Utah Republican who came out as gay loses re-election bid

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Utah Republican who came out as gay loses re-election bid

Just over a year after he came out as gay , Utah County, Utah, Commissioner Nathan Ivie’s re-election hopes were burst after a defeat last week in the state’s Republican primary.

Ivie’s GOP challenger, retired Marine Lt. Col. Tom Sakievich, won about 60 percent of the vote, while Ivie garnered just under 40 percent, according to county data. Utah County, home to Provo, is a conservative stronghold.

In an interview Tuesday, Ivie attributed his loss to homophobia and an aggressive campaign by the conservative Eagle Forum. He said the political activist group, which was founded by Phyllis Schlafly, “ran a complete false attack” that he is pro-abortion rights.

“They put forward an anti-abortion resolution that I actually voted for, because I am pro-life, and very adamantly I believe that life begins at conception,” Ivie said.

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Ivie also said his political opponents, including conservative activists and Sakievich, ran “a very homophobic whisper campaign.”

“Because I am openly gay, they fought very, very hard against me,” he said.

Sakievich did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Ivie won the 2016 GOP primary by about the same margin he lost by last week: 59 percent to 41 percent. He went on to defeat the Democratic candidate with over 80 percent in the general election.

Ivie’s vote to raise property taxes was a focus of Sakievich’s campaign, and Sakievich attributed his win, in part, to his promise to roll those taxes back if elected, according to the Deseret News of Salt Lake City.

Ivie come out as gay in May 2019 in a video posted online. During his 5-minute revelation, Ivie, a father of two who was married at the time, said he had come to accept his sexual orientation after decades of struggle.

“I believed that there was something wrong with me, and I fought from the beginning to find some way to change myself,” Ivie said, adding that his struggle resulted in a suicide attempt when he was young. “The truth is I was never comfortable in my own skin.”

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer elected officials are increasingly visible in the U.S., with the LGBTQ Victory Institute estimating that there are 855 across the country. However, the vast majority, 683, are Democrats. Just 25 people — less than 3 percent — are Republicans, including Ivie, whose term ends in January.

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Political observers called the 2018 election a “rainbow wave” after more than 700 LGBTQ candidates ran and more than 150 won. In the current election cycle, the wave has apparently grown: Over 850 LGBTQ candidates have thrown their names into elections across the country this year, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute.

While Ivie attributed his loss, at least in part, to homophobia, he said he is hopeful that Utah will soon elect an openly gay Republican.

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Referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he said: “I live in the most socially conservative county in Utah, with an extremely high percentage of active LDS people, and I got 40 percent of the vote. While I lost, that’s a big win if you look at that in historical context.”

Ivie said that if the Republican Party does not change its views on sexuality and race, it will become “obsolete.”

“The rising generation is one that embraces the ideals of our nation, which is equality for all and that we judge a person on the content of their character and not their orientation and their skin,” he said.

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Vietnamese Activist Gets Eight Years for Facebook Posts Critical of Government

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Vietnamese Activist Gets Eight Years for Facebook Posts Critical of Government

A Vietnamese court sentenced pro-democracy activist Nguyen Duc Quoc Vuong to eight years in prison and three years probation Tuesday, a sentence his lawyer said is too harsh for criticizing the government on Facebook.

The sentence, issued as Vietnam continues to crack down on online dissent ahead a major Communist Party congress in January, appears to be Vietnam’s longest ever jail term for content posted on social media.

Nguyen was convicted of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” in violation of Article 117 of Vietnam’s penal code” after a three-hour trial at the Lam Dong provincial People’s Court. He was arrested on Sep. 23 2019.

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), during one of his livestream videos Nguyen said: “I am not certain that the entire state apparatus is corrupt, but I am 100 percent certain that those who have been involved in corruption are Communist Party members. Vietnam only allows one single party and does not allow any competing opposition.”

The rights group said that on his account, which had more than 10,000 followers, he discussed a wide range of sensitive topics such as land confiscation cases and the cases of Vietnamese political prisoners. He also voiced his support for protests in Hong Kong over mainland China’s imposition of an extradition law, and a change in government in Venezuela.

Defense lawyer Nguyen Van Mieng told RFA’s Vietnamese Service after the trial that the evidence presented by the prosecution was inadequate.

“As for their conclusion, they did not clarify how any of Nguyen Duc Quoc Vuong’s 366 posts and 98 video clips seriously endangered the lives of the people. But they still used them as evidence,” the lawyer said.

“The Don Duong district’s information and culture division took issue with the [content posted to Facebook] and the communications and information department assessed the violation,” he said, arguing that an independent body should have conducted the investigation.

According to a report in Vietnam News, Nguyen at the trial admitted to all his violations, adding that he had not intended to oppose the state, and only intended to share his privately held views on the social network.

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Human Rights Watch Tuesday condemned the court’s decision, calling for Nguyen’s immediate release.

“Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong is headed to prison because he dared to express his opinions on Facebook. This is outrageous and unacceptable,” said Phil Robertson, HRW’s Deputy Asia Director in a statement.

“Vietnam must recognize that expressing political views contrary to communist party line should not be a crime. He acted in line with his right to freedom of expression that Vietnam promises, but has fail to uphold for many decades,” he said.

“The government of Vietnam should cease its crackdown against bloggers and activists, and free all people they have locked away because they dared to say what they think,” Robertson said.

The 88 Project, an Illinois-based NGO that tracks Vietnamese political prisoners, last month reported that in 2019 an increasing number of people had been arrested under Article 117.

“Many of those charged with this crime had no history of activism and were solely targeted for their peaceful expression online. Forty percent of the people arrested in 2019 were online commentators,” the NGO said.

RFA has reported on about a dozen recent cases in which activists or ordinary citizens ran afoul of the law for Facebook posts.

Vietnam, with a population of 92 million people, of which 55 million are estimated to be users of Facebook, has been consistently rated “not free” in the areas of internet and press freedom by Freedom House, a U.S.-based watchdog group.

Dissent is not tolerated in the communist nation, and authorities routinely use a set of vague provisions in the penal code to detain dozens of writers and bloggers.

Reported by RFA’s Vietnamese Service. Translated by Huy Le. Written in English by Eugene Whong.



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50 Cent Doubles Down on ‘Exotic’ Women Remarks Following Backlash: ‘What I Said Is True’

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50 Cent Doubles Down on ‘Exotic’ Women Remarks Following Backlash: ‘What I Said Is True’

50 Cent is no stranger to confrontation. As a result, the rapper decided to double down on comments about Black women that got him in hot water. 

This weekend, Fif made an appearance on Lil Wayne‘s Beats 1 Young Money Radio show. During their conversation, 50 made remarks about the “angry women” who are mad that men like “exotic” girls. 

“They get mad. They get angry,” 50 said. “You see a lot of sisters go ‘you fuck with this kind of girl and that kind of girl?’ That shit is exotic! That shit look a lot different than the shit you see in the neighborhood all of the time. That shit look like it came off a boat.”

Although he faced a wave of backlash, 50 took to social media on Monday to stand by his remarks.

“The Shade Room ain’t shit for this,” 50 captioned a video of his comments to Weezy. “what i said is true now picture me, unaffected, unapologetic and unavailable for any other comments.”

Along with fans, some women who are—or used to be—close to the rapper responded to the exchange. People also bashed Lil Wayne for laughing at 50’s comments. This prompted his daughter, Reginae Carter, to make a post affirming her confidence in her skin tone. 

Also, 50’s ex-girlfriend, Vivica A. Fox, made an appearance on Fox and claimed that the rapper wants women that don’t “challenge” him.

“Vivica still in love with me, i dated her for 4 months,” 50 Cent said about the video. “7 years ago and she’s still angry with me. I’m starting to feel like my 🍆is serious.” 

The rapper’s current girlfriend, Cuban Link, took to social media to say she “already knocked him upside his big ass head” for what he said.


Lauren London, who has a child with Weezy, reposted a photo of Reginae that her mom Toya Johnson put up. “Young beautiful Queen,” London wrote on her IG Stories.

50’s longtime advisory, Ja Rule, commented on The Shade Room’s post of the video with the stale-face emoji. 

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NA to host 1st Executive Committee Meeting of Pakistan-Afghanistan Parliamentary Friendship Group

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NA to host 1st Executive Committee Meeting of Pakistan-Afghanistan Parliamentary Friendship Group

ISLAMABAD                  -         National Assembly of Pakistan will host the inaugural meeting of the Executive Committee of the Pakistan- Afghanistan Parliamentary Friendship Group (PFG) in the National Assembly today.

The meeting will be attended by key Ministers of the Cabinet, parliamentarians, Advisors & Special Assistants to the Prime Minister, Pakistan’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and relevant Federal Secretaries on the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser.

The meeting will seek to complement the democratic vision of the elected house to promote parliamentary role in deepening bilateral relationship with Afghanistan.

Under the leadership of the Speaker National Assembly, in the near past, a number of steps have been taken for cementing relations with Parliaments of other countries. Parliamentary friendship groups have been established on the reciprocity basis with 93 Parliaments of the world and Parliamentary exchange program has been revitalized.

 Pak-Afghan Parliamentary Friendship group was first established in the National Assembly of Pakistan on 24th March 2005. Since then, the group has remained active in terms of parliamentary interactions, cooperation on parliamentary businesses and maintenance of parliamentary oversight of the bilateral relations between the two countries.

 



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Commissioner reviews DCs’ performance, orders action against profiteers, hoarders

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MULTAN             -          While reviewing performance of deputy commissioners (DCs) of all four districts of Multan division, Commissioner Shan-ul-Haq has ordered to expedite action against artificial inflation and hoarding through every possible measure in a meeting arranged here onTuesday.

He termed profiteers and hoarders ‘cancer’ of the society of which elimination was need of the time. Price control committees must improve their performance. Shopkeepers ought to ensure display of goods’ price lists. People being found taking benefits during current critical situation didn’t deserve for any concession or sympathy. District government officials should meet culprits with iron hands.

Commissioner pledged to initiate media drive to raise importance of Tiger Force (TF) among common masses. They would be provided identification cards and uniform to become prominent in public. TF was right hand of local administration for it was unleashing every kind of cooperation to local citizens, he remarked.

On this occasion, Shah-ul-Haq was given briefing as price control magistrates had conducted 2118 raids in a single day of the current month. Profiteers and hoarders were fined worth one lac rupees collectively. Two profiteers were booked through FIR while others two arrested during raid.

AC General Khawaja Umair Mahmood said there were about 80721 youth registered with TF. Over 28,000 youngsters had responded to the district government just through a single call. Additional Commissioner Sarfraz Ahmad, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Tayyab Khan and other top district officers also came up to attend the high-level meeting concluded here.



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COVID-19 latest: Cases in SA increase by 10 134 in 24 hours

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COVID-19 latest: Cases in SA increase by 10 134 in 24 hours

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, on Tuesday 7 July, announced that the confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Africa have risen to 215 855. This is an increase of 10 134, as the total number of confirmed cases stood at 205 721 on Monday 6 July. 

Mkhize announced an updated death toll of 3 502. This is an increase of 192 as it stood at 3 310 on Monday 6 July. 

“Regrettably, we report a further 192 COVID-19 related deaths – 15 from Limpopo, 22 from KwaZulu-Natal, 36 from [the] Eastern Cape, 44 from [the] Western Cape and 75 from Gauteng. This brings the total deaths to 3 502.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize

“We convey our condolences to the loved ones of the departed and thank the health care workers who treated the deceased,” added Mkhize.

A total of 1 907 532 tests have been conducted to date with 43 421 new tests reported. There have been 102 299 recoveries thus far. This translates to a recovery rate of 47.4%.

LATEST COVID-19 CASES BY PROVINCE AS OF TUESDAY 7 JULY

The following confirmed COVID-19 cases have been detected in each province as of Tuesday: 

  • Eastern Cape – 40 401 cases
  • Free State – 3 034 cases; 
  • Gauteng – 71 488 cases; 
  • KwaZulu-Natal – 16 743 cases; 
  • Limpopo – 1 950 cases; 
  • Mpumalanga – 2 353 cases; 
  • North West – 6 842 cases; 
  • Northern Cape – 888 cases; and 
  • Western Cape – 72 156 cases
  • Unknown – 0 cases.

This comes to a total of 215 855 confirmed cases. 

COVID-19 DEATH TOLL BY PROVINCE AS OF TUESDAY

The following confirmed COVID-19-related deaths have been detected in each province as of Tuesday: 

  • Eastern Cape – 564 deaths;
  • Free State – 19 deaths;
  • Gauteng – 478 deaths;
  • KwaZulu-Natal – 205 deaths;
  • Limpopo – 42 deaths;
  • Mpumalanga – seven deaths;
  • North West – 36 deaths; 
  • Northern Cape – six deaths;
  • Western Cape – 2 145 deaths. 

LATEST RECOVERIES BY PROVINCE 

Mkhize announced the latest COVID-19 recoveries as follows: 

  • Eastern Cape – 22 022 recoveries;
  • Free State – 528 recoveries;
  • Gauteng – 19 779 recoveries;
  • KwaZulu-Natal – 4 890 recoveries;
  • Limpopo – 665 recoveries;
  • Mpumalanga – 668 recoveries;
  • North West – 1 335 recoveries;
  • Northern Cape – 237 recoveries; and
  • Western Cape – 52 175 recoveries.



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US official touts global cooperation as Trump makes WHO exit official

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‘That global cooperation, which sometimes isn’t visible at the highest stage, works every single day,’ Birx said.

White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx on Tuesday touted U.S. investment in global public health and praised international efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic just as the Trump administration formally withdrew from the World Health Organization.

Birx, appearing at an Atlantic Council panel discussion, pointed to U.S. investments in global efforts to combat HIV and tuberculosis and praised the international community for sharing information early in the pandemic that she said reduced U.S. deaths.

“That global cooperation, which sometimes isn’t visible at the highest stage, works every single day,” Birx said as she thanked ministers from European nations. “You saved a lot of people in the U.S. by sharing that information early on.”

Her comments at the international think tank came as the administration sent the United Nations and Congress formal notice of the U.S. withdrawal from the WHO, which a White House spokesperson confirmed will take effect on July 6, 2021. President Donald Trump announced the decision in May, citing what he characterized as the WHO’s slow and ineffective response to the pandemic and Chinese government influence over the group.

Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), sharply criticized the move on Tuesday, saying it could hurt efforts to develop vaccines and respond to other emerging global threats. He said Trump could have instead recommended changes to how the WHO does business.

“Withdrawing U.S. membership could, among other things, interfere with clinical trials that are essential to the development of vaccines, which citizens of the United States as well as others in the world need,” Alexander said in a statement.

Coronavirus infections are rising in at least 40 U.S. states and are on pace to soon hit 3 million confirmed cases nationwide. Arizona, California, Florida and Texas, in particular, have seen cases and hospitalizations accelerate in recent weeks.

Birx in an earlier appearance Tuesday attributed the rise in cases to states and local governments relaxing lockdown orders too quickly — and to individuals not wearing face coverings or social distancing.

“A lot of individuals and a lot of businesses instead of driving 25 in a 25 mile an hour zone, stepped on the gas and started going 65, and it’s really evident now in the spread of cases across most age groups,” she told SiriusXM’s “Wharton Business Daily.”

Birx floated the idea of “mandatory masks” in areas that are seeing a rise in cases. Other top government officials including NIH infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Robert Redfield and Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir have all endorsed universal face coverings as infection rates climb.

“We have the control to change the course of this virus today, and it will take individual action, wearing masks in public everywhere in the United States, wearing masks around the vulnerable inside, wearing masks in the workplace, really curtailing our activities,” Birx told SiriusXM.

Trump has largely downplayed the resurgence in cases or the need for masks while pressing to continue reopening the country. The White House is pushing schools to reopen in the fall, even as cases spike.



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Germany, France, Egypt and Jordan issue statement against West Bank annexation

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Germany, France, Egypt and Jordan released a joint statement today criticizing Israel’s planned annexation of the West Bank.

In the statement, the countries said annexing the Palestinian territory that Israel has controlled since 1967 would undermine peace.

“We concur that any annexation of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 would be a violation of international law and imperil the foundations of the peace process,” the countries said in the statement released by the German Foreign Office.

Israel planned to start annexing parts of the West Bank on July 1, but a series of political roadblocks in the Israeli government and with the United States led to the date coming and going without any moves. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to annex the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements in the territory, but there is some disagreement in the unity government he heads. Palestinians and much of the international community oppose the move, while the United States conditionally supports it.

Israel is under increasing pressure from regional and international actors as annexation appears to falter. Jordan, which has a peace treaty with Israel, is adamantly against annexation and was relieved nothing happened on July 1. Last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is friendly to Israel, wrote an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper urging against annexation. Politicians in the United Arab Emirates, who have warmed up to Israel over the conflict with Iran, have also come out against the move.

The statement is significant because it gives Jordan backing for its position. Jordan controlled the West Bank before Israel, and its population is largely descended from Palestinians who left during the first Arab-Israeli war from 1947-48.

The letter also indicates opposition from Egypt, which is an important neighbor for Israel. The Egyptian government shares Israel’s concerns over the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, and is the only other Arab country besides Jordan to have full diplomatic relations with Israel.

The letter did not specify any actions that would be taken should Israel move forward with annexation, but it did say “it could also have consequences for the relationship with Israel.” It also called on a two-state solution to the conflict.



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Trump Admin Scraps Plans To Reintroduce Grizzlies To Northern Washington

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Trump Admin Scraps Plans To Reintroduce Grizzlies To Northern Washington

The Trump administration is terminating plans to reintroduce grizzly bears in the North Cascades region of northern Washington, citing concerns from cattle ranchers and other locals.

The move is the latest is a years-long fight over the prospect of returning the iconic apex predator to this part of its historic range. The plan, first launched by the Obama administration in 2015, called for eventually reintroducing some 200 grizzlies to ecosystem. There has not been a sighting of a grizzly in the U.S. portion of the Cascades since 1996, and it is estimated that fewer than 10 bears remain in the 9,800-square-mile ecosystem. It is considered the most imperiled grizzly population in North America. 

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the agency’s decision during a roundtable in Omak, Washington. It will halt preparation of an environmental review related to the species restoration plan.

“The Trump Administration is committed to being a good neighbor, and the people who live and work in north central Washington have made their voices clear that they do not want grizzly bears reintroduced into the North Cascades,” Bernhardt said in a press statement. “Grizzly bears are not in danger of extinction, and Interior will continue to build on its conservation successes managing healthy grizzly bear populations across their existing range.”

Bernhardt’s predecessor, former Interior chief Ryan Zinke, had revived the Obama-era effort in March 2018, saying at the time that “restoring the grizzly bear to the North Cascades ecosystem is the American conservation ethic come to life” and its disappearance from the area “would disturb the ecosystem and rob the region of an icon.” His surprise support outraged local cattle ranchers who argue the existence of the animal (which is native to the region) would pose a devastating threat to their livelihood, as NPR reported.

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), a longtime opponent of the grizzly reintroduction effort, was present at Tuesday’s roundtable and applauded the administration’s final decision. 

“Homeowners, farmers, ranchers and small business owners in our rural communities were loud and clear: We do not want grizzly bears in north central Washington,” he said in a statement. 

Tens of thousands of grizzlies once roamed the Lower 48, from California to the Great Plains, but their populations plummeted due to hunting, development and habitat loss. Today, an estimated 1,500 bears are spread across portions of Montana, Idaho, Washington and Wyoming. The North Cascades is considered prime grizzly habitat and it is one of the largest contiguous swaths of federal land outside of Alaska.

Andrea Zaccardi, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, called Tuesday’s announcement “truly disappointing.” 

“Grizzly bears only occupy less than 5% of their historic range, and the North Cascades presents prime habitat for grizzly bears,” she said. “Their recovery there is critical to the overall recovery of grizzly bears in the U.S.”

Tuesday’s action comes two years after the grizzly bear population in and around Yellowstone National Park lost federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. At the time, federal authorities estimated the population there to be around 700 bears ― up from as few as 136 in 1975 ― and said multiple factors indicate it “is healthy and will be sustained into the future.” In its final rule, the Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that “the effects of climate change do not constitute a threat to the [Yellowstone] grizzly bear [population] now, nor are they anticipated to in the foreseeable future.” But the seeds of white bark pine, a high-elevation tree that has been severely impacted by disease, insects and climate change, are an important food source for Yellowstone grizzlies.

Last month, the Trump administration finalized new rules to lift an Obama-era ban on extreme predator control tactics in national preserves in Alaska ― a move that once again allows hunters to, among other things, lure brown and black bears with bait and shoot bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens.



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Judge Puts Cloud Over Settlement of Roundup Cancer Claims

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Judge Puts Cloud Over Settlement of Roundup Cancer Claims

An agreement to pay more than $10 billion to settle thousands of claims that the popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer is at risk of unraveling.

Although the bulk of the complex deal between Roundup’s manufacturer, the German conglomerate Bayer, and a raft of plaintiff lawyers does not require court approval, one crucial piece does: a plan for handling future claims from customers who develop the form of cancer known as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

And that approval is in doubt, Judge Vince Chhabria of U.S. District Court in San Francisco warned in a filing on Monday, saying he “is skeptical of the propriety and fairness of the proposed settlement, and is tentatively inclined to deny the motion.” He raised concerns about the creation of a scientific panel to decide whether the key ingredient, glyphosate, causes cancer and whether the agreement unfairly limits potential plaintiffs from suing.

Bayer has been eager to put its legal troubles with Roundup to rest, particularly after losing three multimillion-dollar verdicts, but it has insisted that any settlement largely resolve the issue of future litigation. Failure to address that key condition could threaten the entire deal.

Bayer said Tuesday that it would address the judge’s concerns at the preliminary approval hearing, scheduled for July 24.

The settlement, announced two weeks ago after months of effort with the help of the veteran mediator Kenneth R. Feinberg, includes $8.8 billion to $9.6 billion to cover about 95,000 cases. In addition, $1.25 billion was set aside to finance the scientific panel and assist impoverished Roundup users with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The panel would assess whether glyphosate caused cancer and, if so, what exposure level was dangerous. Both Bayer and claimants would be bound to accept the findings in future litigation.

At least 30,000 people have contacted lawyers about a claim but have not yet agreed to settle.

Bayer, which added Roundup to its lineup when it bought Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018, has maintained that the product is safe, and the settlement included no admission of liability or wrongdoing. Government regulators around the world, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have said glyphosate does not cause cancer.

But a groundswell against the chemical gathered momentum in 2015 when the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, announced that glyphosate could “probably” cause cancer.

Judge Chhabria asked in his filing whether it was lawful to shift the question of whether Roundup caused cancer to a panel of scientists and away from judges and juries.

He also pointed to the three previous multimillion-dollar verdicts and asked, “Why would a potential class member want to replace a jury trial and the right to seek punitive damages with the process contemplated by the settlement agreement?”

Bayer is appealing all of those judgments.

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