Trump Won’t Be on Trial in Georgia Case This Fall, but His Presence Will Be Felt
Chemistry Nobel Prize Revealed in Media Hours Early
EU won’t protect journalists from government spying – activists
MEPs have left an opening for the use of spyware, which may lead to abuse, critics believe
The hope for a full ban on the use of spyware against journalists in the EU is “dead,” after MEPs backed watered-down media regulations that allow the authorities to infect phones in the name of national security, media freedom advocates claim.…
Europeans face €13 monthly Facebook charge – WSJ
Meta hopes to dodge EU privacy law by asking users to pay for an ad-free experience
Meta is considering asking Facebook and Instagram users to pay a monthly subscription charge to opt out of having their data mined for personalized ads, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.…
You gotta just ignore annoying tweets

Yes, people on the internet are irritating. And yet.
Two weeks ago, I saw a tweet that was written, I believe, with the sole purpose of annoying me.…
Liverpool boss demands match replay after VAR mistake
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 3 Quantum Dots Researchers
Inside the Menendez Indictment: A Mercedes and a Secretive Fatal Crash
An 8-Year-Old Is at the Heart of a Fight Over Tibetan Buddhism
FIFA World Cup to be hosted across three continents in 2030
More Than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Care Workers Begin Strike
Legal smoking age proposed to raise by one year every year
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Cancels Key Part of HS2 Rail Project
Economic models not capturing climate change’s reality

Scientists say severe climate change is now the greatest threat to humanity. Extreme weather is expected to upend lives and livelihoods, intensifying wildfires and pushing ecosystems towards collapse as ocean heatwaves savage coral reefs.…
Man who racially abused cricket umpire Majid Haq fined £400
UK asks European countries to take its criminals – The Times
The British government is seeking to rent cell space from foreign countries to combat overcrowding in its prisons
The UK’s Ministry of Justice is in talks with correctional facilities across Europe to rent out space to tackle chronic overcrowding in its prisons, according to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, who gave a speech on the subject at a Conservative Party conference. …
Laurence Fox arrested after video showing police in his home shared on social media
Laurence Fox arrested after video showing police in his home shared on social media
David Brooks thinks Americans are getting meaner

He blames the collapse of moral education. But what about capitalism?
One of the things you hear often these days is that America is becoming a more polarized country.…
Oz-Indonesia tie-up could break China’s EV battery supremacy

Lithium-ion batteries, composed of minerals including lithium, nickel and cobalt, have the potential to be game-changers in decarbonization. However, their efficacy is contingent upon several factors, such as China’s predominant role in minerals processing and downstream applications, supply chain complexities and future technologies related to battery minerals supply chains.…
Corporate manslaughter investigation after Lucy Letby baby murders
Safeguarding review to be launched into Sara Sharif death
Woman attempts to break record as world’s oldest skydiver
Warming world nearing ‘point of no return’, says Pope Francis
What a striking new study of death in America misses

The Downfall of Kevin McCarthy
Second suspect charged as police name man who died in Glasgow
The Ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Japan’s yen stuck in a ‘Groundhog Day’ time loop

TOKYO – A plunging yen is the global financial system’s version of “Groundhog Day.” Since 1993 – when the beloved Bill Murray film featuring a weatherman stuck in a time loop of the worst day of his life until he changes course hit theaters – currency traders have repeatedly had to obsess over whether the […]
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