In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals (www.commondreams.org)
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
N.Y. couple finds safe filled with over $130K while magnet fishing in lake. (globalnews.ca)
Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza (www.reuters.com)
UN adds Israel to blacklist for harming children in conflict zones (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has notified Israel’s Defence Attache in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to add Israel to the blacklist of countries and organisations harming children in conflict zones....
Biden’s Israel policy may hasten Trump’s rise, US allies fear (www.politico.com)
As the president begins his last international trip before the election, the fear in the crowd is that conflict in Gaza is tripping him up.
US says Russia’s advance on Kharkiv is ‘all but over’ (thehill.com)
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting 'Death to Arabs' (apnews.com)
US Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overhead (www.businessinsider.com)
A US Navy nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine surfaced in the Norwegian Sea....
Massive Attack pull out of gig in Georgia in solidarity with protesters (www.theguardian.com)
British band Massive Attack have pulled out of a concert in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, in protest against the government’s “attack on basic human rights”....
India under its longest-ever heatwave, with worse to come (www.straitstimes.com)
Russia says U.S. is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five U.S.-supplied missiles that killed at least five people including three children and injured 124 more....
Penile cancer: 6,500 amputations in Brazil in a decade (www.bbc.com)
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Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say (apnews.com)
Gaza's broken water system crippling children with sickness (www.bbc.com)
Eight months of war have reduced nine-year-old Yunis Jumaa to skin and bone....
Migrants dying in unprecedented numbers on Canary Islands route, NGO says (www.reuters.com)
An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group Walking Borders on Wednesday....
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
G7 nations are ignoring the "cow in the room"—beef and dairy emissions (www.motherjones.com)
US to Hezbollah: Don’t count on us to stop an Israeli attack (www.politico.com)
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan (www.japantimes.co.jp)
A disease caused by a rare tissue-damaging bacteria is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed COVID-era restrictions....
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate (www.theguardian.com)
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did. (eu.jacksonville.com)
North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says (www.businessinsider.com)
North Korean soldiers sent to aid Russia in Ukraine would be “cannon fodder,” the Pentagon said....
Housing crisis: The hottest political issue European politicians aren’t talking about (www.politico.eu)
The Continent’s housing crisis has gone from being a slow burn to a four-alarm fire — but some countries are handling it better than others....
Chinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal (apnews.com)
