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Attorney John Lauro appeared on cable news shows to defend the former president's actions following Trump's not guilty pleas on Thursday.

Delegation from Ecowas leaves early, having failed to meet detained president or coup leader

"Russia's Cozy Bear is back and hitting Microsoft Teams to phish top targets..."

#Espionage #Phish #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #News #NAFO #Microsoft #Technology #Security #Hacking

https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/03/microsoft_teams_cozy_bear/

The data covers the work of organisations HazteOir and CitizenGO, comprising documents which date from 2001 to 2017 like spreadsheets of donors and members, strategy and planning documents, letters, financial charts and legal and training documents. HazteOir was first founded in 2001 in Spain to campaign for right wing values, in 2013 it founded CitizenGO to spread its work beyond Spanish speaking countries.

Here is the link: https://wikileaks.org/intolerancenetwork

EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause #Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime == An #EPA document shows that a new #Chevron #fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year. #Chemicals #Plastic #Plastics #Biofuels #Mississippi #News https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-approved-chevron-fuel-ingredient-cancer-risk-plastics-biofuel?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Floodwaters were diverted from Beijing, but the water had to go somewhere - So Zhuozhou took the brunt.

The oceans are a vital regulator for the climate and our weather but are rapidly heating up.

Élysée insists French president not advocating general blackout as ministers say rioters using platforms to organise violence

Sixteen-year-old Autumn Williams is still trying to understand how the blonde hair color in her braids was deemed unnatural at her Chick-Fil-A job.

The account on the platform formerly known as Twitter impersonated Japan's top currency diplomat.

Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.

The two young, Black Tennessee state House Democrats whose expulsion sparked a nationwide controversy in April, will win reelection on Thursday, CNN projects.

A Muslim cleric has been arrested on charges of blasphemy and hate speech in Indonesia after his decision to allow women to preach and pray beside men sparked a backlash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

Data shows a 66% drop in deforestation rates in July 2023 compared to the same month last year.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year was on a long drive by himself around the time of the deaths, his defense attorneys wrote in new court documents filed this week.

A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, Texas.

A Moscow court fined Apple 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting "inaccurate" content about what Russia calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine on apps and podcasts, Russian news agencies reported.

Gov. Greg Abbott has rebuffed demands to remove a floating barrier that Mexico and US officials warned would become a 'death trap' for migrants.

Hyundai, Kia recall 91,000 US vehicles over fire risks, urge owners to park outside:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hyundai-kia-recall-91000-us-vehicles-over-fire-risks-urge-owners-park-outside-2023-08-03/

#news #automaker #hyundai #kia #recall #cars #vehicles #fire

As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production.

Global warming is poised to increase borrowing costs for cities, countries and companies as record heat waves emerge worldwide.

Etsy is scrambling to avert a widespread sellers' strike: UK vendors started boycotting the platform over its payment reserves system
https://qz.com/etsy-scrambling-avert-seller-strike-over-payment-reserv-1850702861

#news #etsy #strike #business #economy #careers #workers #unitedkingdom

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow public school students to take Advanced Placement psychology because the course includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, topics forbidden by the state, the College Board said Thursday. That could mean that a week before school starts in many districts, about 5,000 Central Florida students and about 27,000 statewide may not be able to take a class they signed up to tackle in the 2023-24 school year.

From coping with dangerously swollen rivers to helping residents trapped in waterlogged cities, China's disaster-response systems are being put to the test after one of the strongest storms in years brought record rainfall that could take weeks to recede.