Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths by financing paramilitary group, must pay $38.3M to family members (apnews.com)
Chiquita found liable for financing paramilitary group (www.cnn.com)
UN Human Rights Office Says IDF's Deadly Nuseirat Raid May Amount to War Crime (www.commondreams.org)
Hanoi in High Gear: Vietnam’s Spratly Expansion Accelerates (amti.csis.org)
Hamas leader said civilian death toll could benefit militant group in Gaza war (www.cnn.com)
The military leader of Hamas has said he believes he has gained the upper hand over Israel and that the spiralling civilian death toll in Gaza would work in the militant group’s favor, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, citing leaked messages the newspaper said it had seen....
Hamas accepts UN ceasefire resolution, ready to negotiate over details, official says (www.reuters.com)
CAIRO, June 11 (Reuters) - Hamas accepts a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution and is ready to negotiate over the details, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it was up to Washington to ensure that Israel abides by it....
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal (www.cnn.com)
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Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (www.wsj.com)
Fired employee hacked into company’s computer system and deleted servers, causing it to lose S$918,000 - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
One in five children on the planet is now overweight or obese. (english.elpais.com)
Iceland issues license for 128 fin whales to be hunted this year (apnews.com)
Israeli forces rescue four live hostages from Gaza, military says (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces rescued four hostages alive from two locations in the central Gaza area of al-Nuseirat on Saturday, the military said, eight months after they were kidnapped by Hamas-led militants in a deadly incursion into Israel....
King Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activists (inews.co.uk)
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries (www.theguardian.com)
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe...
China's electric vehicle makers face uphill battle in Europe (www.dw.com)
China has been accused of dumping cheap electric cars on EU countries. But poor sales, price wars and tariff threats have prompted a mood change among some Chinese auto producers....
Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says (apnews.com)
Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51....
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest....
'Becoming a totalitarian state': UK judge on why he quit Hong Kong court (www.bbc.com)
A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”....
Thailand: Chatuchak market fire kills 1,000 animals (www.bbc.com)
Around 1,000 animals were killed in a fire in Bangkok’s famous open-air Chatuchak market early Tuesday, gutting nearly 100 shops....
Warning shots from South as NK soldiers cross border (www.bbc.com)
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops crossed the border by mistake, Seoul’s military said on Tuesday....
China is threatening EU agriculture. Should farmers squeal? (www.politico.eu)
Beijing’s threat of tariffs on EU agricultural imports comes as trade volumes are already falling....
4 American college instructors injured in stabbing attack in China (www.nbcnews.com)
The four instructors from Cornell College, a private liberal arts college in Iowa, were visiting a public park in the northeastern Chinese city of Jilin while on an exchange program....
Water crisis in Al-Hasakah | Tens of civilians, mostly children, arrive in hospitals after having consumed unpotable water (www.syriahr.com)
This coincides with the deteriorating water crisis in Al-Hasakah city in light of the frequent interruption of pumping water from Allouk water station since Turkish forces took control of Ras Al-Ain city.