Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry (www.reuters.com)
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
French women voters swing sharply to far right (www.politico.eu)
France’s National Rally has sought to style itself a defender of women’s rights — partly by attacking its traditional bogeyman: immigration....
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs (www.theguardian.com)
India's May oil imports: Russia at record high, Saudi lowest in 10-mth (www.reuters.com)
Kazakh government critic in hospital after being shot in Kyiv (www.cnn.com)
'Incomprehensible censorship': French journalist forced to leave India as MHA refuses to renew his work permit (www.telegraphindia.com)
China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists (www.reuters.com)
Gaza's broken water system crippling children with sickness (www.bbc.com)
Eight months of war have reduced nine-year-old Yunis Jumaa to skin and bone....
Soldier has ceremonial badge restored after being jailed and discharged for gay kiss in 1983 (www.advocate.com)
Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
Gruesome hypocrisy of US foreign policy being exposed in Gaza, Ukraine (www.salon.com)
Netanyahu says post-war Gaza needs inter-Arab sponsorship, deradicalization process (www.ynetnews.com)
Surprising, but sounds positive....
Why bias against pro-Palestinian protesters matters for everyone (www.motherjones.com)
Aer Lingus begins contacting up to 40,000 passengers to be affected by flight cancellations from next week (m.independent.ie)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16769411...
640 Palestinian children detained in West Bank since October 7 (www.newarab.com)
The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza....
Immigration fears are pushing centrists to the right in the US and Europe (www.politico.com)
‘Only Pirates Do This’: China Wields Axes and Knives in South China Sea Fight (www.wsj.com)
The Chinese coast guard came in small boats with axes, long knives and spears....
Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese coast guard ram and puncture Philippine military boats in disputed shoal (apnews.com)
New legal powers for Jewish settlers open door to 'actual annexation' of West Bank (thecradle.co)
The Israeli military has given religious settler and minister Bezalel Smotrich increased legal control over the occupied West Bank...
Nissan to close auto plant in China amid intensifying EV price war (english.kyodonews.net)
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
