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The Australian Financial Review: Russia president Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un sign defence pact (www.afr.com)

‘We’ve all broken the Ten Commandments’: The evangelicals still backing Trump (www.independent.co.uk)

BBC.com: Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (www.bbc.com)

Yahoo News Australia: EU approves start of talks with Ukraine and Moldova (au.news.yahoo.com)

Euronews: Barcelona decides to ban short term tourism rentals (www.euronews.com)

The Guardian Australia: Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say (www.theguardian.com)

Washington Post publisher retains ties to past business ventures (www.washingtonpost.com)

Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services (truthout.org)

Rip currents kill 4 in 48 hours: Panama City Beach on pace to be deadliest in US (www.usatoday.com)

World's ugliest dog? Meet Wild Thang, the 8-year-old Pekingese who took the 2024 crown (www.usatoday.com)

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for military drills (www.reuters.com)

New Report: AI could displace up to 800 million jobs globally by 2030 (medium.com)

‘News deserts’: if local newspapers are dying, will local democracy die with them? (www.theguardian.com)

Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Crusade Apparently Includes Trolling the U.S. Ambassador (www.thedailybeast.com)

IDF Report Found Multiple Cases of Friendly Fire Deaths on Oct 7 (news.antiwar.com)

India's Muslims continue to face discrimination and hate following Modi's election win (www.pbs.org)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third term, but his party lost its majority in parliament. Modi portrays himself as a strong leader of a rising nation, but his ten years in office have been marked by a fierce crackdown on dissent and India’s ethnic and religious minorities. Producer Zeba Warsi traveled across...

If it’s 100 degrees out, does your boss have to give you a break? Probably not. (www.vox.com)

Israel Turns Gaza Conflict into Record Arms Sales (www.mintpressnews.com)

The bulk of Israel’s weapons sales profits come from its air defense systems and components, which facilitate ongoing profits through exports during the ongoing war. One of the biggest weapons contracts signed in 2023 was for the Arrow 3 long-range air defense system, purchased by Germany for $4.3 billion....

Girl, 15, speaks out after classmate made deepfake nudes of her and posted online (www.independent.co.uk)

Research reveals toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ accumulate in testes (www.theguardian.com)

New research has found for the first time that PFAS “forever chemicals” accumulate in the testes, and the exposure probably affects children’s health....

Corporate Media Blackout as Jeremy Corbyn Drops Bombshell About Israel (www.thecanary.co)

China tells US it would prevail in a Taiwan conflict without using nukes (www.euractiv.com)

Putin Came to Asia to Disrupt, and He Succeeded (www.nytimes.com)

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A heat wave is bringing searing temperatures to New York and the I-95 corridor. Washington DC has hit 100 degrees (www.cnn.com)

A dangerous heat wave is bringing sweltering temperatures to much of the US this weekend, including over parts of the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, a tropical system could develop this weekend through the southwest Gulf of Mexico.