Cruelty-based intervention: Russia is set to reintroduce antipsychotic drug as autism treatment ( theins.press )
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He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job. ( theintercept.com )
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war ( apnews.com )
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war....
"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks Military To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them To Manage Overcrowding In Prisons ( www.huffpost.com )
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Rio-bound Boeing 777 returns to Amsterdam over tech issue – DW – 06/23/2024 ( www.dw.com )
An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff.
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say ( www.bbc.com )
Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program ( abolitionmedia.noblogs.org )
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
South Australia to legislate 'world leading' electoral donation ban prohibiting donations and gifts to political parties, backed by tough penalties for those who seek to circumvent the law ( www.premier.sa.gov.au )
The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban donations to registered political parties, members of parliament and candidates. The state will provide funding to allow parties and candidates to contest elections, run campaigns and promote political ideas, according to the proposed bill....
Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274 ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli journalist says he was threatened by senior intelligence officials if he reported on attempts by the country's spy chief to intimidate ex-prosecutor ( www.theguardian.com )
- An investigative reporter with Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the international criminal court....
UK defence minister says intelligence has evidence of Chinese lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine ( www.reuters.com )
British defence minister Grant Shapps accused China on Wednesday of providing or preparing to provide Russia with lethal aid for use by Moscow in its war against Ukraine....
Iran hangs at least seven people, including two women, as surge in executions intensifies, rights group says ( www.al-monitor.com )
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"Peace can only come when Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored:" Italy’s president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding Moscow’s aggression ( apnews.com )
Italy’s president told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding its aggression and peace can only come when Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored....
A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine' ( apnews.com )
Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent international official so far to declare that trapped civilians in the most cut-off part of Gaza had gone over the brink into famine....
Children in Gaza dying from starvation-related complications since Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, Human Rights Watch says ( www.hrw.org )
Concerned governments should impose targeted sanctions and suspend arms transfers to press the Israeli government to ensure access to humanitarian aid and basic services in Gaza, in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law and the recent International Court of Justice order in South Africa’s genocide...
Romanian president's NATO candidacy not backed by the US or Baltic states ( www.romania-insider.com )
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School children in Hong Kong sang Chinese anthem "too softly" ( www.bbc.com )
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem "too softly". Teachers at a third school have been asked to help students "cultivate habit and confidence" in singing it....
Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...
Chiquita to Pay for Paramilitary Terror in Colombia ( countervortex.org )
Czech PM blames failed arson attempt on Russia ( www.bbc.com )
The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, has said a failed arson attack that took place in Prague last week was "very likely" organised and financed by Russia....
Poland arrests nine on charges of Russian-ordered sabotage ( www.euractiv.com )
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Ukrainian Christian groups face violent crackdown from Russian forces ( www.pbs.org )
UK charges three with working for Hong Kong intelligence as cases against Chinese and Russian spies mount across Europe ( www.aljazeera.com )
The British police have charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service....
