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Journalist in Gaza Describes Last 24 Hours as the Deadliest in Months (truthout.org)

China constructs secret Tajikistan military base amid fears of Taliban (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

First F-16 jets heading to Ukraine after months of training and negotiations (www.theguardian.com)

Dutch and Danish leaders say Ukraine will be ‘flying operational F-16s this summer’ as Kyiv seeks battlefield wins...

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows (www.theguardian.com)

Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate...

New cargo rail service that connects Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and China kicks off (www.channelnewsasia.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17871459

Russia bans Moscow Times newspaper (www.dw.com)

Russia has declared the English-language newspaper The Moscow Times an “undesirable organization.” Cooperating with the outlet can entail sentences of up to five years in prison...

Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images (www.theguardian.com)

Teenagers each given a year’s probation after creating and spreading faked images of female classmates in south-west Spain...

Why are the US and IMF imposing draconian austerity measures on Kenya? (www.theguardian.com)

Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action for six months (www.cnn.com)

One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could damage key warfighting systems and put the ship out of commission for up to half a year, a naval analyst said....

Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F (edition.cnn.com)

Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace (www.dw.com)

Taiwan reported an increase in Chinese airforce activity, detecting 66 Chinese planes around the island in a single-day record for this year....

Unfathomable': Lancet Study Estimates Gaza Death Toll May Exceed 186,000 (www.commondreams.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17363648...

‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17423369

Zelenskyy rubbishes Orbán’s global ‘peace mission’ (www.politico.eu)

‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI (www.theguardian.com)

All new cars must have the devices from 7 July, adding fuel economy as well as safety. Will mpg become the new mph?...

China: Man tries to smuggle 100 live snakes in his pants (www.dw.com)

Chinese customs said they had seized 104 of the reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species....

China accelerates green steel shift as EU levies loom, researchers say (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17862836

Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize (apnews.com)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....

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