G20 meeting in India to end without communique as Ukraine war divides bloc (www.reuters.com)
Australian state cancels 2026 Commonwealth Games over cost blowout (www.politico.eu)
Azerbaijan says Russia and Armenia not fulfilling Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal (www.eureporter.co)
How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona (www.washingtonpost.com)
A megadrought has seared Arizona, stressing its rivers and reservoirs and reducing water to a trickle in the homes of farmworkers near this desert valley....
Evergrande: Crisis-hit Chinese property giant reveals $81bn loss (www.bbc.co.uk)
Bluesky is under fire for allowing usernames with racial slurs (techcrunch.com)
UK’s approach to AI safety lacks credibility, report warns (techcrunch.com)
Spanish election: Drug trafficker links trigger questions for Feijóo (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine war: Russia says Crimean bridge partially open to cars again (www.bbc.co.uk)
Swiss police evacuate villages due to wildfire (www.reuters.com)
Britain rejects Russia's accusation of UK's possible involvement in Crimean bridge attack (www.reuters.com)
Heatwaves are new normal as 50C hits US and China - UN (www.bbc.com)
People with alcohol use disorder impaired after heavy drinking, despite claims of higher tolerance (www.uchicagomedicine.org)
A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won’t Say Whether He Still Has a Job (www.rollingstone.com)
An audit has uncovered a massive scandal in Connecticut, where hundreds of troopers manipulated the state’s racial-profiling database through fraudulent citations
Americans are ‘hunkering down’ and buying less food as inflation bites, one grocery giant says—instead they’re raiding their freezers (fortune.com)
Consumers have long been warned they were going to be pushed to the “point of pain” in order to curtail their spending. It seems like we’ve finally reached it.
Got tipping rage? This barista reveals what it's like to be behind the tip screen (www.npr.org)
More than 50 pilot whales die after mass stranding on Scottish beach (www.reuters.com)
The Rich Are Crazier Than You and Me (www.nytimes.com)
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