At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures (www.theguardian.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....
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’ (www.theguardian.com)
Arturo Casadevall is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has spent four decades investigating how fungi can both improve and devastate life as we know it. His new book, What If Fungi Win?, charts how we might overcome the rising threat....
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan, kills in 48 hours (www.japantimes.co.jp)
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Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com)
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ultimatums don’t work with Ukraine’ — Zelenskyy’s chief of staff responds to Putin’s peace proposal (www.politico.eu)
Scotland’s independence warriors could be the UK election’s biggest losers (www.politico.eu)
For Campus Protesters in Brussels, Familiar Methods, but Different Outcomes (www.nytimes.com)
Georgia's ruling party proposes LGBTQ+ "propaganda" law that compares homosexuality to incest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
As War Drags On, Gazans More Willing to Speak Out Against Hamas (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli military announces daily ‘tactical pause’ in southern Gaza to allow in aid (www.npr.org)
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals (www.commondreams.org)
'Unconscionable': Prosecution of Arundhati Roy Sanctioned Under Indian Anti-Terror Law | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
For Ukrainians in Canada, new conscription rules increase pressure to fight (www.cbc.ca)
Ukraine has recently dropped the conscription age from 27 to 25, increased fines for draft dodgers to half the average monthly wage and ordered embassies to stop renewing passports for Ukrainian men living abroad. All of this is part of an effort to get them to return home — and bolster the military’s ranks as the war enters...
Brazil brings 112 athletes to BRICS Games in Kazan, Russia (www.gov.br)
Singapore rushes to clean-up oil slick after boat hits stationary fuel supply ship (apnews.com)
Canadian warship sharing an anchorage with Russian vessels in Cuba (www.cbc.ca)
The Royal Canadian Navy now finds itself in the unusual position of both shadowing Russian warships as a threat in the Caribbean and sharing an anchorage with them as a guest in the port of Havana — because Canada accepted an invitation to send a patrol ship to Cuba while the Russian navy is in town....
A Hungarian Rapper’s Bandwagon Gets an Unlikely New Rider [Orban] (www.nytimes.com)
'Our Leaders Are Not Leading': Groups Decry Yet Another G7 Climate Failure (www.commondreams.org)
Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads in Japan (www.bloomberg.com)
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