Mystery powder letters sent to Kansas Republicans, Trump, Supreme Court Justice Thomas ( abcnews.go.com )
US media giant Gannett sues Google over "monopolization of advertising technology markets" and "deceptive commercial practices" ( web.archive.org )
In 2022, Google made upwards of $30 billion in revenue from the sale of ad space on publishers’ websites which was six times the digital advertising revenue of all U.S. news publications combined, according to a statement by Gannett.
EU member Hungary is not letting diplomats visit Ukrainian prisoners of war transferred from Russia, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says ( web.archive.org )
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, and other involved bodies of Ukraine continue to take steps towards bringing eleven Ukrainian POWs back home after Hungary had received them from Russia without notifying the Ukrainian government or any international human rights...
Titanic sub search: underwater noises picked up by Canadian plane, US coast guard says ( www.theguardian.com )
Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi ( techcrunch.com )
Hunter Biden to plea guilty in tax, gun case ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Spotify’s will reportedly launch HiFi audio through a costlier premium subscription ( techcrunch.com )
A Love Letter from Russia to America [from an anonymous Russian citizen] ( web.archive.org )
"Our first democratically elected leader [in Russia], a goofy old politician, handed the reins of power to a serious young security officer in 1999. We love our strong men here. At first, Putin was enamored of you [America]. When he said in the early 2000s that he saw America as our “best partner” he meant it. When he said...
Putin orders creation of psychiatric institute to “study the behavior of LGBT people”, Russian health minister warns of "suicides across the country" ( web.archive.org )
On June 14, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill banning surgical operations “aimed at changing a person’s sex” and changing one’s gender marker in legal documents in its first reading. During the session, multiple parties in the Duma vocally criticized the document. After Russia’s Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko...
Explainer - Missing Titanic submersible: what is the Titan tourist sub and what might have happened to it? ( 12ft.io )
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida ( archive.is )
SVB Customers Who Lost Their Deposits Remain on the Hook for Loans ( www.wsj.com )
cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/125873...
Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way ( www.bbc.com )
After Pennsylvania, This US State is Declaring Diwali as School Holiday for its 2 Lakh Indian Residents - News18 ( www.news18.com )
Federal judge rules Utah city violated first amendment when it refused permit for drag show ( boingboing.net )
Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funny ( www.politico.eu )
Uruguay won’t melt huge bronze Nazi eagle into a dove, president says ( www.politico.eu )
A dozen French police wounded in clashes with protesters opposing high speed rail project ( www.eureporter.co )
"Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t," a political scientist says ( web.archive.org )
“The emperor only values his throne and will do anything to protect it, while all others are mere resources to be exploited,” writes Aleksandar Đokić, a Serbian political scientist and former lecturer at RUDN University in Moscow. “In other words, the Russian empire is knowingly throwing its own people, people of its own...
‘I’m afraid I won’t make it to 15 June’: Russian Activist Anatoly Berezikov predicted his own death and died in a jail for minor offenders on 14 June ( web.archive.org )
Berezikov's lawyers believe that their client was tortured at the police station during the several hours that she was looking for him. She managed to take a photo of Berezikov’s back in the courthouse: the lawyer believes there were stun gun bruises on it. “He told me in the courthouse: I won’t make it to 15 June. I’m...
Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat ( 103kkcn.com )
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She thought she was unshockable, then two castrated Ukrainian soldiers arrived ( www.thetimes.co.uk )
For a month the two men could not tell their psychologist what had happened to them, only that it was horrible beyond words. “If there’s hell somewhere, it’s worse than that,” said one....
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four returned to Portland library after 65 years ( www.bbc.com )
This book and also Brave New World should be on every school curriculum.