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A Summer Rite in Spain: Coping With the British Tourist Invasion ( www.nytimes.com )

NYT gift article expires in 30 days....

Trump’s defense in the 2020 election case, explained by legal experts ( www.vox.com )

Former President Donald Trump’s legal defense against federal criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election is beginning to take shape....

"A ticking time bomb that can explode at any time", as EVs surge, so does nickel mining’s death toll ( restofworld.org )

Chinese demand for nickel, an important ingredient in EV batteries, has triggered a mining boom in the remote regions of Indonesia. The country has signed over a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion with suppliers for EV giants like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, but deaths and injuries from industrial accidents have been racking...

COVID symptoms seem to never touch certain people — and researchers may have finally figured out why ( www.cbsnews.com )

Here is the study the article references:...

French Courts Are Giving Protesters INSANE Sentences ( www.youtube.com )

French courts have been imposing disproportionately severe sentences for minor offenses, including 10 months in prison for stealing a can of Red Bull and one year for a homeless boy with schizophrenia caught looting a luxury store. The overwhelmed courts rush cases, provide minimal time for defendants, and prioritize punishment...

Federal judge blocks Florida from enforcing ban on minors attending drag shows ( www.politico.com )

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court ( www.propublica.org )

In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a...

'Best ever' UFO photo showing 100ft craft finally revealed after 30 years ( www.the-sun.com )

UN chief uses rare power to warn Security Council of impending ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Gaza ( apnews.com )

NATO should be ready for ‘bad news’ from Ukraine, Stoltenberg warns ( www.politico.eu )

What bad news? Why? Hasn’t UA been winning all along, for 1.5 years?

Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for 6 days in a row ( grist.org )

U.S. President Biden says "Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under single government" and "extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop" ( feddit.de )

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5830159...

Israel intensifies ground and air strikes on nearly cut-off Gaza while UN denounces 'war crimes' in conflict for first time and warns many will soon starve to death ( english.elpais.com )

“In the beginning, people could go to the market or to the stores. Now, no more. Stores have empty shelves. People are struggling to get food, but there are already people starving in Gaza,” warns Nebal Farsakh, spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent, speaking over the phone....

Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts ( apnews.com )

Disney’s Loki remains silent over reported use of generative AI - The Verge ( www.theverge.com )

Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine ( www.reuters.com )

cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/587773...

Divers willing to go ‘Whenever, Wherever’ save dog named Shakira from bat-infested cave ( ca.sports.yahoo.com )

China's Xi urges more work to ‘control illegal religious activities’ in Xinjiang on surprise visit ( www.theguardian.com )

Xi’s crackdown on the region and its Uyghur population has been labeled an attempted genocide by some governments, human rights groups and legal bodies....

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