Turkey Inflation Accelerates Again, Nears 70% Despite Rate Hikes (www.bloomberg.com)
Turkish consumer prices accelerate less than expected...
US braces for retaliation after attack on Iran consulate — even as it says it wasn't involved (apnews.com)
Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it....
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights (theconversation.com)
Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid (www.bbc.co.uk)
Russia has questions to answer over response to Moscow terror attack (news.sky.com)
France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge (apnews.com)
Netanyahu faces Israel coalition crisis over drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine says Russia in less than a week hit it with 700 glide bombs, weapons that can really only be beaten by killing the planes (www.yahoo.com)
Malaysia mini-mart outlets attacked after 'Allah socks' outcry (www.reuters.com)
Chinese workers killed in suicide bomb blast as Pakistan grapples with attacks on Beijing’s interests (www.cnn.com)
Five Chinese workers and their local driver were killed in a suicide bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest in a string of terror attacks that the South Asian country’s military and government say aims to disrupt Islamabad’s close ties with Beijing....
‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation reveals reports of miscarriages, infections and birth defects among women and girls in mining communities...
What We Know About Palestinians Detained in Israel (www.nytimes.com)
More than 9,000 Palestinians imprisoned under Israel’s military and national security laws are being held in Israeli detention facilities, the highest figure in more than a decade, according to rights groups, who say that many of the detainees are being held without charges and have been abused while in custody....
Israel-Hamas war: Doctors visiting Gaza stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children (apnews.com)
One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike that fractured his skull. His cousin, an infant, is still fighting for her life with part of her face blown off by the same strike....
'We're not only here to fuck Hamas': How Israeli militarism took over online dating (www.haaretz.com)
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Orbán faces new enemy brandishing a leaked tape (www.politico.eu)
On Tuesday, after weeks of attacking Orbán online and in public, Magyar released a tape of his ex-wife Varga apparently incriminating members of Orbán’s inner circle in a corruption scandal....
Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking $135,000 and a wig in bribes (www.theguardian.com)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence minister...
Russia is preparing 100,000 soldiers for a possible summer offensive, Ukraine says (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine’s ground forces commander warned that Russia is amassing 100,000 troops....
"Inverse vaccine” shows the potential to treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. (mag.uchicago.edu)
High Court orders temporary suspension of Telegram's services in Spain (www.reuters.com)
Turkish central bank stuns market by hiking interest rates to 50% (www.theguardian.com)
Hawkish rise 10 days before local elections is seen as a signal of independence from politics...
EU leaders urged to put economies ‘on war footing’ at Ukraine negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
EU leaders are to meet in Brussels to discuss ways to radically increase military and financial support for Ukraine amid calls for member states to put their economies “on a war footing”....
Supreme Court won't hear appeal of private school that wouldn't let Muslim students pray (www.cbc.ca)
The country’s top court has declined to hear the appeal of a private Calgary school that was found to have discriminated against two Muslim students who were denied prayer space on campus....
Hong Kong Adopts Sweeping Security Laws, Bowing to Beijing (www.nytimes.com)
The legislation targets “external interference” and the theft of state secrets, with implications for businesses, journalists, civil servants and others....
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
China’s grip on Hong Kong just became a little tighter (www.vox.com)
21 years ago, half a million Hong Kongers took to the streets to stop Article 23. This month, Beijing finally won....
