Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries (www.theguardian.com)
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe...
America’s problem is massive inequality – not ‘woke’ educated elites (www.theguardian.com)
Fake populists like Elise Stefanik (Harvard ’06) and Josh Hawley (Yale ’06) attack higher ed to protect corporations and the rich...
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest....
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing (www.theguardian.com)
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’ despite rally attendees wilting in extreme heat (www.theguardian.com)
Supporters hospitalized following rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix, where temperatures have broken records...
Post-Brexit ‘mess’ as Italian driver’s lorry held for 55 hours at UK border post (www.theguardian.com)
An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....
Trump vows to end taxation of tips at sweltering Las Vegas rally (www.theguardian.com)
Is the US economy doing well? It depends if you ask a Democrat or a Republican (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian intelligence ‘strikes Su-57 warplane deep inside Russia’ (www.theguardian.com)
The cat in the flat: Singapore lifts ban on pets in public housing (www.theguardian.com)
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....
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate (www.theguardian.com)
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas (www.theguardian.com)
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard...
‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history (www.theguardian.com)
Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.
‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history (www.theguardian.com)
Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.
She was in Trump’s Maga ‘cult’ – now she’s fighting far-right extremism (www.theguardian.com)
Trial of jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi opens in her absence (www.theguardian.com)
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule (www.theguardian.com)
Man arrested after attacking Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Trump ally Kari Lake gave speech in front of Confederate flag (www.theguardian.com)
UN adds Israel to list of states committing violations against children (www.theguardian.com)
‘We have normalised horror’ says agency official, after Israeli strike on school (www.theguardian.com)
Mass casualty incidents caused by the Israeli military offensive in southern Gaza are becoming normalised in the west and leading to a sense of fatalism inside Gaza itself, according to Sam Rose, the director of planning for the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa....
