1 crew member killed in a fire on a cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars in the North Sea (apnews.com)
Japan records steepest population decline while number of foreign residents hits new high (english.elpais.com)
Road maze stumps drivers in French village (www.euronews.com)
‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
I personally think that responsible smartphone use should be learned and practiced, rather than outright banning them....
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period, in what critics have labelled an effort to distract from its human rights record....
India, Manipur genocide : ‘His body is still in the morgue’: Two months later, Kuki woman on her brother’s murder (www.newslaundry.com)
Tax assistant Letminthang Haokip was killed on May 4 by a mob in Imphal, capital of Manipur state, India
Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future: Unveiling the Wayback Machine’s Vital Role in Investigative Work (blog.archive.org)
UN global heat officer: ‘It’s criminal to build squares that do not have shade or cooling elements’ (english.elpais.com)
51 Beached Whales Died in Australia. Authorities Are Trying to Save 46 More (time.com)
Executions, torture and looting: Wagner accused of abuses in Africa (www.euronews.com)
Federal judge blocks Biden administration’s restrictive asylum rule (www.theguardian.com)
EU agriculture officials work on ways to move Ukrainian grain to the world (www.barchart.com)
Yemen: The children of a forgotten war (www.bbc.co.uk)
Brussels bombers found guilty after long murder trial (www.bbc.co.uk)
Both pilots die after Greek firefighting plane crashes (www.euronews.com)
Far-right group burns Quran in Copenhagen (www.politico.eu)
Russian fighter jet damages US Reaper drone with flare over Syria: Officials (abcnews.go.com)
Video: streamable.com/4f5lwc
Russia is preparing 'a false flag operation' in the Black Sea - U.S. State Department (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘Horrific Videos, Reports Just Tip of Iceberg, Much More Has Happened We Don't Know About’ (www.youtube.com)
Babu Verghese, an author, journalist and consultant for several Christian television channels, who was recently in Manipur, both in the valley and in the hills, and spoke widely to people of both the Meitei and Kuki communities, says that the horrifying videos and reports that surfaced in the last week of killings, burning and...
India, Manipur genocide : Snatched from cops and lynched: Traumatic accounts spill out of violence-hit Manipur (www.telegraphindia.com)
We are in the dark about what the police and the other government agencies are doing about the Hanglalmuan’s murder, says father of the youth
India, Manipur genocide : Group of bishops who completed a two-day visit to Manipur decry ‘silence & apathy’ (www.telegraphindia.com)
The four-member team, led by CBCI president and Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, visited places affected by ethnic clashes that have claimed 150 lives and displaced around 60,000 people since May 3
How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat (www.bbc.com)
How China’s military is slowly squeezing Taiwan (www.ft.com)
For all the focus on a potential invasion, some in Taipei fear a Chinese pressure campaign that gradually changes the status quo Alt Link: archive.ph/NuiWR
Border violence: What is going on in Bulgaria? (www.euronews.com)
Adopt eight lifestyle changes to add 20 years to your life, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)
To summarise, the eight lifestyle changes that could extend your life are:...
