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Japan: Executives resign over Kobayashi supplement scandal (www.dw.com)
The president and chairman of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical have stepped down. The move follows revelations they acted too slowly to reports of deadly complications suspected to be related to their cholesterol supplements....
Ethiopia mudslide death toll surpasses 150 (www.dw.com)
Scores of people have been killed after heavy rains in the remote south of Ethiopia. Authorities warned the death toll could continue to climb as bodies as well as survivors were pulled from the mud....
Harris donations top $100m after Biden's exit from presidential race (www.bbc.com)
Democrats have poured more than $100m (£77m) in donations into Vice-President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday, her campaign says....
UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government (www.bbc.com)
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed 57 Bangladeshis long prison terms for holding protests in the Gulf state against their own country’s government....
Hungary demands EU action against Ukraine as Russian oil spat escalates (www.politico.eu)
Budapest argues it’s facing an energy crunch after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Moscow’s oil transiting the country....
Mexico City police chief shot dead in ‘drug cartel hit’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Milton Morales Figueroa reportedly killed by gunmen while enjoying a family day out...
Russian court jails journalist for six-and-a-half years after secret trial (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to six-and-a-half years in prison after a rushed, secret trial....
‘Oh thank God’: Democratic swing state voters feel relief after Biden drops out (www.theguardian.com)
Michigan and Wisconsin party members are hopeful as some Trump voters also approve of the president’s decision...
Donald Trump is now the oldest party nominee for president in US history (www.businessinsider.com)
At 78 years old, former President Donald Trump is now the oldest nominee running for president....
Hong Kong is global trade hub for world’s most brutal regimes, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-democracy campaign group finds exports of goods to Russia, vital to its war efforts, roughly doubled in a year...
Russia’s Top Diplomat Praises Trump-Vance Ticket on Ukraine Stance (www.bloomberg.com)
[Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] says Vance wants to ‘stop pumping Ukraine full of weapons’...
More AI-generated child sex abuse material is being posted online (www.nbcnews.com)
In a review of material posted on the dark web, the Internet Watch Foundation found that deepfakes featuring children were becoming more extreme....
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison freed after murder conviction overturned (www.nbcnews.com)
A judge ruled last month Sandra Hemme must be freed or retried for the 1980 murder within 30 days, but the Missouri Attorney General fought to keep her imprisoned....
Federal judge blocks Castle Rock from using code to stop church from providing temporary shelter to unhoused (www.denver7.com)
A federal judge ruled that the Town of Castle Rock cannot enforce a land use code against The Rock evangelical church for providing temporary shelter for unhoused people on its property....
Croatia: Several dead in nursing home attack — media reports (www.dw.com)
Taiwan holds drills simulating defense against China attacks (www.dw.com)
Taiwan is holding five days of military drills simulating a response to a Chinese invasion. The exercises come amid growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait....
Russian rockets clog Europe’s South American spaceport (www.politico.eu)
Even in the most distant reaches of EU territory, Moscow is still posing problems....
MAGA world is really mad that Trump is no longer running against Biden (www.businessinsider.com)
Trump and his supporters are slamming Joe Biden for quitting the race and endorsing Kamala Harris....
Kamala Harris sees surge in big money support after Biden drops out of race (www.cnbc.com)
Kamala Harris is already seeing a wave of big money donor support since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race....
Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris' campaigns twice while he was a private citizen, records show (www.businessinsider.com)
Donald Trump contributed $6,000 to Kamala Harris when she ran for California attorney general....
Barcelona to up tourist tax as Mallorca seeks visitor cap (www.dw.com)
Locals in Spain’s tourism hotspots are increasingly frustrated about mass tourism. Authorities are clamping down....
Genetic test could eradicate a type of inherited blindness in dogs (www.theguardian.com)
A mountain rescue dog whose duties ended after her eyesight failed has helped scientists create a test that could eradicate the genetic eye condition in her breed for good....
World leaders react to Biden’s decision to exit presidential race (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats hail Biden's decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign (apnews.com)
Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he’s unable to serve as president....
Kamala Harris Launches Presidential Bid: ‘My Intention Is to Earn and Win This Nomination’ (variety.com)
Kamala Harris has launched her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside Sunday under pressure from party leaders....
Why the far right is surging all over the world: The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment (www.vox.com)
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Judge declines to dismiss charges against George Santos in fraud case (abcnews.go.com)
A federal judge on Friday declined to dismiss criminal charges against former Rep. George Santos for alleged schemes that cost him his seat....
North Korea flies more balloons across border with South (www.dw.com)
South Korea is boosting its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at the border after North Korea floated more trash balloons southwards....
Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools (www.theguardian.com)
Judge pushed enactment of law to display religious code until November in response to parents’ suit...
Plan to end exorbitant ‘surprise’ ambulance bills heads to Congress (www.theguardian.com)
Committee to recommend patients should pay no more than $100 or 10% of a bill, depending on which is less...
China talks of mending fractured relations but says it won’t tolerate Canadian criticism of its human-rights record (www.theglobeandmail.com)
China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan....
With prices soaring, 86.8% of Nicaraguans cannot afford to buy essentials (english.elpais.com)
In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia...
CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft says (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage....
Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis (www.miamiherald.com)
A stunning 10% of Cuba’s population — more than a million people — left the island between 2022 and 2023, the head of the country’s national statistics office said during a National Assembly session Friday, the largest migration wave in Cuban history....
‘Dismantled ... For Spare Parts.’ Russians Attack With Their Best Tanks And Worst War Bikes—And Run Into Heavily-Armed Ukrainian Paratroopers. (www.forbes.com)
Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California (cleantechnica.com)
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million over data violations (www.dw.com)
Nigeria’s consumer protection watchdog accused US tech giant Meta of abusing market dominance and sharing personal data without permission. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp....
Sandra Hemme freed after 43 years in prison for murder she didn’t commit (www.bbc.com)
A woman who served 43 years for a murder she did not commit has been released after her conviction was overturned....
Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names (www.theguardian.com)
Offensive term to be replaced as first step towards more changes in unprecedented reform of nomenclature rules...
Utah to use pentobarbital to execute man instead of three-drug combination (www.theguardian.com)
Defense attorneys said the use of ketamine, fentanyl and potassium chloride could cause ‘excruciating suffering’...
The Microsoft/CrowdStrike outage shows the danger of monopolization (www.theguardian.com)
As the world recovers from the largest IT outage in history, it shows the danger of one point of failure in IT infrastructure...
Man accused of Nazi salute during US Capitol attack jailed for nearly five years (www.theguardian.com)
Tyler Dykes, 26, who said at sentencing he is supporting Trump to be president, pleaded guilty to assault charges...
Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks (www.theguardian.com)
Fault in CrowdStrike caused airports, businesses and healthcare services to languish in ‘largest outage in history’...
Pro-Trump multimillionaire and election denier boosts funds to far-right voter-conspiracy groups (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-Overstock chief Patrick Byrne using Maga-allied America Project to steer large amounts to groups pushing fringe theories...
Disneyland workers say they live in cars and motels due to low pay (www.bbc.com)
Cynthia “Cyn” Carranza meticulously scavenged for a shady parking spot in the car she called home....
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies (www.politico.eu)
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory....
Fossil fuel extraction compatible with climate action, says COP29 host Azerbaijan (www.politico.eu)
Azerbaijan, the host of this year’s global climate talks, has suggested that continued fossil fuel extraction is compatible with the Paris Agreement....
China: Bridge collapses in sudden floods, killing several (www.dw.com)
At least 11 people died, and 30 people were missing after a bridge collapsed amid torrential rains in northwestern China, state media said on Saturday....