‘Hands-off, eyes on’: Ford deploys 'hands-free' driving in cars on UK motorways (www.euronews.com)
Soldiers Mutiny in U.S.-Allied Niger (theintercept.com)
Exclusive: UK probes Novo's Ozempic, weight-loss drug Saxenda over suicidal, self-harming thoughts (www.reuters.com)
The South Korean POWs left to plot escape from the North (www.bbc.co.uk)
Blinken says door open for New Zealand to engage on AUKUS (www.reuters.com)
Australia awards South Korea's Hanwha $4.7 bln defence contract (www.reuters.com)
Russian court jails cyber security executive for 14 years in treason case (www.reuters.com)
Niger guards blockade president's palace - reports (www.bbc.co.uk)
‘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....
41 Myanmar junta members killed in Bago clash (www.mizzima.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/2065947...
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....
'A blessing': Wounded soldiers help US scientists to save coral reefs (www.euronews.com)
India, Manipur genocide : Assam Rifles finds itself in trying circumstances while maintaining peace in Manipur (www.telegraphindia.com)
At the end, we are facing flak from every side, says a senior officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity
Japan’s population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time (www.theguardian.com)
Poland files EU complaint over illegal waste imports from Germany (www.reuters.com)
The Whales Gathered in a Heart Shape. Experts Feared What Would Come Next. (www.nytimes.com)
Ukraine MP under criminal investigation over Maldives holiday (www.bbc.co.uk)
Vatican prosecutor seeks seven-year sentence for cardinal (www.reuters.com)
Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once more (www.reuters.com)
India, Manipur genocide : ‘A pen can do more harm than a gun’ (www.newslaundry.com)
In Manipur’s major newspapers, attacks by ‘Kuki militants’ are top news, deepening the hills vs valley divide....
The U.S. is paying Russia $1 billion for enriched uranium. Every year (web.archive.org)
Not exactly breaking news (article is from June 14, 2023), but as it’s not known or discussed widely, I thought its ok to post....
New Chinese foreign minister Wang talks Ukraine in Turkey on first trip (www.reuters.com)
Russia-Africa Summit May Discuss Corridor to Transport Grain & Fertilizers (peoplesdispatch.org)
UN rights body conduct hearings on showbiz sexual abuse in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. who accused its late founder of sexual abuse, interviewees said.