Moves

• ISKCON has removed Radharaman Das from his role as vice-president in Kolkata and stripped him of all official posts. • The organization has further barred Das from speaking on its behalf, citing repeated violations of organizational procedures and unauthorized actions. • While ISKCON claims Das took positions contrary to its official mandate, Das asserts the disciplinary action is a result of his public interventions on contentious issues.

More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are braced for record temperatures of over 40C as a heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths in western Europe spreads east.More than 191 million people in Europe faced temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday, with extreme heat warnings in Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary. Continue reading...

• Financial analysts have updated their outlooks on key AI-related companies, notably hiking price targets for Micron Technology due to strong demand for AI memory. • Market experts are expressing caution regarding the current valuation of SpaceX, suggesting potential risks associated with its high pricing. • These shifts reflect a broader trend of analysts recalibrating expectations as AI infrastructure growth accelerates while private space valuations face scrutiny.

• Germany plans to mandate that streaming platforms reinvest 8% of their revenue into local productions, with specific exemptions applicable at a 12% threshold. • To further support the industry, the German government is nearly doubling its annual film funding to €250 million. • These measures aim to protect local cultural content and stimulate domestic production amidst the dominance of global streaming giants.

Relocation of Action on World Health raises questions over why Reform UK leader is involved in a US pressure groupNigel Farage’s campaign against the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving to the US with a new board of lobbyists, raising questions over why the Reform UK leader is involved in an American pressure group.The Action on World Health campaign, co-founded by Farage, is relocating to the US state of Delaware as a charitable foundation and grassroots non-profit. Continue reading...

The Trevor Project non-profit that helped pioneer LGBTQ+ ‘press 3’ option for 988 hotline is being shut out as it restartsThe Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline – but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out.The Trevor Project, the New York-based leading non-profit for suicide prevention in LGBTQ+ young people in the US, may not be allowed to offer the service it had helped develop for the 988 Lifeline just a few years ago. Continue reading...

Ambitious plan to phase out single-use plastic opposed by chemicals industry – while green groups say law too timidA groundbreaking California law that compels packaging producers to phase out single-use plastics is already sparking anger from the chemicals industry and environmental groups just weeks after going into effect.The law, which was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022 but only took hold in May, requires plastic and packaging companies to use less single-use plastic, and ensure by 2032 that all packaging is either recyclable or compostable. The big idea is to incentivize producers of plastics to consider the end of their products’ life in order to create better, more sustainable bottles, containers and wrappings. Continue reading...