Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down (www.theguardian.com)
As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign (apnews.com)
U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. (foreignpolicy.com)
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)
PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....
How Africa’s War on Disinformation Can Save Democracies Everywhere (foreignpolicy.com)
This year marks 30 years since the Rwandan genocide in 1994, when a Hutu-majority government and a privately owned radio station with close ties to the government colluded to murder 800,000 people....
Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning (9to5mac.com)
China threatens death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan separatists (www.reuters.com)
Lawmakers in Philippines push for probe into Pentagon's anti-vax propaganda operation (www.reuters.com)
Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu says post-war Gaza needs inter-Arab sponsorship, deradicalization process (www.ynetnews.com)
Surprising, but sounds positive....
Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)
Israel ready for ‘all-out war’ in Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
The Israeli military says its Northern Command has approved operational plans for war with Lebanon....
Crackdown on hunger-striking Myanmar prisoners in Indian jail – (eng.mizzima.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23589474...
New legal powers for Jewish settlers open door to 'actual annexation' of West Bank (thecradle.co)
The Israeli military has given religious settler and minister Bezalel Smotrich increased legal control over the occupied West Bank...
Aer Lingus begins contacting up to 40,000 passengers to be affected by flight cancellations from next week (m.independent.ie)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16769411...
640 Palestinian children detained in West Bank since October 7 (www.newarab.com)
The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza....
Nissan to close auto plant in China amid intensifying EV price war (english.kyodonews.net)
Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17125300
Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17124918
Car maker fined $6.4m for selling China-made vehicles as Italian (www.bbc.com)
The Italian government has fined a car company $6.4m (£5m) for allegedly branding vehicles that were made in China as being produced in Italy....
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language (www.bbc.com)
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people....
The US plans to halt some orders for Patriot missiles and give them to Ukraine instead: report (www.businessinsider.com)
The US plans to stop open orders for Patriot interceptor missiles, the Financial Times reported....
Putin warns South Korea: Sending killer weapons to Ukraine would be a ‘big mistake’ (www.politico.eu)
Russian president delivered the warning after Seoul announced it would consider arming Kyiv....
Pakistani 'blasphemy vigilante' mob kills man (www.dw.com)
A crowd of vigilantes in Pakistan killed and burned the body of a man whom they accused of desecrating the Quran. Police registered a case against the mob of hundreds....