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'It is the project of one person'--as an Italian Swiss, Infantino should know the meaning of 'uno duce, una voce' ... and that that form of rule didn't end well: www.nytimes.com/athletic/748... #FIFA

FIFA scraps World Cup private investment plans as Infantino fights for his future (Gift Article)Gianni Infantino's plans to sell stakes in the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments were met with strong backlash.www.nytimes.com

More evidence emerges of just how much Shell knew about fossil fuels and climate change from scientific research it commissioned from the 1960s--which didn't stop it joining the denialist Global Climate Coalition contesting #climate action in the 1990s: www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t... #fossilfuels

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...www.desmog.com

Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot (whom I had the privilege of hearing speak in Belfast) is absolutely right: many on the western-European left still have a blindspot about the neo-Stalinist Putin--whose war on Ukraine is really a war against Europe and modernity: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Lara Marlowe: Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina has a warning for EuropeThe Russian dissident says most European countries continue to do business with Putin’s Russia – Ireland includedwww.irishtimes.com

Infantino is one of those misanthropic men who can only have transactional relationships. Every time the cameras fell on him during the World Cup, no one--except Trump--was engaging with him. He's failed to read the football-family room and is even more isolated now: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Gianni Infantino: Can Fifa president survive after Uefa threatens World Cup boycott?It's been a seismic 48 hours for football after Uefa threatened to boycott the World Cup and Concacaf rejected Gianni Infantino's funding plan - what happens now, and can Fifa's president survive?www.bbc.co.uk

Infantino is the sort Oscar Wilde would have said understands the price of everything and the value of nothing. By trying to bribe developing world associations to back his commodification of football, rather than consult, he has failed to win support for his project: www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

European nations agree to boycott World Cups over FIFA's private investment planswww.nytimes.com

Good sense on how to eliminate dwindling #Islamist atrocities in Europe and prevent further victims--as distinct from exploiting them to fuel xenophobic moral panics: theconversation.com/berlin-pride...

Berlin Pride: ISIS still inspires terrorism in Europe – but who carries out these attacks?ISIS’ extremist tenets often appeal to second-generation Muslim immigrants in Europe and the US.theconversation.com

This is why objective journalism matters in the era of unregulated 'social media' prejudice--and why Israel's far-right government continues to deny professional journalists access to Gaza, while the IDF says black is white: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing familiesExperts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.www.bbc.co.uk

Some European conservatives are demanding less public spending on welfare, despite its nature as a social investment, and more on warfare, utterly unproductive in socio-economic terms and clearly a burden (even if an unavoidable one in the face of Putin & Trump): www.socialeurope.eu/the-case-aga...

The Case Against Trading Europe’s Welfare State for WarfareA decade of evidence shows Europe’s welfare state drives growth – making calls to cut it for rearmament self-defeating.www.socialeurope.eu

Europe’s common good demands huge public investment, especially in massively accelerating the ecological transition. That in turn demands major taxation of wealth derived from rents, as well as of speculative financial transactions and polluting air travel: www.socialeurope.eu/europes-ultr...

Europe’s Ultra-Rich Could Fund a Substantial Part of the EU’s BudgetTaxes on wealth, crypto and financial trades could raise billions no single member state can collect alone.www.socialeurope.eu

Due perhaps to the 'adults in the room' during Trump's first term, his approval rating--worse than for any presidential predecessor--hit a floor after a few months. Now, with no one to check his rent-seeking, score-settling volatility, it keeps marking new lows: www.economist.com/interactive/...

Donald Trump’s approval ratingFollow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trumpwww.economist.com

Why have the #wildfires in France and Spain been so overwhelming? Here's the science behind what is happening on the fastest heating continent on earth: www.newscientist.com/article/2581...

Unprecedented 'fire clouds' are fanning the flames in France | New ScientistFlame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfires even more intense, and they are expected to become more common in Europewww.newscientist.com

Finance, not #football, dominates England's deregulated Premier League, tilting the playing-pitch against fair competition & the fans. Contrast the Bundesliga, run by the football federation, where fan-owned clubs prevent a spending spree & temper ticket prices: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Mind the ever-growing gap: the Premier League keeps spending bigEnglish clubs have spent more on players this summer than the other four major European leagues combinedwww.theguardian.com

Global heating doesn't only mean parched forests and so #wildfires across Europe & north America. It also means skies over Asia can take up more water vapour, bringing torrential rain & floods to countries which have contributed little to greenhouse-gas emissions: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoonsFrom Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdownwww.theguardian.com

“The Strait of Hormuz crisis shows why Europe can’t afford to continue betting on imported fossil fuels ... Clean energy technologies are already solving this problem. Every heat pump, #solar panel and #wind turbine installed shields Europe from the next crisis.” euobserver.com/230284/europ...

Heat pumps, solar and wind could cut EU gas use by a quarter and blunt next energy shock, study findsHitting EU targets for heat pumps, solar and wind could wipe out liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand equivalent to twice Qatar’s potential LNG supply, cutting households’ exposure.euobserver.com

Pedro Sanchez and, at European level, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu are right: it's time to defeat 'climate denial' once & for all. It's one thing to engage in a populist campaign against science; it's another to tell people they are not seeing what is in front of their eyes. elpais.com/espana/2026-...

Sánchez pide unidad para la reconstrucción tras los incendios y carga contra el “negacionismo climático”El presidente del Gobierno presume de la buena marcha de la economía española en un momento de fuerte incertidumbreelpais.com

Looks like the anticipated #AI slump may have started: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

Tech Stocks Tumble on Worries About A.I. Spending and China’s Chip Competition (Gift Article)South Korea temporarily paused trading on Tuesday as its benchmark stock index led losses across the region, closing more than 10 percent lower.www.nytimes.com

Too hot to think. Too hot to sleep. Too hot to work safely. Millions of workers across Europe have zero legal protection from extreme heat. This won’t be the last heatwave. Sign the petition to demand maximum workplace temperatures. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-07...

Keep workers safe in the heatShare the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Keep workers safe in the heataction.wemove.eu

Time is running out to save the planet from an irreversible #climate catastrophe: www.newscientist.com/article/2581...

Earth is heating up faster than at any time in its history | New ScientistTo understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing uniqueness of our situation, says Bill McGuirewww.newscientist.com

As the @ec.europa.eu retreats into the mantra of 'competitiveness' to undermine every progressive social or ecological programme, EU member states are having to take the initiative, on issues such as banning pollution by 'forever chemicals', instead: euobserver.com/230085/swede... #PFAS

Sweden moves to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products from 2028 as EU-wide ban remains in limboBy racing ahead of the currently stalled EU process, Sweden joins a small group of member states using national bans on 'forever chemicals'.euobserver.com

So frustrating for Russian progressives like @garrykasparov.bsky.social to watch European leaders who haven't paid attention fail to measure up to the threat from the ex-KGB agent / ex-FSB boss in the Kremlin--never mind Putin's 'useful idiots' like Gerhard Schroeder: euobserver.com/226204/inter...

[Interview] Putin is ‘already at war’ with Europe, Kasparov saysEurope fears escalation with Russia, but by clinging to an “old world” mindset it may be quietly losing a war it refuses to acknowledge.euobserver.com