Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in the Amazon in Historic First ( www.globalcitizen.org )
Most of the Texas border buoys, installed to deter migrants, are in Mexican territory, study shows ( www.nbcnews.com )
Russia’s central bank to hold extraordinary meeting after rouble falls to 16-month low ( www.theguardian.com )
Bank will discuss interest rate after high spending on war in Ukraine and drop in export revenues put further pressure on Russia’s economy.
Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Egg ( www.iflscience.com )
Argentina election: Youths’ anger fuels far-right populist ( www.opendemocracy.net )
Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences ( www.thelondoneconomic.com )
A firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the prime minister opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea....
China's judiciary, conviction rate in 2022 reaches 99.975% while criminal justice data culled from official reports and database ( safeguarddefenders.com )
Some 1,430,000 criminal verdicts at court of first instance were issued in 2022. Of those, 354 were not guilty judgments, the NGO Safeguard Defenders says.
An American soldier is detained by North Korea after crossing its heavily armed border ( apnews.com )
Trump says special counsel told him he’s a target in Jan. 6 probe ( archive.is )
Key Points...
Thousands of Ukrainians in the UK face homelessness after warm welcome ( theworld.org )
Man Whose Mother-In-Law Wore Viral Blue-And-Black Dress Charged With Attempted Murder ( www.huffpost.com )
Not sure if this story belongs to this community But also WTF....
Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn ( apnews.com )
Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Imploded Titanic submarine seen for first time as pieces recovered from sea floor ( www.independent.co.uk )
Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta plane engine ( www.bbc.com )
On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama.
Welcome to Houston’s No-Longer-Independent School District ( www.texasmonthly.com )
Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal ( www.propublica.org )
ProPublica strikes back....
Young Saudi woman sentenced to more than 30 years in prison over tweets on human rights ( web.archive.org )
Fatima al-Shawarbi, who is from Al-Ahsa province and believed to be under 30, reported to have used her anonymous Twitter account to highlight the plight of the Howeitat – a tribe whose members have been forcibly displaced for the Neom megaproject – women’s rights, and calling for a constitutional monarchy.
Wagner forces are said to be in control of military facilities in the city of Voronezh, north of Rostov and on route to Moscow ( www.bbc.com )
No paywall or permissions nonsense
(Texas Tribune) ERCOT can’t be sued over power grid failures during 2021 winter storm, Texas Supreme Court rules ( beehaw.org )
Billionaire-funded group driving effort to erode democracy in key US states ( www.theguardian.com )
Once again the conservative republicans seem to be better than anyone else at finding ways to "win" at politics.
Supreme Court says states can’t overrule Biden on whom to deport ( thehill.com )
Another bullshit legal theory from Texas goes down in flames. Justice Alito dissented because of course he did....
Frozen fruit sold at Walmart, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Target, Whole Foods recalled over possible listeria contamination | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
British woman claims Etihad Airways employee sent her unsolicited private messages after searching her data in the airline's system ( nitter.net )
"Terrifying experience travelling alone", she tweets.
