German police seize $100 million in US-bound fake bills (www.dw.com)
Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup (apnews.com)
A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport....
Paris 2024: Russia seeking to undermine Games, says Emmanuel Macron (www.bbc.com)
Russia is running a disinformation campaign to undermine the Paris Olympics, according to French President Emmanuel Macron....
U.S. told Russia that Crocus City Hall was possible target of attack (www.msn.com)
Russian network that 'paid European politicians' busted, authorities claim (www.bbc.com)
A Russian-backed “propaganda” network has been broken up for spreading anti-Ukraine stories and paying unnamed European politicians, according to authorities in several countries....
‘Free speech is a facade’: how Gaza war has deepened divisions in German arts world (www.theguardian.com)
“We have a conversation about racism that is led by the global south and people of colour from Germany, which the German state is trying to brand as antisemitic,” Younes added. “And if we present our relationship to race, racism and European genocides from a non-European or non-white perspective, we get cancelled.”
France raises security to highest level after attack in Russia, worried about IS (abcnews.go.com)
After the IS claim of responsibility, France considers the threats against it....
Hong Kong Article 23: Basic rights threatened as law enacted, critics charge (www.nbcnews.com)
“We are basically seeing the Hong Kong government trying to slam shut the really last vestiges of room for criticizing it,” said Kevin Yam, one of 13 overseas pro-democracy activists accused of national security offenses by Hong Kong authorities....
Putin Pals Celebrate Re-Election With Photos of Mass Hanging (www.thedailybeast.com)
Cuba Uncovers Russian Military Recruiters Trafficking Citizens To Ukraine (theowp.org)
Japan same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional again by courts, remains the only G7 country not to recognize (www.bbc.com)
Japan's first private-sector rocket launch attempt has exploded shortly after takeoff (www.independent.co.uk)
A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff...
CIA chief urges Congress to pass Ukraine aid package (tvpworld.com)
US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (apnews.com)
'Settlers are right': The kibbutz movement should break away from the left, leader says (www.haaretz.com)
“The settlers aren’t wrong. The right is correct: That is the way to seize and hold land, and their claim that, any place we Israelis leave, the Arabs will come in our place, is correct. The right is also correct in its path: It’s by settlement and only by settlement that sovereignty can be imposed. The debate is whether...
Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’ (www.theguardian.com)
An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel....
Police find bodies of Sydney couple allegedly killed by jilted police lover (apnews.com)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple allegedly shot dead by a jilted police officer lover....
“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” (web.archive.org)
31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says (apnews.com)
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion....
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
China condemns US veto of call for immediate ceasefire at UN (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Six Russian Jets Downed In Three Days (www.twz.com)
White House to hit Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Regardless of the scientific answer, Putin’s responsible for it,’ National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says of opposition leader’s death...
A ship carrying 19,000 cattle caused a big stink in the South African city of Cape Town (apnews.com)
What stinks?...
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India (www.theguardian.com)
