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Japan Prime Minister Kishida to seek closer ties with NATO (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio plans to call for stronger coordination with NATO during the alliance’s summit at a time when Russia has developed closer ties with China amid its invasion of Ukraine.
Russians could blow up nuclear plant to halt Ukraine’s forces, Zelenskyy warns (www.politico.com)
Biden told Xi after Putin meeting: Be careful, your economy depends on Western investment (www.reuters.com)
U.S. President Joe Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping following his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “be careful” because Beijing relies on Western investment.
This week's record-breaking global temperatures are likely highest in 'at least 100,000 years' (www.cnn.com)
“The Tragedy of the Commons”: how ecofascism was smuggled into mainstream thought - by Cory Doctorow (memex.craphound.com)
Erdogan links Sweden's NATO membership to Turkey's EU accession (news.yahoo.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to the bloc before Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey’s bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched...
Medvedev threatens to strike three Ukrainian nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities in Europe (www.yahoo.com)
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to strike three Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs) and nuclear facilities in Eastern Europe if an alleged attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack the Smolensk NPP in Russia with “NATO missiles” is confirmed.
‘Fear is motivating’ says Chris Packham as BBC series re-creates past extinction event | Climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Earth draws parallels between human impact on climate and volcanic eruptions that ripped through planet’s crust 250 million years ago
“Some people like to say this is the new normal. I really do not like that term. Normal suggests a steady state. We’re not in a steady state. We’re in a downward spiral in Dante’s circle of hell.” ... (thebulletin.org)
If this is the new normal, then people might start to think there’s nothing to be done except get used to it.
Japanese Supreme Court declares restriction of bathroom use by transgender as illegal (www3.nhk.or.jp)
【NHK】経済産業省に勤めるトランスジェンダーの職員が、職場の女性用トイレの使用を制限されているのは不当だとして国を訴えた裁判で、…
Female soldiers in Ukraine are wearing 'huge' uniforms and suffering yeast infections due to a lack of women's resources on the frontlines (www.businessinsider.com)
More than 100 female military members have died since the war began, according to The Daily Beast — either in the fighting or during special missions.
After days of destruction, Macron blames a familiar bogeyman: video games (www.npr.org)
ODD EYE CIRCLE - Air Force One (www.youtube.com)
Ukraine Parliament Votes 268 to 137 to Legalize Medical Marijuana (themarijuanaherald.com)
Share Tweet Pin Mail SMS Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) has passed legislation to legalize medical marijuana through its first reading. The measure received a …
Evergrande: Crisis-hit Chinese property giant reveals $81bn loss (www.bbc.com)
The embattled Chinese property giant has reported its long overdue earnings for 2021 and 2022.
Generate shadows without trees: vegetable awnings, a new way to generate shadows in the city. (www.singulargreen.com)
Green Shades is the first system in the world that allows the installation of vegetable awnings, that is, tensile sails covered with vegetation, opening a
More Brits than ever say Brexit was wrong choice: YouGov survey (www.reuters.com)
The proportion of Britons who say Brexit was a mistake hit a new record high this month, a survey from pollsters YouGov showed on Tuesday.
Végétal Canopy (vm.tiktok.com)
Medvedev calls for attacks on Ukraine housing as revenge for Crimean Bridge (news.yahoo.com)
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has once again taken to social media to rant about Ukraine, this time in relation to the explosions on the Crimean Bridge on July 17, calling Ukrainians “terrorists”.
Yacht called Kaos vandalized by climate activists in Ibiza — The sprawling vessel reportedly is owned by Nancy Walton Laurie, a billionaire Walmart heiress — "The richest 1% of the world population... (www.cbsnews.com)
Activists defaced the yacht as a protest against carbon emissions, which are highest among the world's wealthiest countries and individuals.
Vegetable canopy (www.tiktok.com)
Not fully sold on it, but I do like the aesthetics.
The fastest flop in history? Data shows that Threads' popularity crashed in just one week (vulcanpost.com)
Independent tracking data is in and it doesn’t bring good news for Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. Does Threads have a chance to bounce back again?
U.S. national in North Korea custody after crossing inter-Korean border. (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. soldier crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea and was believed to be in North Korea custody, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, creating a fresh crisis for Washington in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state.
Managing plastic with plastivores (whyy.org)
Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics.
A group of climate change activists vandalized a $300 million superyacht owned by Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie in Ibiza on Sunday (newyorkverified.com)
This Monday they have been transferred from the Ibiza police station to the Court to testify and, after several hours, both have been provisionally released