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Julian Assange's sexual assault accuser is "happy" he's free (www.bbc.com)
Swedish human rights activist Anna Ardin is glad Julian Assange is free....
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....
Secret Meetings, Private Threats and a Massive Arms Race: How the World is Preparing for Trump (www.politico.com)
In Brussels, NATO officials have devised a plan to lock in long-term military support for Ukraine so that a possible Trump administration can’t get in the way....
Hawaii governor says Biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden could make a decision within days whether to remain a candidate for reelection, said Hawaii’s governor who participated in a recent meeting with Biden and other Democratic governors and whose family has known the president for years....
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
Biden’s doctor reportedly met with top neurologist at White House (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Washington DC neurologist at the White House this year, it was reported on Saturday....
Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ (atlantadailyworld.com)
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JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)
The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets (gizmodo.com)
US cities can now punish homelessness. Will it help or hurt a crisis? (www.bbc.com)
The high court’s ruling is already having a ripple effect on cities across the country, which have been emboldened to take harsher measures to clear out homeless camps that have grown in the aftermath of the pandemic....
Musk suggests late Twitter disclosure was a mistake, seeks to end lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk wants to dismiss a lawsuit by former Twitter shareholders who said he waited too long in early 2022 to reveal his large ownership stake in the social media company, saying “all indications” show his delay was a mistake....
Diabetes patients on GLP-1s instead of insulin have lower cancer risk, study shows (www.reuters.com)
Patients with type 2 diabetes taking GLP-1 treatments, which include Ozempic, have a lower chance of developing 10 types of obesity-related cancers than those taking insulin and other diabetes drugs, according to a study published on Friday....
Time running out for Ukrainians fleeing Russia's advance (www.reuters.com)
In the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, time is running out for anyone wanting to leave....
Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....
Europe is Quietly Debating a Nuclear Future Without the US (www.politico.com)
Ever since the advent of nuclear arms, Europe has been protected by an American nuclear umbrella. It was the United States that promised NATO allies that any nuclear aggression by the Soviet Union, and later, by Russia, would be answered with a barrage of U.S. missiles....
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine (apnews.com)
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall (apnews.com)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state....
Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access (apnews.com)
Kansas’ highest court on Friday struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care professionals and a ban on a common second-trimester procedure, reaffirming its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access....
How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order (apnews.com)
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and making demands that a judge called harassment after the state tried shuttering an El Paso shelter....
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright (apnews.com)
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled Thursday....
A look at how settlements have grown in the West Bank over the years (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, according to Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group. It is the latest step by Israel’s hard-line government meant to cement Israel’s control over the territory and prevent the establishment of an independent...
Pinkwashing explained: How Israel leverages gay rights to put a ‘progressive veneer atop atrocity’ (ricochet.media)
Last November, Israel’s official social media accounts shared a photo of a smiling Israeli soldier proudly holding a rainbow flag amid the rubble in Gaza, where over 10,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – had been killed in the weeks following October 7....
Top Vatican Official Accused of Lying Over €350 Million Real Estate Deal (www.bloomberg.com)
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests (www.cbc.ca)
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....
'Before marrying Melania in 2005': What new documents claim about Trump-Epstein (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)
New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk....