Thursday, July 17, 2025

Putin unfazed by Trump’s threats, plans to fight on in Ukraine — Ukraine’s new ground drones are hitting the battlefield in ever-increasing numbers — Russia drops 500-kg bomb on shopping center in Donetsk Oblast — We are doubling the Ukraine Facility: EU proposes 100 billion euros for Ukraine aid fund in 2028–2034 budget — ‘Unbearable’ — EU’s Kallas raises alarm over Russia’s escalating chemical warfare in Ukraine … and more

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Adani Bijahan coal project suffers setback in court

Villagers win a brief reprieve in court over an Adani coal mine for which mandatory consultative meetings were rushed through.

Adani Watch
Did US bishops really listen to trans Catholics?

At the U.S. bishops' June assembly, Bishop Michael Olson said he had consulted with Dominican Sister of Peace Luisa Derouen before voting on trans health care issues. In an NCR interview, Derouen, a widely respected minister for transgender Catholics, contended that Olson had used her name in a misleading manner.

National Catholic Reporter

@GuerillaOntologist
The #identityLeft are not left.

The identityLeft hardly pay lip-service to environmental and economic issues. They only care about being #employed and #consulted.

Present them with a divisive social quirk, like women only get 93% of the wage of a man, or parliament workers were having sex on the job, and they won't look past that and walk-and-chew-gum.

They don't go, "Interesting but govt just gave a green light to #Facebook to #bribe our #newsMedia".