Canadians aren’t smoking enough to keep up with the supply ( hightimes.com )
Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018...
EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains ( www.theguardian.com )
"Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
UN adds Israel to blacklist for harming children in conflict zones ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has notified Israel’s Defence Attache in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to add Israel to the blacklist of countries and organisations harming children in conflict zones....
Thailand passes landmark Bill recognising same-sex marriage ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
Massive Attack pull out of gig in Georgia in solidarity with protesters ( www.theguardian.com )
British band Massive Attack have pulled out of a concert in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, in protest against the government’s “attack on basic human rights”....
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....
One of the world's richest women will support Trump if he promises to back Israel annexation of the West Bank ( nymag.com )
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor ( www.middleeastmonitor.com )
Holocaust survivors urge young EU voters to shun far right ( www.dw.com )
A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD)....
More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists....
Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food ( truthout.org )
According to a food survey conducted by humanitarian aid groups in May, 85 percent of children under 5 were deprived of food at least one day over a three day period. Official death counts reported by Gaza’s government do not include deaths by starvation; at least 30 children have been recorded starving to death in Gaza so...
Pyongyang Says It Will Send Support Troops to Ukraine Within a Month ( www.kyivpost.com )
Ukraine just held its first Pride event in years despite Russia's continued invasion ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Thousands demonstrate against far right across France ( www.lemonde.fr )
Paris police said 3,000 people gathered in Paris on Monday evening, at a demonstration against the far right, which made historic gains in the European elections on Sunday. Other gatherings took place around the country....
Austrian heiress giving away $36.6M because the government won't tax her inheritance ( www.cbc.ca )
Marlene Engelhorn says that when she inherited her grandmother's multimillion-dollar fortune in 2022, she "wanted to be happy about it."...
Ukraine destroyed columns of waiting Russian troops as soon as it was allowed to strike across the border, commander says ( www.businessinsider.com )
Ukraine destroyed columns of waiting Russian soldiers with HIMARS, a Ukrainian commander said....
Man detained in mental hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Zelensky calls for seized Russian billions to rebuild Ukraine ( www.bbc.com )
President Zelensky has called for some of the Russian billions seized by world banks to be sent to rebuild Ukraine....
Ukrainian Sources: We Just Shot Down Two Of Russia’s Best Command Planes ( www.forbes.com )
Ukrainian air-defenses reportedly shot down two of the Russian air force’s rarest and most valuable command aircraft on Sunday: a Beriev A-50 radar early-warning plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post....
Russia's elite paratroopers and marines are refusing orders to launch 'human wave attacks,' Ukraine official says ( www.businessinsider.com )
Russian marines and paratroopers are refusing to launch certain types of assaults due to concerns over the huge losses other troops are suffering, a Ukrainian official said, per the Kyiv Post....
Nazis, no thank you'; Germans take to streets to call for AfD ban ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli Politician Quotes Hitler to Argue for Resettlement of Gaza ( www.commondreams.org )
Former Israeli Knesset member Moshe Feiglin quoted Adolf Hitler as he called for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip and create a "Hebrew Gaza."...
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Ukraine shoots down two Russian aircraft in disastrous day for Kremlin ( www.theguardian.com )
It is unclear how Ukraine succeeded in shooting down the command planes flying above the Sea of Azov...
Netanyahu defies Biden, insisting there’s ‘no space’ for Palestinian state ( www.theguardian.com )
Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident....
