More than 300 Egyptians die from heat during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, diplomats say (www.cbsnews.com)
Biden says he hopes for Israel-Hamas cease-fire by next Monday (www.cbsnews.com)
Wonder if this will be another vaporware cease-fire like the one that was in place last October 6th that Hamas decided to ignore on the morning of October 7th.
U.S.-made bomb used in Israeli strike on Rafah that killed dozens, munitions experts say (www.cbsnews.com)
Missing mother found dead inside 16-foot-long python after it swallowed her whole in Indonesia (www.cbsnews.com)
A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday, marking at least the fifth person to be devoured by a python in the country since 2017....
Yulia Navalnaya will continue lifework of Alexey Navalny (youtu.be)
“I didn’t have to be in this place, I didn’t have to record this video. In my place should have been another person. But this person was killed by Putin.”
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport as thousands escape prisons: "Massacring people indiscriminately" (www.cbsnews.com)
U.K. police find $568 million of cocaine hidden in bananas, shattering drug-seizure record (www.cbsnews.com)
British authorities on Friday said they had found more than 12,500 pounds of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas, shattering the record for the biggest single seizure of hard drugs in the country....
Maritime corridor for aid to Gaza will take two months to build and 1,000 U.S. forces, Pentagon says (www.cbsnews.com)
Russian soldiers loot apartments damaged by shelling and abandoned by civilians in Sievierodonetsk. (streamable.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/9384171...
Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy (www.nytimes.com)
Georgia's controversial, Russia-like "foreign agent" bill becomes law after weeks of protests (www.cbsnews.com)
Venice becomes first city in the world to charge day trippers a tourist fee to enter (www.cbsnews.com)
British warship and U.S. aircraft seize 6,000 pounds of cocaine and other drugs after "high-speed chase" in Caribbean Sea (www.cbsnews.com)
Australian man dies after being bitten by highly venomous snake while trying to remove it from child care center (www.cbsnews.com)
An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort “to keep the children safe,” local media and emergency services said Wednesday....
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....
U.S. halts avocado and mango inspections in a Mexican state after 2 USDA employees attacked, detained (www.cbsnews.com)
Zelensky’s phone call to Macron to inform him that the invasion started (vimeo.com)
5 patients die after oxygen cut off in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces, health officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
Five patients in intensive care died after their oxygen was cut off in southern Gaza’s main hospital that was stormed by Israeli troops, causing chaos for hundreds of staff and wounded inside, health officials said Friday. Troops were searching the complex where the military said it believes the remains of hostages abducted by...
U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast (www.cbsnews.com)
Two men fishing in the waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip were killed Wednesday by Israeli troops firing at them with automatic weapons, James Elder, the global spokesperson for the United Nations' children's agency UNICEF, told CBS News....
Israeli settlers attack Gaza bound aid convoy at West Bank crossing (www.youtube.com)
Nice work Israel, how could it be a real genocide without a Hunger Plan? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Plan
Hamas releases video of injured Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin (www.cbsnews.com)
Money flowing out of London stock market at a record pace, new figures show (www.standard.co.uk)
Money is flowing out of the London equities at a faster pace than ever, despite government efforts to boost the stock market....
Hollywood Shuts Down After 160,000 Actors Walk Off the Set (youtu.be)
Gay man says Qatar authorities lured him via dating app, planted drugs and subjected him to unfair trial (www.cbsnews.com)
A British-Mexican man who says he was targeted for being gay and arrested on false drug charges in Qatar has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence, a fine amounting to about $2,700, and a deportation order by a court in the Arab nation, which is a vital U.S. ally in the Middle East, according to his family and Mexican...