China objects as US approves military aid to Taiwan under program aimed at sovereign nations ( apnews.com )
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/556548...
Japan may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban ( www.reuters.com )
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Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished ( www.nytimes.com )
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Spanish football federation threatens to sue player Jenni Hermoso over kiss ‘lies’ ( www.theguardian.com )
In a statement, the federation said that it would take the “necessary legal action” and told the female players that “playing for the national team is an obligation on any member of the federation called upon to do so”.
Divers willing to go ‘Whenever, Wherever’ save dog named Shakira from bat-infested cave ( ca.sports.yahoo.com )
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast ( www.wsj.com )
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Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks Not Possible Without Help from the West ( news.antiwar.com )
5 million bees fall off truck on Guelph Line in Burlington, Ontario ( www.cbc.ca )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/4319858...
At least 38 people have died in a fire in a building in South Africa's biggest city, authorities say ( apnews.com )
Top shareholder of China's troubled Zhongrong Trust plans to delist; stock surges ( www.reuters.com )
"Every home becomes a prison:" Now, Taliban stops Afghan women from sightseeing ( www.firstpost.com )
“Not content with depriving girls and women of education, employment, and free movement, the Taliban also want to take from them parks and sport and now even nature, as we see from this latest ban on women visiting Band-e-Amir,” Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr says.
A deadly tick-borne epidemic is raging. Dogs are key to ending it. ( wapo.st )
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Army officers say they are taking power in Gabon ( www.bbc.co.uk )
The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service blocks [far-right minister] Purra's choice for media advisor role due to China links ( yle.fi )
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Greece struggles to contain Europe’s largest wildfire on record ( wapo.st )
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Russian Soldiers in Ukraine Threaten to Abandon Posts Over Landfill in Hometown ( www.themoscowtimes.com )
In a video addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s General Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Committee, seven men in military uniforms called on authorities to stop sending waste to a landfill in the town of Poltavskaya, located in the Krasnodar region....
‘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....
DOJ sues SpaceX for not hiring asylum seekers and refugees ( www.semafor.com )
Shares of China developer Evergrande plunges after resuming Hong Kong trading ( techxplore.com )
Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine ( www.wsj.com )
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U.S., Florida Gov. DeSantis says shorter lifespans should protect people from losing Social Security and Medicare protection ( web.archive.org )
"I think it started before COVID and I think it’s continued even here afterwards. I think it’s more than, more than just COVID. I mean, I think that there’s deaths of despair. I think you have (drugs),” DeSantis said. Life expectancy in the U.S. has decreased to 76.4 years in 2023 from 77.28 in 2020, according to Centers...
Hong Kong Cantonese-language advocacy group closes after China's national security police raid founder’s home ( hongkongfp.com )
Andrew Chan established the group to promote Cantonese and “safeguard the linguistic rights of Hongkongers,” after policies were put forward to push Mandarin-language instruction in the city’s schools. Currently living abroad, Chan said he would not return to Hong Kong due to safety concerns.
Spanish football federation leaders demand resignation of its president Luis Rubiales ( www.theguardian.com )
"After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, we request that Mr Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the Spanish football federation,” the Spanish football federation’s regional presidents say in a joint statement.
Biden administration reverses its sabotage on right to repair?? ( www.youtube.com )
I am not from the US, so I would appreciate any extra links on this one....