Catholic abbot told to cover cross at Western Wall - The abbot was told that the cross worn at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City was "really big and inappropriate for this place." (www.jpost.com)
Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8m to cancer patient in baby powder lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
[Houston Chronicle] U of H researchers find ruins of lost Maya city in Mexico jungle (www.chron.com)
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Finland closing Russia's Consulate General office in Turku (yle.fi)
An Australian Regiment Is Yet To Answer for Abuses Committed in Afghanistan (newlinesmag.com)
Witness says commando killed prisoner to make room in helicopter. Commanders ordered junior officers to execute prisoners to register first “kill”. Soldier who leaked evidence of extrajudicial killing charged, possible life sentence. "We pin medals on serial killers.”
‘Carlsberg and Danone got what they deserved for not leaving Russia’: Which foreign companies will Putin seize next? (www.investmentmonitor.ai)
Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
Thai court suspends Pita as MP as parliament votes on new premier (www.aljazeera.com)
The Whitewashing of Neo-Nazis: Lev Golinkin & Ben Makuch on How Far Right Is Exploiting Ukraine War (www.democracynow.org)
Multiple reports are reinvestigating the neo-Nazi fighters and militias involved in the war both in Russia and Ukraine. “You have neo-Nazis on both sides of this conflict,” says Ukrainian American journalist Lev Golinkin, a longtime reporter on the far right in Ukraine and Russia who is critical of the Western media’s...
Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History (www.nytimes.com)
Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate....
Indian opposition unites in attempt to oust Narendra Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Included in the coalition are India’s largest national opposition, the Congress party, as well as powerful regional parties such as Trinamool Congress, which governs the state of West Bengal under the popular chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and the Aam Aadmi party, which governs Delhi and Punjab....
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Kenya Azimio demonstrations: Schools shut as police battle protesters (www.bbc.com)
Kenya has closed schools in the country’s two main cities as a three-day opposition protest kicks off with demonstrators confronting police....
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Afghanistan: Women protest closure of beauty salons (www.bbc.com)
Women in Afghanistan have held a rare protest against the Taliban’s decision to shut female beauty parlours and salons....
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North Korea fires missiles as US nuclear submarine docks in South (thehill.com)
North Korea launched two short-range missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday morning just a day after the U.S. docked its nuclear submarine in South Korea....
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South Africa: Putin to miss BRICS summit by ‘mutual agreement’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit of the BRICS group of nations in South Africa in August “by mutual agreement”, South Africa’s presidency said on Wednesday....
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Mexico files diplomatic complaint over Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating border barriers (www.texastribune.org)
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Ukraine takes down massive bot farm, seizes 150,000 SIM cards (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
‘Outrageous’: MEPs condemn pesticide companies for withholding toxicity data (www.theguardian.com)
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Solomon Islands accuses New Zealand of withholding financial support (i.stuff.co.nz)
The New Zealand government has rejected claims by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare that it has withheld financial support promised to the country....
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Political backing for EU Green Deal fizzles despite heat wave (www.politico.eu)
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Extreme heat sparks wildfires, health warnings around the world (www.france24.com)
Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America....
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Top US economist quits EU job after Macron speaks out (www.politico.eu)
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Teri Meri Dooriyan New Serial Watch Today Full Episode Online (wwv.terimeridooriyan.net)
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Finally — UK inflation comes off the boil (www.politico.eu)
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