Georgia's ruling party proposes LGBTQ+ "propaganda" law that compares homosexuality to incest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Seoul says soldiers from North briefly crossed border (www.dw.com)
Soldiers from South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the demarcation line....
Takeaways from the AP investigation into the Palestinian families being decimated in Gaza (apnews.com)
Extreme heat takes withering toll in teeming Philippine jails (www.washingtonpost.com)
'The Abyss Is Beckoning': Global Nuke Spending Surged to $2,898 a Second in 2023 (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16632607...
UN food chief: Poorest areas have zero harvests left (www.bbc.com)
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
The United States Is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine - Antiwar.com (original.antiwar.com)
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights (www.bbc.com)
A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood....
Malaysia preparing to join BRICS economic group, media report says (www.channelnewsasia.com)
50,000 Children in Gaza Need to Be Treated for Acute Malnutrition, UNRWA Says (truthout.org)
Masked men who abused refugees likely worked ‘in concert’ with Greece (www.aljazeera.com)
Athens, Greece – Last summer, a shocking video of asylum seekers cable-tied and blindfolded in the back of a van on a Greek holiday island went viral online. At the time, the veracity of the video was questioned and Theodosis Nikitaras, the mayor of Kos, filed a defamation case against the NGO that published it....
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water....
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
Indian national charged with plotting the murder for hire of a Sikh activist is extradited to the US (apnews.com)
n Indian national was extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States to face charges of murder for hire and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek said on Monday.
US aircraft carrier counters false Houthi claims with 'Taco Tuesdays' as deployment stretches on - AP (apnews.com)
“I think it’s been about two or three times in the past six months we’ve allegedly been sunk, which we have not been,” Hill told The Associated Press during a recent visit to the carrier. “It is almost comical at this point. They’re attempting to maybe inspire themselves through misinformation, but it doesn’t work...
French election descends into madcap reality TV (www.politico.eu)
The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote....
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)
The Hostages Next Door: Inside a Notable Gaza Family’s Dark Secret (www.wsj.com)
To the outside world, they were a physician, a journalist. No one suspected their apartment had become a prison....
Jordanian reporter gets one year in prison under draconian new cybercrime law (rsf.org)
Netanyahu disbands his war Cabinet (www.nbcnews.com)
At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures (www.theguardian.com)
US tourist found dead on Greek island (www.bbc.com)
A Dutchman was also found dead on Samos over the weekend, following the recent death of British TV presenter Dr Michael Mosley on the island of Symi....
US soldier detained in Russia pleads partially guilty in court, local media reports - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
He did not admit to the charges of assault or threat to kill, reports said.
The Afterlives of Lies (consortiumnews.com)
