South Korea fires warning shots after North Korea soldiers briefly cross border - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Four US college instructors injured in ‘brutal’ China stabbing attack | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Man detained in mental hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
India under its longest-ever heatwave, with worse to come (www.straitstimes.com)
Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought (www.economist.com)
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Biden considering separate hostage deal with Hamas, potentially bypassing Israel (www.salon.com)
World Food Programme Pauses Use of US Aid Pier in Gaza Due to Israeli Attacks (truthout.org)
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing (www.theguardian.com)
Why Europe is lurching to the right (www.vox.com)
France’s far-right forces hold talks on teaming up to beat Macron (www.politico.eu)
An alliance with Reconquest would strengthen Marine Le Pen’s National Rally ahead of a snap election....
Portugal’s socialists and liberals defeat far-right in EU elections (www.euractiv.com)
The Portuguese centre-left party (S&D) and the Liberal party (Renew) were the winners of Sunday’s European elections in Portugal, which, unlike most other EU countries, saw the defeat of the far-right Chega party (ID)....
Israel says Hamas weaponised rape. Does the evidence add up? (www.thetimes.com)
The Israeli government insists that Hamas formally sanctioned sexual assault on October 7, 2023. But investigators say the evidence does not stand up to scrutiny. Catherine Philp and Gabrielle Weiniger report on eight months of claim and counter-claim...
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
UN Security Council backs plan for Israel-Hamas ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war....
Dr Michael Mosley: Post-mortem finds presenter died of natural causes, police say (www.bbc.com)
An initial post-mortem examination on the body of Dr Michael Mosley has concluded he died of natural causes, the BBC has been told....
Japan: 'Toyoko Kids' struggle to survive on city streets (www.dw.com)
Teenagers have banded together to escape abuse and neglect but find themselves drawn toward drugs and sex work — with pitifully little support available for the most vulnerable....
UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there....
Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes (abcnews.go.com)
Russia suspected of being behind a recent failed arson attack in Prague, Czech prime minister says (abcnews.go.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing and a search is underway (apnews.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said....
A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president and 9 others has gone missing (www.pbs.org)
Post-Brexit ‘mess’ as Italian driver’s lorry held for 55 hours at UK border post (www.theguardian.com)
An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters (www.msn.com)
So to recap the events of a couple of weeks ago:...