Gaza toll could exceed 186,000, Lancet study says ( www.aljazeera.com )
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext
Kremlin mopes over French election results ( www.politico.eu )
“We do not harbor any special hopes” for improving ties with France, Moscow said....
Russia bans Moscow Times newspaper ( www.dw.com )
Russia has declared the English-language newspaper The Moscow Times an "undesirable organization." Cooperating with the outlet can entail sentences of up to five years in prison...
Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people ( www.theguardian.com )
2024 France election live updates: Prime Minister Attal plans to resign as projections show leftists lead ( apnews.com )
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Trial begins for religious sect accused of killing child ( www.bbc.com )
Members of an Australian religious group have gone on trial accused of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl by denying her medical care and offering prayer instead....
US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
Kyiv children’s hospital hit as Russian missile attack kills at least 29 in Ukraine ( www.theguardian.com )
An unknown number of people have been trapped under rubble after Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was hit during a daylight Russian missile barrage that the authorities said had killed at least 29 people across the country....
Journalist in Gaza Describes Last 24 Hours as the Deadliest in Months ( truthout.org )
Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia ( apnews.com )
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia....
First F-16 jets heading to Ukraine after months of training and negotiations ( www.theguardian.com )
Dutch and Danish leaders say Ukraine will be ‘flying operational F-16s this summer’ as Kyiv seeks battlefield wins...
Netanyahu tried to derail the hostage deal even before Hamas responded ( www.haaretz.com )
The main points were reported by the media on Wednesday: Even before Hamas responded to the Netanyahu-Biden proposal, the Prime Minister's Office already knew what it would contain. Hamas' flexibility came as a surprise to the man who said he supported the plan (which had been unanimously approved by the war cabinet) but who...
For First Time, NATO Accuses China of Supplying Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine ( www.nytimes.com )
China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke ( www.theguardian.com )
Unfathomable': Lancet Study Estimates Gaza Death Toll May Exceed 186,000 ( www.commondreams.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17363648...
Israel’s Campaign of Starvation in Gaza Has Palestinians Eating Weeds to Survive ( truthout.org )
Kenyans accused of witchcraft then murdered for land in Kilifi ( www.bbc.com )
Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted for alleged money laundering for undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia ( apnews.com )
SAO PAULO (AP) — The indictment of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation, with more potentially in store....
Poop in the Seine, Packed Trains, Convoluted QR Codes -- Is Paris Ready for the Olympics? ( www.rollingstone.com )
Putin bestows Russia’s highest civilian honour on India’s PM Modi ( www.aljazeera.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17822783
Israeli attack on UN school used as shelter in Gaza kills at least 16 ( www.aljazeera.com )
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Government Media Office said, as Israel continues to pound the besieged coastal territory....
The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany ( www.businessinsider.com )
The US announced deployments of new long-range fires weapons to Germany will start in 2026....
Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize ( apnews.com )
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system....
