New study links COVID-19 to lasting neuropsychiatric issues, highlights vaccination benefits. ( www.news-medical.net )
France: arts festival organizers say they received protests and threats from China after selecting Taiwan as its ‘guest of honour country’ for this year's event ( focustaiwan.tw )
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Jeremy Corbyn leads pro-Palestine bloc by winning Islington North as independent candidate ( www.thejc.com )
Jeremy Corbyn has retained his Islington North seat as an independent MP after he was expelled from Labour in May....
UK Gets Its Future Back": Labour's Keir Starmer In Victory Speech ( ptv-news.com.pk )
Osaka court grants refugee status to African man persecuted over homosexuality - The Mainichi ( mainichi.jp )
The Osaka District Court on July 4 recognized an African man in his 30s who fled to Japan from his own country fearing persecution for his homosexuality as a refugee, overturning a government decision not to grant him asylum....
Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out ( www.cnbc.com )
Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so....
Former Gordonstoun pupil criticises abuse payout delays ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Oxfam Condemns Israel for Pushing Gazans Into a 'Death Trap' ( www.commondreams.org )
Teenager killed in food court gunfight in Washington shopping mall ( www.independent.co.uk )
Two-year-old becomes sixth child to die in a hot car so far this year ( www.independent.co.uk )
Extreme pride in being an American stays near record low: Gallup ( thehill.com )
Ex-FBI agent facing Jan . 6 charges says he's being targeted for political beliefs ( lawandcrime.com )
Ranger wounded, suspect dead in rare shooting at Yellowstone National Park, NPS says ( www.usatoday.com )
Republicans are already running against Kamala Harris ( www.motherjones.com )
Some Caribbean islands see almost 'total destruction' after Hurricane Beryl ( www.usatoday.com )
Donald Trump's chances of winning New Jersey are growing ( www.newsweek.com )
Russian teen sentenced to 5 years for anti-Putin flyers ( www.msn.com )
A Russian court sentenced a 15-year-old student to five years in a juvenile detention centre. Arseniy Turbin was accused of participating in a terrorist organization. According to investigators, he wanted to be a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion and distributed flyers containing criticism of President Vladimir Putin to his...
176 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized, FBI investigating | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
Nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati have been vandalized, according to the Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati and the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati....
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm ( electrek.co )
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
France to deploy 30,000 police after election runoff amid fears of violence ( www.theguardian.com )
About 30,000 police will be deployed across France on Sunday night amid fears of violence after the final results of a snap election in which the far right hopes to gain a majority in parliament....
Biden says he 'screwed up' debate but vows to stay in election ( www.bbc.com )
“I'm the nominee of the Democratic Party. No one's pushing me out. I'm not leaving," he said in a call to the broader campaign
'Before marrying Melania in 2005': What new documents claim about Trump-Epstein ( timesofindia.indiatimes.com )
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Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body ( www.theguardian.com )
New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk....
This Wouldn’t Be the First Time an Incumbent Stepped Aside. Here’s What Happened Last Time. ( www.politico.com )
Thursday’s presidential debate debacle — widely regarded as a low point for President Joe Biden, who appeared feeble and sometimes confused — many Democratic elites and nonpartisan pundits are suggesting a break-the-glass-in-case-of-emergency move that resided on the margins of conventional political thought just a week...
Boeing’s crisis in Washington is about to soar to a new phase ( www.politico.com )
Embattled aerospace giant Boeing faces a monumental choice: Plead guilty to a felony fraud charge for its role in past deadly plane crashes, or roll the dice on a high-profile trial against the Justice Department....