U.K. temporarily criminalizes puberty blockers for trans kids (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Trump Sounds Alarm For Americans Paying Off Porn Stars: ‘IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ME, IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!’ (www.mediaite.com)
White Canadian writer self-publishes book on race after traveling US in ‘Afro wig and Mocha shade foundation’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Trump brands US a ‘fascist state’ in 40-minute rant amid wild scenes outside his Manhattan home (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia (www.nytimes.com)
The fabricated video, which is drawn from actual footage, shows the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, seeming to suggest that the Russian city of Belgorod, just 25 miles north of Ukraine’s border with Russia, was a legitimate target for such strikes....
‘Time is our life’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy on balancing urgency with diplomacy in the war against Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The interview came at perhaps the toughest moment for Ukraine since the early days of the war. Zelenskiy insisted, however, that it was too early to write off the country, and that he remained positive despite all his frustrations. “I’m not in despair at all … I don’t feel like we are on a sinking ship which is going to...
Visibly Distressed Putin Pals Shaken Up by Trump Verdict (www.thedailybeast.com)
You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor’s Bill (www.wsj.com)
In Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train (apnews.com)
Rays of sunlight slice through pools of crystal water as clusters of fish cast shadows on the limestone below. Arching over the emerald basin are walls of stalactites dripping down the cavern ceiling, which opens to a dense jungle....
Canada’s Oil Resurgence is Doomed Without Younger Workers | OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)
While the US and EU are putting up barriers to Chinese cars, Australians are buying them at record levels (www.abc.net.au)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16322892...
Bill Makes Gaza Genocide Protests Illegal (apnews.com)
hr-6090 will make criticizing isreal illegal including the protests. it’s already passed the the house and biden has signaled his support for it. i wonder why this isn’t on lemmy already since it’s been a thing for a month so far.
Israel has offered a plan for 6 week Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, Biden says (www.usatoday.com)
German police shoot knifeman after attack on rightwing protest (www.theguardian.com)
King Charles accepted award from Nazi veteran (www.declassifieduk.org)
Ukraine war: Germany joins US in allowing Kyiv to use its weapons to strike Russia (www.independent.co.uk)
The AfD’s obsession with the Third Reich is driving a realignment of Europe’s far right | Mariam Lau (www.theguardian.com)
Massive change is afoot within Europe’s far right. Just as voters across 27 countries prepare to go to the polls in EU elections, a split over the German far right’s allegiance to the Third Reich is driving a realignment....
Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors are hailing “off the chart” trial results that show a new drug stopped lung cancer advancing for longer than any other treatment in medical history....
Moscow warns West of escalation after Ukraine told it can hit Russia (www.bbc.com)
Russia has accused Nato and the US of “provoking a new level of tension” after the US and Germany became the latest allies to let Ukraine’s military to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia....
China Condemns US Deployment of Previously-Banned Missile System to the Philippines - News From Antiwar.com (news.antiwar.com)
US intelligence officials share evidence that Russia has used North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The U.S. Ministry of Defense’s Intelligence Service reported that Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles to strike Ukraine....
UK and US strike Houthis in Yemen after surge in shipping attacks (www.euronews.com)
The UK and the US struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, three US officials said....
