Mumbai billboard collapse: Eight dead and dozens injured ( www.bbc.com )
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Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account ( qz.com )
More than 200 factory farms set up in UK in five years ‘creating living hell for animals’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
Cannabis compound’s neuroprotective properties revealed — could be key to treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s ( www.psypost.org )
Biden bans China crypto-miner from land near nuclear missile base ( www.bbc.com )
US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned cryptocurrency miner and its partners to sell land they own near a US nuclear missile base, citing spying concerns....
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents ( www.bbc.co.uk )
David McBride is the first Australian to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his disclosure helped expose....
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s Minister of Chaos ( www.newyorker.com )
Feb. 2023 New Yorker profile unknowingly giving a prelude of what was to come....
Biden signs bipartisan bill banning imports of Russian uranium ( www.theguardian.com )
Ban, to begin in about 90 days, is White House’s latest effort to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine...
How Covid-19's symptoms have changed with each new variant ( www.bbc.com )
What are the symptoms of JN.1 and KP.2...
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents ( www.theguardian.com )
Complete bullshit. Regimes that punish whistleblowers harder than war criminals reveal themselves as dreaming of tyranny....
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents ( www.bbc.com )
David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence....
Jennifer Lawrence royally roasts Mike Pence over his support for conversion therapy ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Feds blame Ontario as some daycare centres pull out of national child care program ( www.cbc.ca )
Families Minister Jenna Sudds said Monday some Ontario daycare centres have pulled out of the federal government's national early learning and child care program because the province hasn't stepped up with enough cash....
Bill to expand Alabama’s “Don’t Say Gay” law died because everyone was confused about what it meant ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Water in N.W.T.'s Great Slave Lake is now so low, some houseboats won't float ( www.cbc.ca )
Martin Rehak isn't quite sure what to make of it yet, as he sees some of the houseboats around him on Yellowknife Bay sitting on ground that's normally underwater....
Streikende bei SRW geben auf: Ende mit Schrecken ( www.taz.de ) German
Red Dead Redemption could finally be coming to PC, datamine suggests ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Bumble's billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung ( apnews.com )
The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online....
Congress replaces statue of white supremacist with statue of anti-LGBTQ+ zealot ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Failure to Safeguard Free Speech is Always a Problem ( znetwork.org )
Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base ( www.nytimes.com )
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks ( www.theguardian.com )
Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say ( apnews.com )
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter....