Ukrainian forces advance 1,300 metres on Berdiansk front - Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister (www.pravda.com.ua)
Ukraine’s defence forces are making gains in southern and eastern Ukraine, advancing 1,300 metres on the Berdiansk front, 1,200 metres on the Klishchiivka front, and 1,500 metres on the Kurdiumivka front....
Virgin Galactic launches its first commercial space flight (ground.news)
At least 10 dead in Myanmar junta airstrikes on Sagaing village - Myanmar Now (myanmar-now.org)
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say - sources (www.reuters.com)
Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel approves plan to build over 5,000 new homes in West Bank (www.euronews.com)
‘Greedflation’: IMF puts blame for rise in prices on corporate greed (www.marketwatch.com)
Luxembourg legalises cultivation of 4 plants and consumption of cannabis at home (today.rtl.lu)
This is the first step taken by Luxembourg towards full legalisation in the coming year/s
Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting (www.bbc.com)
Canada's largest city elects first woman of color as mayor (apnews.com)
Over 100 arrests following Pride march in Istanbul (globalvoices.org)
Dumping the dollar: The [Myanmar] junta embraces the Chinese yuan (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
Israel Approves thousands of illegal Building Permits in Palestinian West Bank (www.juancole.com)
End the Exceptionalism: Will the United States Ever Sanction Israel? (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Anger in Italy as tourist filmed carving names into the Colosseum (news.sky.com)
New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia (www.bbc.com)
El Salvador's president is running for reelection, though critics say the constitution prohibits him (apnews.com)
IMF: Largest driver of EU inflation is corporate profits (www.imf.org)
Hezbollah says it downed Israeli drone in southern Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
Syrian survivors of enforced disappearance call on UN for justice (www.aljazeera.com)
Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO's eastern flank (apnews.com)
Early vote count for Guatemala's presidential election indicates second round ahead (apnews.com)
Russian special services threatened families of Wagner chiefs until they retreated from Moscow (www.pravda.com.ua)
Sources of British special services have reported that the Russian secret services threatened to hurt the families of chiefs of the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) before Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner and leader of the Wagner PMC, stopped his offensive on Moscow.