US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as a show of force against nuclear-armed North Korea (apnews.com)
Euronews: Barcelona decides to ban short term tourism rentals (www.euronews.com)
Canada reportedly preparing to evacuate 45,000 citizens from Lebanon amid war fears (nationalpost.com)
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry (www.reuters.com)
Haiti’s Largest Investor Navigates Gangs to Keep Phones Working (www.wsj.com)
Gangs in Haiti have destroyed schools, pharmacies and factories. But they have largely spared one infrastructure network: the country’s telecommunications grid....
Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
Weary Lebanese brace for war after new Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/SIDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese product designer Tara Tabet does not want to see her country pulled into a full-scale war with Israel, but like many of her compatriots is bracing for possible conflict after new threats by armed group Hezbollah against both Israel and Cyprus....
Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, June 20 (Reuters) - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by Russian forces - to the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, in what they described as a long and risky international rescue operation....
Malaysian leader Anwar says China a 'true friend' and not to be feared as Premier Li ends visit (apnews.com)
Activists tell UK arms makers they may face criminal liability over sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Philippines accuses Chinese coastguards of piracy after violent confrontation (www.theguardian.com)
The Afterlives of Lies (consortiumnews.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....
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
Irish PM condemns 'reprehensible' Dublin violence (www.bbc.com)
China cooking oil scandal exposes food safety problem (www.dw.com)
Media in China recently reported that fuel tankers are being used to transport cooking oil. The report has ignited public outrage over food safety, which has long been an issues as suppliers cut corners to save costs....
Mukuru dump: Kenya 'serial killer' arrested in Nairobi (www.bbc.com)
Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump....
EU to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit (www.politico.eu)
Increasingly exasperated by Viktor Orbán’s obstruction of EU foreign policy, Brussels is contemplating an unprecedented step to boycott Hungary’s foreign affairs summit next month....
'I stood to be an MP at the general election while homeless' (www.bbc.com)
A man who stood for election to Parliament despite becoming homeless during his campaigning says he wants to help other people who fall on hard times....
Kenyan police find more female body parts at Nairobi garbage dump (www.theguardian.com)
Kenyan police said that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts on Saturday, the latest macabre discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country....
Authorities Close Down 30 Cannabis Clubs In Barcelona, Spain (www.cannabisindustrydata.com)
England fans injured in attacks before Euro 2024 semi-final (www.independent.co.uk)
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, detains captain for exporting 'looted' grain (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday....
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
