The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end? (www.theguardian.com)
The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027...
Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence (www.theguardian.com)
London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against an extradition order to the US (apnews.com)
International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes (www.bbc.com)
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza for war crimes....
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders (www.abc.net.au)
Musk Confirms Twitter Has Become X.com (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Taiwan's new president calls on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy (www.bbc.com)
- Beijing dislikes Taiwan’s new President William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which they see as pro-independence. It has ramped up military incursions around Taiwan’s waters and airspace since his election win in January....
Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder can challenge US extradition (www.bbc.com)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15602407...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash, official says (www.reuters.com)
Indian students in Canadian province take to the streets over tightening immigration rules (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Chinese nationals are trying to get to Australia by boat over a weak economy and political oppression at home (www.abc.net.au)
As night fell over the Indian Ocean, Li thought he would die in his boat....
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world....
Prime Minister of Estonia: NATO troops training in Ukraine will not lead to an escalation of war (westobserver.com)
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UN expert calls to remove sanctions against China citing 'illegality' (news.cgtn.com)
Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years (www.theguardian.com)
More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills...
Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt (www.reuters.com)
The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel’s military operation in the area, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday....
Attacker of Slovakia's prime minister may not have acted alone, says minister (tvpworld.com)
Wikileaks' Julian Assange given permission to appeal against U.S. extradition, UK court rules (www.reuters.com)
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s battle to avoid extradition to the United States received a huge boost on Monday when London’s High Court ruled that U.S. assurances over his case were unsatisfactory and he would get a full appeal hearing....
Who was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's late president? (www.dw.com)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. He played a crucial role in Iran over the past four decades, with human rights groups saying he was responsible for thousands of deaths....
UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds (www.reuters.com)
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry found on Monday....
Xi’s Warm Embrace of Putin in China Is a Defiance of the West (www.nytimes.com)
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? (www.theguardian.com)
