Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high (english.elpais.com)
Decades of mercury exposure has been linked to the high youth suicide rates in an Indigenous community in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers who studied three generations of mothers and their children from the community of Grassy Narrows, Ontario, have concluded that sustained exposure to the toxic metal helped cause a suicide rate three times higher than any other First Nations community – which are already far higher than among the country’s general...
Supreme Court says Florida can’t enforce anti-drag law (www.cnn.com)
The Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said Thursday, dealing a blow to a key initiative championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis....
Pastor John Hagee says an Israel-Palestinian peace deal will be the work of the anti-Christ (www.motherjones.com)
Georgia sheriff's candidate fired after hidden camera catches him sneaking into rival's locked office (news.yahoo.com)
Capt. Dale Dillow was fired after a hidden camera caught him using his master key to get into the office of a rival for Jackson County sheriff.
Medieval Docs had it pretty good (i.imgur.com)
Nokia to cut as many as 14,000 jobs as profit drops by 69% (www.marketwatch.com)
Aftermath images from the Gaza hospital explosion are 'inconsistent' with an Israeli airstrike, former UN war crimes investigator says (www.businessinsider.com)
Thousands rally in London in solidarity with Palestinians (www.france24.com)
School, then cram school, then study at home (lemmy.zip)
Honestly, I don’t know how Chinese, South Korean, Japanese, (etc.) kids do it. They’re under such immense pressure to succeed.
Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves (news.rice.edu)
Russia plans to try to block VPN services in 2024 (www.reuters.com)
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG’s claim they’re ‘brainwashed’ (www.cnn.com)
Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election....
Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case (apnews.com)
Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama and was randomly assigned to Trump’s case, said in her written decision that she sees no reason to step aside. The case, scheduled for trial in March, accuses the Republican of illegally scheming to overturn his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden....
The Hollywood writers strike is over after guild leaders approve contract with studios (apnews.com)
Fed-up consumers are increasingly going after food companies for misleading claims (www.npr.org)
Mango Dragonfruit Starbucks Refreshers are missing mango, Strawberry Açaí Starbucks Refreshers lack açaí and Pineapple Passionfruit Starbucks Refreshers have no passion fruit....
Honk! Honk! Honk! (lemmus.org)
Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins (www.bbc.co.uk)
German authorities crack down on the skinhead group known for organising far-right concerts.
Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, in critical condition (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
Update: Unity office death threat was made by a Unity employee (www.polygon.com)
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New York City’s pension funds sue Fox over election falsehoods (thehill.com)
New York City’s pension funds have sued Fox Corp., alleging the company neglected its duty to shareholders by airing false statements about the 2020 election that exposed it to defamation lawsuits....
Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of meth, U.N. says (www.nbcnews.com)
Possibility of arrest grows for Bolsonaro over jewellery scandal (www.theguardian.com)
‘Despair is settling in’: female suicides on rise in Taliban’s Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
First, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa* felt her future had been snatched away....
