Wikipedia calls top Jewish civil rights org ‘unreliable’ on Israel-Palestine crisis (www.independent.co.uk)
640 Palestinian children detained in West Bank since October 7 (www.newarab.com)
The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza....
Indian farm worker in Italy ‘left to die on road’ with severed arm (www.theguardian.com)
A trade unionist has called for a crackdown against “barbaric exploitation” after an Indian farm worker died when he was allegedly being left on a road by his employer following an accident that severed his arm....
Crackdown on hunger-striking Myanmar prisoners in Indian jail – (eng.mizzima.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23589474...
IDF transfers powers in occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants (www.theguardian.com)
Weary Lebanese brace for war after new Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/SIDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese product designer Tara Tabet does not want to see her country pulled into a full-scale war with Israel, but like many of her compatriots is bracing for possible conflict after new threats by armed group Hezbollah against both Israel and Cyprus....
Israel Has “Systematically Violated” Laws Regarding Civilian Harm, UN Finds (truthout.org)
Israeli forces have demonstrated a pattern of systematically targeting densely populated civilian areas across hundreds of attacks in Gaza that likely violate international wartime laws, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found in a report released Wednesday....
China says Dalai Lama must 'thoroughly correct' his political views (www.reuters.com)
Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
Megaconstellations of satellites are burning up in our atmosphere. That could have consequences (www.cbc.ca)
There are an estimated 11,500 tonnes of space objects orbiting Earth, which would include even the smallest pieces around one millimetre in size (likely satellite collisions). But there are far larger objects in space, including spent rocket stages and upwards of 9,000 functioning satellites. More than half of them are SpaceX...
Car maker fined $6.4m for selling China-made vehicles as Italian (www.bbc.com)
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....
Philippines accuses Chinese coastguards of piracy after violent confrontation (www.theguardian.com)
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17124918
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation of thousands of pages of documents has found....
Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17125300
Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (www.wsj.com)
Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war (www.cnn.com)
The military leader of Hamas has said he believes he has gained the upper hand over Israel and that the spiralling civilian death toll in Gaza would work in the militant group’s favor, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing leaked messages the newspaper said it had seen....
Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they described as a long and risky international rescue operation....
The US plans to halt some orders for Patriot missiles and give them to Ukraine instead: report (www.businessinsider.com)
The US plans to stop open orders for Patriot interceptor missiles, the Financial Times reported....
South Korea blasts Russia-North Korea deal, says it will consider supplying arms to Ukraine (apnews.com)
South Korea’s presidential office on Thursday condemned an agreement reached by Russia and North Korea that vowed mutual defense assistance in the event of war and said it will reconsider its policy of limiting its support to Ukraine to non-lethal supplies....
More countries to reach NATO's 2% defense spending goal (www.dw.com)
Activists tell UK arms makers they may face criminal liability over sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese EV makers proposed a 25% tariff on large European ICE cars, state media reports (carnewschina.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17085528
EU delays decision over scanning encrypted messages for CSAM (www.engadget.com)
Taiwan to acquire more than 1,000 armed drones in new US arms sale (www.cnn.com)
The United States has approved the $360 million sale of more than 1,000 small armed drones to Taiwan, as the self-ruled island claimed by China aims to strengthen its asymmetrical warfare abilities with an eye on successful tactics used on the battlefield in Ukraine....
