Mexico City could run out of water in a month unless it rains (www.businessinsider.com)
Mexico City could run out of drinking water by June 26, an event locals call "Day Zero."...
Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box (www.abc.net.au)
Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country....
Egyptian soldier killed in fire exchange with Israeli forces near Rafah crossing (www.middleeasteye.net)
An Egyptian soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces at the Rafah crossing on Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip on Monday....
Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes (www.theguardian.com)
After Pegasus Was Blacklisted, Its CEO Swore Off Spyware. Now He’s the King of Israeli AI. (theintercept.com)
‘Exterminate the beasts’: How Israeli settlers took revenge for a murder in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
What followed was a wave of shooting and arson attacks across 11 Palestinian villages in which a dozen homes and more than 100 cars were torched, thousands of animals were slaughtered, four people were shot dead and scores of others were seriously wounded.
Poland presents plan to fortify border to Russia, Belarus (www.dw.com)
Defense officials in Poland have shared details on a plan to strengthen the country’s eastern border. They say Poland is at constant risk of hostile actions by Russia and its ally, Belarus....
China is flexing its missile arsenal in a new simulation for a mass Taiwan attack as the US watches Beijing's Rocket Force closely (www.businessinsider.com)
China released a simulation video on Friday of how it could strike Taiwan with waves of missiles....
India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God (www.theguardian.com)
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’...
World has ‘moral responsibility’ to help small island states survive climate crisis – UN agency chief (www.theguardian.com)
Vulnerable economies must be supported with finance and practical aid to find long term solutions, says Jorge Moreira da Silva of Unops...
At least 40 killed in Rafah after Israeli missiles hit camp for displaced (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza officials say the death toll from Israeli air strikes on a camp housing displaced Palestinians near Rafah in southern part of the strip has risen to 40....
Spain's foreign minister condemns 'scandalous' Israeli flamenco video (www.reuters.com)
Spain’s foreign minister condemned as “scandalous and execrable” a video posted by his Israeli counterpart suggesting Hamas would be grateful to Spain, in a growing spat between the two countries over the Gaza war....
Father-son Hamas terrorists casually describe taking turns raping Israeli woman, then executing her (www.news.com.au)
Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage (www.bbc.co.uk)
Italian teenager nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’ set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint (edition.cnn.com)
ICJ Ruling Won't Immediately Change War in Gaza, but Danger Still Looms for Israel (archive.is)
“Halevi and the military high command woke up too late. The General Staff lost control over the units, especially reserve units, months ago. In Gaza, in the West Bank and in bases in Israel, soldiers record themselves destroying Palestinian property and civilian infrastructure, blowing up homes without permission and spreading...
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters (www.theatlantic.com)
Reading too much into the language seems, at this point, to be less of a danger than reading too little into it....
Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)
This is a gift article link, so there should not be a paywall.
Aid trucks begin entering Gaza under agreement with Egypt to bypass Rafah (www.npr.org)
Zelenskiy calls on world leaders to attend Ukraine ‘peace summit’ after deadly Kharkiv strike (www.theguardian.com)
Australia will create affordable housing for trans women in first-of-its-kind initiative (www.lgbtqnation.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
In light of Israel’s increasing starvation crimes, famine in Gaza Strip must be officially declared - EuroMed Human Rights Monitor (euromedmonitor.org)
Gaza: After ICJ order to halt attacks on Rafah, Israel launches over 60 air raids on the city in 48 hours (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - Israel continues to ignore orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), including the Court’s most recent ruling. This ruling requires Israel to halt its military assault on the Rafah Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip and reopen the Rafah border crossing to facilitate the movement of...
Russia Steps Up a Covert Sabotage Campaign Aimed at Europe | Russian military intelligence, the G.R.U., is behind arson attacks aimed at undermining support for Ukraine’s war effort (www.nytimes.com)
