It's not just convicts. Russia is forcing its African migrants and students to fight for them in Ukraine. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Russia is replenishing its troops with an unlikely source — African migrants and students....
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports ( www.businessinsider.com )
How Sweden's youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe's gun crime capital ( www.reuters.com )
The killer was only 14 and had lived in youth homes as a ward of the authorities since he was eight....
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico ( english.elpais.com )
A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations...
Hamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes ( www.theguardian.com )
Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes....
Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes ( www.cbsnews.com )
Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense....
Members of Britain’s richest family get jail terms for exploiting Indian staff at Swiss mansion | The Straits Times ( www.straitstimes.com )
Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza ( www.aljazeera.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16260179...
Female Hamas Hostage Who Pleaded for Life on Bike Is Forced to Reveal Fate of 2 Fellow Israeli Captives in Sick Video ( themessenger.com )
Ukraine war: We have no Plan B if Ukraine falls, Estonian PM says ( www.bbc.com )
Estonia considers itself a front-line state, a Nato member where its border guards stare across the Narva River at the Russian fortress of Ivangorod. ...
Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv area ( www.bbc.com )
Hamas says it has launched a rocket attack towards the Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in nearly four months....
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory ( markets.businessinsider.com )
U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. ( foreignpolicy.com )
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city ( www.theguardian.com )
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
Iran’s supreme leader writes letter to US students, says they stand 'on right side of history' ( www.aa.com.tr )
Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war' ( kyivindependent.com )
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine's partners "are afraid of Russia losing the war" and would like Kyiv "to win in such a way that Russia does not lose," Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....
Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns – POLITICO ( www.politico.eu )
White House says ‘it’s the right time’ for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days ( apnews.com )
The White House said Sunday that “it’s the right time” for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against the territory’s ruling Hamas militant group....
Gay adult content creator USSRboy has been arrested in Russia ( www.advocate.com )
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid ( apnews.com )
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case ( www.hrw.org )
The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take...
China: death penalty for advocating ‘Taiwan independence’ ( countervortex.org )
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine ( kyivindependent.com )
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits ( www.nature.com )
