Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering (arstechnica.com)
Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking (www.bbc.co.uk)
Four alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many climate records are being broken.
Anti-Corruption Journalist in Guatemala Sentenced to Six Years in Prison (peoplesdispatch.org)
‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ (www.theguardian.com)
UAE leaders congratulate President of Iceland on National Day (www.msn.com)
Hugo Boss made millions in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine (b4ukraine.org)
Colombia’s President Petro warns of “soft coup” attempt (www.wsws.org)
Vast fossil fuel and farming subsidies causing ‘environmental havoc’ (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladesh joining BRICS (www.tbsnews.net)
Nation of Hawai’i Signs Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Constant Friendship with the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe – Independent & Sovereign Nation State of Hawaii (www.nationofhawaii.org)
Nicaragua rebuilds - five years after US-funded terror was defeated (thegrayzone.com)
UN chief says fossil fuels ‘incompatible with human survival,’ calls for credible exit strategy (apnews.com)
China remains Germany's main trading partner for seventh year (www.reuters.com)
ByteDance alone ordered US$1 billion worth of Nvidia GPUs in 2023 (www.digitimes.com)
Conservatives Are Running Out of Things to Eat (newrepublic.com)
Guatemalan journalist faces decades in prison (www.ft.com)
One of Guatemala’s best known journalists is facing up to 40 years in prison on Wednesday in a case that has raised alarm about a squeeze on democracy in Central America’s largest economy....
Russia admits to running low (www.politico.eu)
Good.
China-Swiss chip deal shows not everyone in the West is willing to ignore business opportunities simply on Washington’s say-so (www.scmp.com)
China plans to ban rare earth magnet exports (americanmilitarynews.com)
Fighting Remilitarization in Japan (peoplesdispatch.org)
Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from nonprofit to own law firm (www.theguardian.com)
San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is a fixture on Fox News who has garnered support from the likes of Matt Gaetz, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham; she also helms a nonprofit that appears to have directed more than $1m into her law firm, Dhillon Law Group....