MSF convoy attack in Gaza: All elements point to Israeli army responsibility (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
Finland to close entire Russian border after migrant surge - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The exodus of the money people - Escape to Mars, upload to the cloud or retreat to the fallout shelter? How the super-rich are preparing for the apocalypse (www.konicz.info)
This is an English translation of an article I wrote for a German magazine. The article looks into the post apocalyptic strategies the wealthy and ultrarich are focusing on. Main point: The rich are as afraid of the collapse of society as anyone else, but their means to face the calamity are on another level.
Fatah official: Oct. 7 is part of our ‘defensive war’ against Israel, Hamas is ‘part of our political and social fabric’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, justifies the October 7 massacre by Hamas as an act “in the context of the defensive war our people are waging.”...
Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence (www.yahoo.com)
White House weighs $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine bill; plans in flux (www.washingtonpost.com)
Western leaders accused of hypocrisy over response to Palestine, Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
After Saturday’s surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the social media platform X to offer “condolences go out to everyone who lost relatives or close ones in the terrorist attack”....
Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels (www.newsweek.com)
US neo-Nazi says He Fought in Ukraine, Records Place Him in Florida - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Poland says it will no longer supply Ukraine with weapons (www.dw.com)
Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)
The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.
Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student (www.aljazeera.com)
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed....
India : Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
Massive Explosion Outside Moscow Leaves Dozens Injured. (www.thedailybeast.com)
The plant that went up in flames reportedly manufactures equipment for the Russian military.
Live updates: Trump injured in shooting at Pennsylvania rally; attendee and gunman killed (www.cnn.com)
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IDF Soldier Confesses That in Gaza, 'It's Permissible to Shoot Everyone' (www.commondreams.org)
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
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)
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....
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)
Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)
Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....
