First baby beaver born in 400 years in Staffordshire (www.bbc.com)
Orca Rams Into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavior May Be Spreading. Critical Support for Orcas. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Death at pineapple farms: Violence, torture and killings with impunity by Del Monte guards (nation.africa)
Russian soldiers record confrontation with officer - rare insight into morale on the Ukrainian front (mastodon.social)
Angry mobilised Russians have recorded themselves having a verbal confrontation with an officer. It’s rare insight into the relationship between the soldiers facing Ukraine’s counter-offensive and their frequently absent commanders, whom they say have abandoned them to die. A Mastodon thread.
Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience (www.washingtonpost.com)
Ukraine war: Zelensky admits slow progress but says offensive is not a movie (www.bbc.com)
Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)
Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin’s Folly (www.mintpressnews.com)
Chinese spy balloon didn't collect information while flying over U.S., Pentagon says (www.cbsnews.com)
French PM says all options are on the table, including declaring a state of emergency, to re-establish order (in French) (www.francetvinfo.fr)
French PM Elisabeth Borne says all options are on the table, including declaring a state of emergency, to re-establish order following third night of unrest, fires and looting which have led to hundreds of arrests. Article in French.
In pictures: France burns (www.politico.eu)
French Gov Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly into Web Browsers (torrentfreak.com)
Russia reducing its presence at nuclear plant, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
China on Track to Blow Past Xi’s Clean Power Goal Five Years Early (finance.yahoo.com)
Uruguay to close schools as paediatric care nears 'collapse' (ko-fi.com)
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Italy to bar soccer players from wearing No. 88, which has coded meaning (m.jpost.com)
‘Out of time’: Temperature records topple around the world (www.aljazeera.com)
Eight-year election ban for Brazil's Bolsonaro (www.bbc.com)
Finland’s economy minister resigns after Nazi references (www.politico.eu)
Private Health Companies Prosper While Healthcare Access Stagnates (peoplesdispatch.org)
Israeli Operation in Gaza Destroyed 243 Homes, Killing 34 Palestinians (unicornriot.ninja)
Finland's new parliament votes for a nazi to stay as a minister - Lemmy.world (lemmy.world)
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U.S. actively considering giving cluster munitions to Ukraine (lemmy.world)
A Ukrainian soldier digs in a trench on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, June 23, 2023. | Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo...