French security authorities foil a plan to attack soccer events during the Paris Olympics (apnews.com)
Tesla recalling more than 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt warning system (apnews.com)
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IRS makes free tax return program permanent and is asking all states to join in 2025. This could deal a massive blow to private tax filing services such as TurboTax (apnews.com)
Harris announces plans to help 80% of Africa gain access to the internet, up from 40% now (apnews.com)
Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the formation of a new partnership to help provide internet access to 80% of Africa by 2030, up from 40% now.
China's latest AI chatbot is trained on President Xi Jinping's political ideology (apnews.com)
London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against an extradition order to the US (apnews.com)
Congolese army says it has foiled a coup. Self-exiled opposition leader threatens president (apnews.com)
Massive manhunt in France for prison-break gang that gunned down officers (apnews.com)
Town prepares for possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage in Western Canada (apnews.com)
Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize (apnews.com)
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total (apnews.com)
Scientists say emissions from burning fuels like coal must ramp steeply down to protect Earth’s climate, yet there was an increase in electricity made from burning fossil fuels. China, India, Vietnam and Mexico were responsible for nearly all of the rise....
Israeli forces take control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt (apnews.com)
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (apnews.com)
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom (apnews.com)
One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room...
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Disneyland performers file petition to form labor union (apnews.com)
Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62 (apnews.com)
783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says (apnews.com)
New Clean Air Rule (apnews.com)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
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The first 'cyberflasher' is convicted under England's new law and gets more than 5 years in prison (apnews.com)
A sex offender is the first person in England and Wales to be convicted under a new cyber-flashing law. He has been sentenced to more than five years in prison....
An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields (apnews.com)
Europe's world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers (apnews.com)
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
