Nicaragua and Russia to strengthen military-technical cooperation (www.plenglish.com)
An explosion at chain DIY store in Romania injures at least 13 people, 1 seriously (abcnews.go.com)
An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania on Friday injured at least 13 people, four seriously, authorities said....
‘We will not go away’: Israeli demolitions leave Bedouin homeless (www.theguardian.com)
Around 1,100 Syrian refugees forced to evacuate Kouba, north Lebanon (today.lorientlejour.com)
Billionaire-Friendly Modi Humbled by Indians Who Make $4 a Day (www.yahoo.com)
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Argentina year-end inflation estimate drops to 146% in cenbank poll (www.reuters.com)
Electoral Setbacks for BJP Won’t Unseat Hindu Fascism in India (truthout.org)
Global rich must pay more to tackle climate crisis, says architect of Paris deal (www.theguardian.com)
Rich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said....
Palau Hit by Cyberattacks, Raising Cybersecurity Concerns - Island Times (islandtimes.org)
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Charity ride from Singapore to Bangkok raises funds for Myanmar refugee clinic (eng.mizzima.com)
Kano Emirate: Sanusi returns as Emir 1,545 days after dethronement (www.vanguardngr.com)
Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists say calamities on same scale as disaster that has killed 169 will become more common if emissions not cut...
Security tight in Hong Kong and China on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary (www.reuters.com)
A Former President’s Daughter Used X to Bombard South Africa With Conspiracy Theories (www.wired.com)
German tanks and troops in Lithuania have one goal: Scare off Russia (www.politico.eu)
Lithuania is busy digging up a remote forest to host German troops....
Excerpts from Texas Letters, an ongoing anthology featuring writers in solitary confinement (texasobserver.social)
An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act (mastodon.au)
Dozens of Civilians Killed as Myanmar Junta Jet Bombs Wedding in Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
The Atlas Network, France and the EU (multinationales.org)
The influence of the Atlas Network – a web of libertarian and ultraconservative think tanks funded by billionaires such as the Kochs – has been well documented in the US, the UK, and more recently Argentina following the election of Javier Milei. Its growing presence in the EU has been less examined. But the next EU...
‘We refuse to disappear’: the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
The verdict wasn’t surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national security judges had set down two days for the hearing but dispensed with the core business in about 15 minutes. In the city’s largest ever national security trial – involving the...
Sri Lanka monsoon floods kill seven people (www.bbc.com)
Flooding and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least seven people, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) has said....
UNRWA says forced displacement has pushed over 1 million away from Rafah (www.reuters.com)
Forced displacement has pushed over a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday. The small city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering around 1 million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the enclave, aid groups...
South Korea to suspend military pact with North over trash balloons [Reuters | June 2, 2024 | Reuters] (www.reuters.com)
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