Thailand passes landmark Bill recognising same-sex marriage (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Malaysia preparing to join BRICS economic group, media report says (www.channelnewsasia.com)
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years (www.theguardian.com)
Argentines pawn the family jewels to make ends meet (www.batimes.com.ar)
U.S. as many as 15 years behind China on nuclear power, report says (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Kremlin calls NATO chief's nuclear weapons remark an 'escalation of tension' (www.reuters.com)
At least 11 people died and 64 are missing after 2 ships sink off the coast of southern Italy (apnews.com)
Palestine's first Olympian Majed Abu Maraheel dies in Gaza (www.siasat.com)
Israeli companies banned from world’s largest arms fair in Paris (www.aljazeera.com)
President Zelensky calls China and Brazil uncivilized for not signing Communiqué (unn.ua)
[META] State of the lemmy.ml worldnews Community
I think it’s important to discuss the state of the community every now and then - feedback for mod behaviour, what’s going wrong, what’s going right, what news is interesting, what news is boring, what should there be more of, what should there be less of....
Sir lan McKellen falls off stage at Noel Coward Theatre in London during Player Kings performance (news.sky.com)
Teen self-immolates in front of Winnipeg Mosque to protest the genocide against Palestinians and Muslims in Gaza and the rest of Palestine (x.com)
Russia's Putin to visit Vietnam, sparking US rebuke of Hanoi (www.reuters.com)
China will include Australia in the list of unilateral visa-free countries (english.news.cn)
FT survey shows leading US and European companies in sector looking to recruit tens of thousands this year (www.ft.com)
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