Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has reconquered half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced a “a very hard fight” to win back more....
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast (www.france24.com)
Hayao Miyazaki’s final Studio Ghibli film breaks record despite no marketing (www.independent.co.uk)
James Cameron calls for regulations for tourist subs after Titan disaster (www.independent.co.uk)
Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
Ukraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Romanian court rules to keep Andrew Tate under house arrest as human trafficking case continues (www.ctvnews.ca)
China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records (www.reuters.com)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/05ac7354-8761-4498-a86c-838c261159dd.pngBEIJING, July 17 (Reuters) - A remote township in China’s arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 Celsius (126 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for a country that was battling minus 50C weather just six months ago....
Australian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean (www.google.com)
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Spanish activists vandalize superyacht in Ibiza believed to belong to billionaire Walmart heiress (localnews8.com)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.
Iran's morality police to resume headscarf patrols (www.bbc.co.uk)
Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people (www.bbc.com)
Insane heatwave grips southern Europe. Land surface temperature in some areas of Extremadura in Spain reached 60° Celsius!! (www.copernicus.eu)
A severe heatwave is ongoing in Europe. Temperature records broken in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain....
Mexico Has Fully Recognized the State of Palestine (jacobin.com)
2 men arrested near Puerto Rico with 65 bricks of cocaine in boat - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
Twitter account suspended for tracking Elon Musk’s jet joins Meta’s Threads (www.theguardian.com)
A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern (apnews.com)
Britain's far right is booming on Elon Musk's Twitter (www.euronews.com)
Nonbinary genders beyond 'male' and 'female' would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot (theconversation.com)
Mexico Has Fully Recognized the State of Palestine (jacobin.com)
In fealty to US foreign policy, Mexico has long refused to recognize Palestinian statehood. Last week, that finally changed, with AMLO’s government officially acknowledging Palestinian statehood and establishing a full embassy in Mexico City....
Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Marginal improvements to agricultural soils around the world would store enough carbon to keep the world within 1.5C of global heating, new research suggests....