Russia's economy will shrink again this year as Putin's war on Ukraine worsens inflation and labor shortages, ratings agency says (markets.businessinsider.com)
UN chief says fossil fuels are "incompatible with human survival" as world breaks temperature records (www.techspot.com)
Experts, teachers alarmed as India removes evolution, periodic table from textbooks (www.straitstimes.com)
Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says (arstechnica.com)
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Inside North Korea: “We are stuck, waiting to die.” (www.bbc.co.uk)
An alarming look into current conditions inside DPRK
Norway Opens Door For Deep-Sea Mining of Copper and Other Critical Materials (www.wsj.com)
Estonia passes law to allow same-sex marriage (www.aljazeera.com)
Police Search Paris 2024 Olympics Offices in Corruption Investigation (ghostarchive.org)
20 years after US invaded Iraq, Iraqis are still trying to emigrate (www.naharnet.com)
Iceland suspends whaling in the name of animal welfare (www.euronews.com)
Biden and Modi must address grave human rights concerns (www.amnesty.org)
Four Israelis shot dead near West Bank settlement (www.bbc.co.uk)
Amnesty urges end to ‘racist’ treatment of Haitian asylum seekers (www.aljazeera.com)
Germany’s spy agency cautions against voting for far-right AfD (www.aljazeera.com)
What the Future Might Hold for Asia: George Yeo, former foreign minister of Singapore (www.spiegel.de)
The Women of Sierra Leone Have New Land-Ownership Rights (www.spiegel.de)
Almost 400 websites spread Russian propaganda in Bulgaria (www.euractiv.com)
Energy Crisis Tracker: Real-Time Statistics on Europe's Gas Supplies (www.spiegel.de)
Thai activists sue government agencies for allegedly using Pegasus spyware against them (apnews.com)
Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking (www.bbc.com)
Biden says threat of Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is 'real' (finance.yahoo.com)
President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin's announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus "absolutely...
Israel: court rejects Al-Araqeeb claim to ownership of land (lemmy.world)
middleeastmonitor.com/20230620-israel-court-rejec…
Why does Israel keep raiding the Jenin refugee camp? (lemmy.world)
aljazeera.com/…/why-does-israel-keep-raiding-the-…