Hamas says it has taken ‘dozens’ of Israelis hostage (www.nbcnews.com)
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed that there were “hostage situations” in the southern city of Ofakim and the nearby kibbutz of Beeri....
Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage (www.bbc.co.uk)
Elon Musk says he withheld Starlink over Crimea to avoid escalation (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a “major act of war”....
Russia has 'right to war' with 'each and every' NATO country - Medvedev (www.euronews.com)
“Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev....
Musk given 24 hours to address graphic images of Hamas attacks (www.politico.eu)
Elon Musk has until the end of Wednesday to respond to demands from Brussels to remove graphic images and disinformation linked to the violence in Israel from his social network X — or face the full force of Europe’s new social media rules....
North Korean Workers in China Riot over Unpaid Wages; 2,000 Occupy Factory, Kill Plant Manager (japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)
Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march [UK] (www.theguardian.com)
Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden after Muslim holy book desecrated at one-man protest (www.cbsnews.com)
Kuwait announced this week that it will print thousands of copies of the Quran in Swedish to be distributed in the Nordic country, calling it an effort to educate the Swedish people on Islamic “values of coexistence.” The plan was announced after the desecration of a Quran during a one-man anti-Islam protest that Swedish...
Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters (www.dw.com)
The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed....
Israel’s military claims it has cut Gaza in half, surrounded Gaza City (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war....
London set for massive pro-Palestinian protest demanding Gaza ceasefire (www.independent.co.uk)
Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products (www.theguardian.com)
77 Groups Worldwide Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in U.S. Court. The Biden administration is due in federal court later this month, while Israel faces charges of genocide at The Hague this week. (theintercept.com)
Unacademy Teacher Fired for telling students to 'Vote for Educated Leaders' Remark during lecture. (www.news18.com)
China says Israel has gone too far (www.politico.com)
China’s foreign minister said Saturday that Israel has gone too far in responding to last week’s invasion by Hamas, China’s official news agency reported....
Gaza says Israel's strikes on refugee camp kill more than 195 people (www.reuters.com)
Hamas-run government says Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza killed at least 195 Palestinians, with concerns raised by the UN that these could constitute war crimes....
Israeli military rescues four hostages alive from Gaza, including Noa Argamani (www.nbcnews.com)
'Run, run, run': Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot (apnews.com)
A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured....
Hostages were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces shot them, army says (www.bbc.com)
'I’m calling from Israeli intelligence. We have the order to bomb. You have two hours' (www.bbc.com)
By Alice Cuddy BBC News, Jerusalem...
Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war' (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine’s partners “are afraid of Russia losing the war” and would like Kyiv “to win in such a way that Russia does not lose,” Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....
Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia's Main Missile Base In Occupied Crimea (www.forbes.com)
France votes to ban ‘forever chemicals,’ exempting frying pans (www.politico.eu)
The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The MPs, backed by the government, voted to exclude kitchen utensils from the scope of the text....
Russia fires a top geneticist who claimed people could live to 900 before sins caused Biblical flood (apnews.com)
Russia’s science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that humans once lived for centuries and that the shorter lives of modern humans are due to their ancestors’ sins, state news agency RIA-Novosti said Thursday....
EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains (www.theguardian.com)
“Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
