Japan wrestles with its views on ‘outside people’ amid population crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?
US health department recommends looser restrictions on cannabis (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2129776...
Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011 (arstechnica.com)
Heat Index in Brazil Hits 137F (58.5C) (www.okdoomer.io)
It's official, red alerts have gone out across the entire country of Brazil as the heat index hits 137F. The high temperature combined with humidity has made it impossible for most people to carry out their normal lives. There's already reports of power outages. People can't work. They can't run errands. They can barely sleep....
Cancer cases in people below 50 up nearly 80 percent in last three decades (www.aljazeera.com)
About a million people aged below 50 die of cancer annually, a study says, projecting another 21 percent rise by 2030.
They let humanitarian aid in. Then they bombed it so that Gaza would starve. (mondoweiss.net)
One of the bakeries that Israel bombed in Nuseirat refugee camp had just received a shipment of flour from UNRWA meant to cover the food needs of the entire camp. Israel waited to bomb it once all the flour was unloaded.
US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
NYC protesters demand Israeli cease-fire, at least 200 detained after filling Grand Central station (apnews.com)
Billboards featuring OnlyFans model ruled ‘not overtly sexual’ by UK advertising watchdog (www.euronews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1891139...
California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception (www.nytimes.com)
Archive: [ archive.ph/HGoFa ]
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash (www.bbc.com)
The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader (arstechnica.com)
India's Defence Ministry to switch from Windows to locally built Ubuntu fork 'Maya' over security concerns (www.thehindu.com)
Due to increasing concerns over cyberattacks and malware, India’s Defence Ministry has decided to replace Microsoft’s OS with a locally made Ubuntu fork named Maya (meaning ‘deception’ in Sanskrit). Maya will have an interface similar to Windows to ease the transition, and an end-point detection and protection system...
Polish Government Develops Test That Can Detect If Someone Took Abortion Pills (truthout.org)
“Polish authorities are using their powers to terrorize people instead of to protect basic rights,” said one researcher....
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is accused of ‘blatant ignorance and disrespect’ by students at his alma mater (fortune.com)
The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says (apnews.com)
The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.
Spain's conservatives miss out on all-out victory as left celebrates (www.bbc.co.uk)
Yes this year is as hot as you think it is (arstechnica.com)
Johnson & Johnson sues researchers who linked talc to cancer (www.reuters.com)
The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.
After Bodycam Footage Undoes Its Narrative, NYPD Agrees To Pay $13 Million To Anti-Police Violence Protesters (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1177800...
Indian politician threatens to nuke Canada on live show (www.samaa.tv)
Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)
The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.
Mexico says, ‘No way,’ as Trump, others vow to send U.S. military to fight cartels (www.spokesman.com)
Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as insect ‘scourge’ continues (www.theguardian.com)
