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Interview - ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech ( www.theguardian.com )
Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews ( www.nbcnews.com )
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...
Saudia Arabia, border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers, rights activists say ( www.hrw.org )
In some instances, Saudi border guards asked migrants what limb to shoot, and then shot them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who were attempting to flee back to Yemen.
In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans’ First Amendment rights ( kansasreflector.com )
Police raided the offices of a local newspaper, the Kansas Reflector, seizing computers & cell phones.
'The goal is to disguise propaganda as independent content.' A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul ( web.archive.org )
From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, investigators tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Mr. Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points....
How Hollywood appeases China, explained by the Barbie movie ( www.vox.com )
Russian court hands jailed Alexey Navalny new 19-year prison sentence ( www.aljazeera.com )
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to 19 more years in jail on extremism charges which he has dismissed as an attempt to silence him....
Trump Charges Should be a Warning to the USA and the UK ( www.youtube.com )
I am not affiliated in any way shape or form to the channel linked. However, I also find the similarities of Trump and Johnson very stark in the way they behaved around inciting populism....
Putin rules out rejoining Black Sea grain deal, despite famine fears ( www.politico.eu )
Hunter Biden guilty plea in doubt over immunity questions ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Even if the legal turmoil that has surrounded Hunter Biden for years is wrapped up, the political battle will continue.
Germantown tap water unsafe to drink after diesel fuel leak, city officials say ( www.actionnews5.com )
Severe thunderstorm on Tuesday caused a diesel leak that made its way into the city water supply.
Federal study finds nearly half of US tap water contains PFAS ( kstp.com )
Student Loan Forgiveness: Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Debt Forgiveness Plan ( www.nytimes.com )
Judges Block Transgender Care Bans for Minors in Kentucky and Tennessee ( www.nytimes.com )
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Co-creator of lithium-ion battery and the oldest Nobel winner dies at age 100 ( 12ft.io )
Fusion, Recoil, Discovery: A New Type of Atomic Nucleus Discovered ( scitechdaily.com )
Scientists from Australia are currently engrossed in the task of deciphering & analyzing the perplexing messages & signals received from space. They strongly believe the transmissions may be an at... ( www.jpost.com )
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Denmark welcomes Ukrainians under special law — with an expiration date ( theworld.org )
Russia launches lab to study Xi Jinping ideology ( www.politico.eu )
Thus proving once and for all that China is a totally cool and normal country with healthy power structures.
7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled. 12 kids were cut or stabbed playing with them. ( apnews.com )
The Good News Effect ( www.washingtonpost.com )
I saw a comment this morning lamenting the imbalance of positive and negative news content that we are given....