The "Uyghur genocide" allegations are popping up again, here's why they make no sense and what the actual end goal is. (twitter.com)
Ukraine war: Kyiv claims first victories of counter-offensive - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv’s counter-offensive began...
Native Hawaiʻian navigators to begin four-year voyage around the Pacific by canoe (nativenewsonline.net)
They’ll be stopping at dozens of locations and will have a rotating crew. The journey will be made by both a double-hulled canoe and another canoe with an engine. The entire route will be 43,000 nautical miles. Very cool!
Webinar Invitation: ALBA-TCP, First Fair Trade Agreement in the World & How the US Tried to Destroy It (Sunday, June 18) (orinocotribune.com)
TSMC announced that most of its valuable chips will still be produced on the island. This is despite intense pressure from the Joe Biden White House to “friendshore” TSMC’s most advanced chips. (www.scmp.com)
Climate Activists & CSOs Hold Protests Targeting Standard Bank in Solidarity with Frontline Communities in Uganda, Tanzania & Mozambique (www.commondreams.org)
‘Unprecedented drought’ forces changes along the Panama Canal (splash247.com)
Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM, dies at 86 (www.bbc.com)
Dragos Tigau: Romania recalls Kenya ambassador over racist monkey slur (www.bbc.com)
Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Resigns to Run for President (popularresistance.org)
Ukraine counter-offensive actions have begun, Zelensky says (www.bbc.com)
US citizen detained on drug charges in Moscow identified as rock band manager Travis Leake (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine says it retakes 3 villages in 'first results' of counterattack (lemmy.world)
KYIV, June 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Sunday its troops had recaptured three villages from Russian forces in its southeast, the first liberated settlements it has reported since launching a counter-offensive this week....
CARICOM Asks US to End the Blockade Against Venezuela (orinocotribune.com)
US Pushes New Sanctions to Combat Normalization with Syria (thecradle.co)
FBI Helps Ukraine Censor Twitter Users & Obtain Their Info, Including Journalists (mate.substack.com)
Russian cargo plane seized at Toronto Pearson airport (www.cp24.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/614671...
Ukraine's Armed Forces advance another 1,400 metres on Bakhmut front (www.pravda.com.ua)
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in prison cell (abcnews.go.com)
Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81.
Right-Wing Media Is Saying the Wildfire Smoke Is Good, Actually (www.rollingstone.com)
Ok, I can get sort of disagreeing the wildfires are from climate change - that’s a couple of logical steps you have to make. But “It’s not causing anyone to cough” is plainly ludicrous. It was making me cough when I went outside....