Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network ( www.theguardian.com )
Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest ( www.theguardian.com )
The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China....
Israel approves the largest Palestinian West Bank land grab in three decades ( www.salon.com )
Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen? ( www.politico.eu )
Japan's top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional ( www.bbc.com )
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The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’ ( english.elpais.com )
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Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer ( www.theguardian.com )
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages ( www.bangkokpost.com )
Hundreds of candidates pull out of French run-off in bid to foil far right ( www.aljazeera.com )
France’s left-wing and centrist parties have withdrawn hundreds of candidates from Sunday’s parliamentary elections, in a move aimed at thwarting the formation of the country’s first far-right government since World War II....
Meta could get slapped with a massive fine for violating the EU's Digital Markets Act ( www.engadget.com )
Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades ( apnews.com )
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza....
French parliamentary election: Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) projected to win first round, beating the leftist NPF alliance and Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble ( www.dw.com )
For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat ( apnews.com )
The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish,...
Singapore prepared to recognise a Palestinian state with an effective govt that accepts Israel's right to exist ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
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Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election ( www.theguardian.com )
China can end Russia’s war in Ukraine with a phone call, Finland says ( www.japantimes.co.jp )
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What does a world without Airbnb look like? ( www.bbc.com )
On 21 June, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans to ban short term rentals in the city starting in November 2028. The decision is designed to solve what Collboni described as "Barcelona's biggest problem" – the housing crisis that has seen residents and workers priced out of the market – by returning the 10,000...
Top Vatican Official Accused of Lying Over €350 Million Real Estate Deal ( www.bloomberg.com )
Thirteen people killed and dozens wounded in Kenya as police open fire on protesters ( www.sbs.com.au )
Bangkok Post - Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages ( www.bangkokpost.com )
Mexican cartels boast of increased lethal firepower, including some weapons from the U.S. ( www.usatoday.com )
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling ( www.bbc.com )
Donald Trump's lawyers have asked for the former president's conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
Japanese man sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, and 20 strokes of the cane in Singapore for rape ( apnews.com )
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West Bank: More wounded Palestinians tell BBC the Israeli army forced them on to jeep ( www.bbc.com )
Two more Palestinian men, injured during a military operation in the occupied West Bank last week, have told the BBC that Israeli soldiers forced them on to the bonnet of an army jeep and drove them – sometimes at speed – along village roads....
