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Justice Thomas failed to reveal more private flights, senator says (www.nytimes.com)
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow’s lawyer after records showed undisclosed flights between Hawaii and New Zealand with the Supreme Court justice in 2010....
Downing Street condemns Elon Musk for claim ‘civil war is inevitable’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Billionaire condemned for ‘extraordinarily irresponsible’ post amid disorder on Britain’s streets
New homes are getting smaller. That could be big news for first-time buyers (www.cnn.com)
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What can a city do when neo-Nazis start marching down its streets? (www.nytimes.com)
The brazen appearance of white supremacist groups in Nashville left the city grappling with how to confront hateful speech without violating First Amendment protections....
Nearly half of online pharmacies selling weight loss drugs are operating illegally, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
Consumers who try to buy popular weight loss drugs online without a prescription risk being scammed or receiving unsafe products, a new study shows....
Olympic swimmers speak out about Chinese doping; and Britain's Adam Peaty says they should be out (apnews.com)
Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night....
Calls for foreigners to leave Lebanon as war fears grow (www.bbc.com)
Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon, as fears grow of a wider conflict in the Middle East....
Statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for a second time (www.cbsnews.com)
The statue commemorating Anne Frank, one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust, was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti for the second time on Sunday....
EU states set to back tariffs on Chinese EVs - says trade chief (www.euronews.com)
Tariffs could come into force in November after a vote in late October....
Australia raises terror threat level to ‘probable’ from ‘possible’ (www.nbcnews.com)
Australia on Monday raised its terror threat level to “probable” from “possible,” citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50% chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months....
North Korea moves 250 missile launchers to southern border (www.dw.com)
Pyongyang staged a celebration to mark the deployment of the launchers. North Korea claims stationing more nuclear capable weapons on the border is a necessary deterrent to the US and South Korea.
What’s Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris’s Crowds (www.nytimes.com)
The numbers game is everything to Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris’s first big rally appears to have gotten under his skin....
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress (www.theguardian.com)
Climate denialists – 23 in Senate and 100 in House – are all Republicans and make US an outlier internationally...
Trump calls union leader who endorsed Kamala Harris ‘a stupid person’ (www.theguardian.com)
The United Auto Workers’ decision to endorse Kamala Harris’ presidential run has apparently gotten under the skin of Donald Trump, who has responded by insulting the union’s leader as “a stupid person”....
ABC host reportedly received death threats after Trump interview (www.theguardian.com)
ABC News’s senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott has reportedly faced threats to her life after her piercing interview of Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention left the former president fuming....
Global stock markets sink on US economy fears (www.bbc.com)
Stock markets across Europe and Asia slumped on Monday, spooked by fears that the US economy is heading for a slowdown....
Angered by Paris ban, Russia's media scorns 'the Olympics of Hell' (www.bbc.com)
German court finds teen guilty in school shooting (www.dw.com)
A juvenile court in Würzburg has sentenced a 15-year-old for killing a 14-year-old co-pupil. The hearing took place behind closed doors owing to the accused’s age....
French general wants to slash ‘unbelievable’ red tape to move troops faster across Europe (www.politico.eu)
If Europe wants to deter possible Russian aggression, it has to do a much better job of moving tanks, troops and ammunition across the continent, a top French general told POLITICO....
How Chinese loans trapped Pakistan's economy (www.dw.com)
As Pakistan works on enacting economic reforms under a new multibillion-dollar IMF bailout, Islamabad must first figure out what to do with its mountain of debt owed to China....
Tech CEOs are backtracking on their RTO mandates—now, just 3% of firms asking workers to go into the office full-time (fortune.com)
Many tech firms have spent the last two years summoning workers back into the office—all the while threatening them with layoffs. Even Zoom reverted to in-person working last year....
In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system (apnews.com)
Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems....
Far-right riots erupt in U.K. in the wake of child murders (www.nbcnews.com)
The United Kingdom woke up Sunday morning to city streets covered in debris and smoldering rubbish as a weekend of far-right, anti-immigration demonstrations — stoked by conspiracy theories spread on social media — erupted into violence in seven cities across the nation....
Inmates battle heat, mold and mice inside Mississippi's largest prison (www.nbcnews.com)
Despite Justice Department scrutiny of the state penitentiary in Parchman, some housed in Unit 29 say conditions are worsening because of the extreme heat....
This Texas border city is tired of being a ‘pawn’ in Trump’s ‘political games’ (www.theguardian.com)
Eagle Pass residents watch as their city becomes an arena for convoys – and policies fail to address their real concerns...
Kamala Harris was less than 20ft from pipe bomb on Jan 6, report reveals (www.independent.co.uk)
Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog....
Ukraine intensifies its long-range strikes, sinking a Russian submarine and striking an airfield (apnews.com)
Iran warns that Hezbollah will likely hit non-military targets in Israeli territory in response to Israel's strike on Beirut (www.businessinsider.com)
Iran has warned that Hezbollah may hit “broader and deeper targets” in Israeli territory....
Tempe officer lauded for DUI work arrested for DUI (www.abc15.com)
A Tempe police officer who recently received an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving for work to prevent DUIs was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence earlier this week, according to court records.
Federal judge rules that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees (apnews.com)
A federal judge has ruled that Florida’s transgender health care ban discriminates against state employees and violates their civil rights....
The Saudi wife who fled to Melbourne - then disappeared (www.bbc.com)
When Lolita came to Australia in 2022, she was fleeing an older man she’d been forced to marry as a child in Saudi Arabia....
Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rights (www.theguardian.com)
Far-right plan for a Republican presidency would undercut unions, strip child labor laws and boost corporate profits...
Anti-government protests turn deadly in Bangladesh (www.bbc.com)
At least 23 people have been killed in Bangladesh as clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters who are demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down....
‘I’m trying to make it’: Jimmy Carter’s goal is to vote for Kamala Harris (www.theguardian.com)
Nearing his 100th birthday and in hospice care since February 2023, the former president Jimmy Carter reportedly has one goal: voting for Kamala Harris against Donald Trump....
Berlin: Thousands march in COVID-19 pandemic skeptic protest (www.dw.com)
Several thousand people on Saturday joined a street demonstration and rally in Berlin organized by Germany’s “Lateral Thinking” protest movement....
Marijuana and Mexican cartels: Inside the stunning rise of Chinese money launderers (www.nbcnews.com)
For much of his career as a federal drug agent, Ray Donovan had a singular focus: the capture of Mexican cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. When Guzman was finally arrested in early 2014, fentanyl trafficking was on the rise in the U.S., and Donovan soon found his next project....
Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected (apnews.com)
Holder of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water, the Amazon is beginning the dry season with many of its rivers already at critically low levels, prompting governments to anticipate contingency measures to address issues ranging from disrupted navigation to increasing forest fires....
As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children (apnews.com)
They were found in gutters, on streets, in bushes. They were boarded on trains, deserted in hospitals, dumped at temples. They were sent away for being sick or outliving paychecks or simply growing too old....
About half of US state AGs went on France trip sponsored by group with lobbyist and corporate funds (apnews.com)
About half the U.S. state attorneys general traveled to France in a trip cosponsored by a group mostly funded by companies, including some under scrutiny of the top state lawyers....
The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals (www.theguardian.com)
As demand for the tin ore cassiterite soars, special forces units of Brazil’s Ibama environment agency must play a cat and mouse game with the thousands of illegal miners pouring into Yanomami reserves...
Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine claims Russian Rostov-on-Don submarine sunk in Crimea (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine’s military says it attacked and destroyed a Russian submarine while it was anchored at a port in the occupied Crimean peninsula....
Iran says Hamas leader was killed by short-range projectile (www.bbc.com)
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed with a “short-range projectile” fired from outside his guesthouse in Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says....
Blinken: Overwhelming evidence Venezuela opposition won election (www.bbc.com)
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Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India (www.bbc.com)
Mystery surrounds an American woman who was found chained to a tree “screaming” in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra....
US deploys jets and warships as Iran threatens Israel (www.bbc.com)
The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said....
Vietnam: To Lam confirmed as country's top leader (www.dw.com)
To Lam, who already served as Vietnam’s president, has been confirmed as the general secretary of the Communist Party. The former security officer vowed to continue a sweeping crackdown on corruption....
China hit by second bridge collapse in a month (www.dw.com)
Flooding and landslides struck a village and caused the collapse of a highway bridge in southwestern Sichuan province. At least two people were killed and around a dozen are missing....