.abc.net.au)
Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data (techcrunch.com)
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank (apnews.com)
A Jewish settler has shot dead a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the West Bank city of Nablus, the man’s uncle said.
Berliners rave against the motorway as extension threatens 20 cultural venues (www.bbc.com)
Clubbers hold street party protesting against plan to flatten 20 venues in path of ring road extension
A Draft Of TikTok’s Plan To Avoid A Ban Gives The U.S. Government Unprecedented Oversight Power (www.forbes.com)
German Cabinet approves law easing gender, name changes (www.dw.com)
The German government has approved a law of self-determination allowing people to change their gender and name more easily.
66-year-old shot dead over Pride flag hanging outside her store, California officials say (www.sacbee.com)
Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)
Candidate in Ecuador's presidential election shot dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Romania accuses Russia of war crimes over Danube grain port bombing (www.politico.eu)
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MP stopped from boarding Air Canada flight as ‘his name was Mohammad’ (www.theguardian.com)
Amid abaya ban, French school sends girl home for wearing kimono: Lawyer (www.aljazeera.com)
Human rights lawyer who plans to file complaint says 15-year-old was asked to leave school for wearing Japanese garment....
Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage (www.theguardian.com)
UAW, automakers to resume talks as strike starts to create parts shortage (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada (arstechnica.com)
Late last week, MSN.com’s Microsoft Travel section posted an AI-generated article about the “cannot miss” attractions of Ottawa that includes the Ottawa Food Bank, a real charitable organization that feeds struggling families. In its recommendation text, Microsoft’s AI model wrote, “Consider going into it on an empty...
Tesla directors pay $735M to settle claims they overpaid themselves (techcrunch.com)
US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons (www.aljazeera.com)
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have passed an annual defence funding bill that highlights the party’s conservative priorities – and sticking points – in advance of the 2024 election season....
