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Around 1,100 Syrian refugees forced to evacuate Kouba, north Lebanon (today.lorientlejour.com)

Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody (www.nbcnews.com)

Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election (apnews.com)

China's exports grow 7.6% in May, beating expectations despite trade tensions (apnews.com)

Billionaire-Friendly Modi Humbled by Indians Who Make $4 a Day (www.yahoo.com)

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Russia's biggest energy company says it'll take it at least 10 years to recover gas sales lost because of the Ukraine war (finance.yahoo.com)

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom won’t recover gas sales lost to the Ukraine war for at least a decade....

A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France's highest honor (www.independent.co.uk)

US and allies warn China is intensifying its efforts to recruit Western military pilots (www.cnn.com)

The warning from the U.S. and its four closest intellignce partners follows several arrests of U.S. service members for allegedly trying to pass info to China....

Gangsters in El Salvador are terrified of strongman Nayib Bukele (www.economist.com)

Argentina year-end inflation estimate drops to 146% in cenbank poll (www.reuters.com)

How to fix Korea's birthrate? Put girls in school earlier, controversial report argues (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)

“Notably, Chang’s report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and...

France will send Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine, Macron says (www.politico.eu)

President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France would send Mirage 2000 fighter jets to Ukraine, in what would appear to be a significant increase in his country’s direct military support to Kyiv....

Biden and Macron use D-day event to emphasise support for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)

Leaders rally behind Zelenskiy to make clear to Putin that, as in 1944, freedom in Europe is worth fighting for...

Electoral Setbacks for BJP Won’t Unseat Hindu Fascism in India (truthout.org)

As China’s internet disappears, ‘we lose parts of our collective memory’ (www.nytimes.com)

The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased....

Iran Escalates Beach Surveillance Deploying 7,000 Police to Enforce Hijab (www.iranintl.com)

Iran is ramping up its hijab enforcement as summer approaches with the deployment of 7,000 police officers to the country’s northern beaches....

Spain to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel (www.politico.eu)

The EU has largely remained silent on the case before the International Court of Justice....

Israeli strike on Gaza school kills more than 30 people. Military claims it was being used by Hamas (www.nbcnewyork.com)

Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war (www.npr.org)

A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza’s children as they wither away without healthcare.

Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens at Gaza School-Turned-Shelter (time.com)

The strike came after the military said it was launching new air and ground operations in central Gaza in an apparent widening of its nearly eight-month offensive, launched after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. An international medical charity had reported soaring casualties even before Thursday’s strike....

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