Released Gaza Hospital Director Says He Was Tortured in Israeli Detention (truthout.org)
US, Europe Warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to Ease Strikes on Israel and Back off from Wider Mideast War (english.aawsat.com)
US, European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an "obliterating" war over...
China: New guidelines are an unacceptable escalation in attack on Taiwan’s freedom of expression, rights group says (www.article19.org)
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South China Sea: Chinese academics urged to ‘construct narratives’ to defend maritime claims by China (www.scmp.com)
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China’s Spate of Violence Prompts Outburst of Economic Anxiety on Social Media (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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Chinese Government Rejects Key Human Rights Recommendations in Latest UN Review (safeguarddefenders.com)
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Russian government accused of leaving citizens vulnerable to attacks like Sunday's gun rampages by turning the state's security apparatus on Kremlin critics instead of terrorist threats (www.reuters.com)
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Bank of China halts payments with sanctioned Russian lenders, Russian media reports (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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Russia: State-owned energy giant Gazprom is expecting difficult decade due to loss of European markets, new report commissioned by its management finds (www.civilnet.am)
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"Completely different creatures, but they learn to get along and be each other's family": Escaped pet donkey found 'living best life' with elk (www.bbc.com)
A pet donkey that escaped his owners five years ago in California has been found “living his best life” with a herd of wild elk....
Taiwan slams China death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan independence advocates as 'Beijing has no jurisdiction over Taiwan' (focustaiwan.tw)
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Beaten schoolchildren, military training, and Kremlin propaganda: new report accuses Russia of violating international law through 'Russification' of Ukrainian education system (www.hrw.org)
Russian authorities are imposing the Russian curriculum and Kremlin propaganda in Ukrainian schools in occupied areas of Ukraine and have retaliated against school workers if they refuse to implement the imposed Russian curriculum, a report published by Human Rights Watch days....
E. coli outbreak: 86 people taken to hospital but cases are slowing down (www.standard.co.uk)
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China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says (theconversation.com)
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Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links (www.reuters.com)
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....
Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe’s expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said....
Tensions in South China Sea: Japan, Canada join chorus of ‘concern’ after China’s recent actions ‘severely injured’ Filipino soldier and damaged Philippine ship (www.rappler.com)
Japan and Canada on Tuesday, June 18, joined the Philippines’ treaty-ally the United States and strategic partner Australia in expressing support for Manila following the latest – and worst, thus far – incident between Chinese and Filipino personnel and vessels in the West Philippine Sea....
'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis (meduza.io)
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Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children (essanews.com)
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Chinese officials appear to block freed journalist during the Chinese PM's visit in Australia (www.bbc.com)
Chinese officials appear to have blocked a formerly imprisoned journalist from the view of cameras at an event between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra....
Nato is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, the head of the alliance says (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Romania denies visas for entire Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest over "aggression against Ukraine" (en.rua.gr)
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International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, four sources familiar with the case said....
Chinese #MeToo journalist jailed for five years (www.bbc.com)
A prominent female #MeToo activist in China has been handed a five-year jail sentence for “subversion against the state”....
Russia Accused of ‘Deliberate Pattern’ of Starvation Tactics Against Ukrainian Civilians in Siege of Mariupol City in Submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) (globalrightscompliance.com)
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