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Most national newspapers refuse to publish on Tuesday following tensions with the government.

Senegal newspapers go dark amid press freedom warnings

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. In more than a...

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

Uganda’s hardline President Yoweri Museveni has warned citizens planning anti-corruption protests Tuesday that they are “playing with fire.”

Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests

BERLIN -- The Berlin Zoo's newest baby pygmy hippo made her public debut on Thursday, a day after her name — Toni, inspired by German soccer star Antonio Rüdiger — was chosen from more than 20,000 suggestions. Toni was born on June 3. She's still not much...

Berlin's newest pygmy hippo makes her debut, with a name inspired by a soccer star

The Guardian

A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

TIME

The audacious assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh risks a wider regional conflagration.

Netanyahu Wants to Drag America Into War

The Forward

(JTA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly threatened to invade Israel in support of the Palestinians as fears of a war with Hezbollah escalate — a shocking comment from a member of NATO, the international alliance of Western nations. “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,”...

Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to invade Israel, in escalation of harsh rhetoric over Gaza war

Fox News

Dozens of Russia's Wagner mercenaries were killed in a brutal ambush over the weekend by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali following days of fighting near Algeria's border.

Dozens of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries massacred in Mali ambush

Salon

An Israeli official criticized U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris for speaking out about the plight of Palestinians — the death toll is estimated at over 39,000 civilians — and calling for a quick end to the war in Gaza, claiming such remarks would only delay a ceasefire. Harris,...

Israeli official criticizes Kamala Harris for speaking out about "dead children" in Gaza

ABC News

He spoke about again in his exchange with Elon Musk Monday night.

Trump wants a US 'Iron Dome' the military hasn't asked for

The Independent

 A military court in Congo on Thursday sentenced 25 people, including the leader of a rebel coalition, to death after a high-profile televised trial that started late last month.Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Alliance Fleuve Congo, or AFC, was found guilty of war crimes, participation in an insurrection and treason. Naanga and 19 other defendants sentenced to death were absent from the trial as they are currently on the run.“This nauseating judicial saga reinforces our struggle for democratic normality in Congo,” Nangaa told the Associated Press in a text message from an undisclosed location.The AFC is a political-military movement...

Congolese military court hands down death sentence to leader of rebel coalition and 25 others

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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

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USA TODAY

Kamala Harris fired back at protesters of Israel's war in Gaza as they interrupted her speech during a Wednesday night campaign rally in Detroit.

'If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that': Harris fires back at Gaza protesters at rally

The Hill

Vice President Harris on Wednesday was interrupted at a campaign rally by individuals protesting the war in Gaza for the first time since she launched her presidential campaign. Demonstrators in the crowd at Harris’s Detroit rally repeatedly shouted out as the vice president spoke to an airplane hangar packed with...

Harris responds to Gaza protesters at rally: ‘I am speaking now’

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt his deportation from New Zealand to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering. New Zealand’s Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith divulged Friday that he...

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US case

 A court in India reportedly told a Muslim refugee from Yemen to “go to Pakistan” after he overstayed his visa, echoing a crass Islamophobic dog whistle that is more commonly deployed in online debates by Hindu nationalists in the country.  A judge at the Bombay High Court made the remark while hearing a plea by Khaled Gomaeai Mohammad Hasan challenging a “Leave India Notice” issued to him by police in the western Maharashtra state, according to local media reports.He pleaded for protection from forcible deportation to his home country of Yemen, which has been engaged in an active...

Indian court tells Yemeni Muslim refugee to ‘go to Pakistan’ after overstaying visa

Florida State

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Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

The Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) — A British judge who was part of a Hong Kong court panel that unanimously dismissed an appeal from imprisoned prominent publisher Jimmy Lai and six former pro-democracy lawmakers has quit his position on an advisory board to an international media freedom group because of concerns over his role on the city’s top court.

British judge on Hong Kong’s top court, facing criticism, quits media freedom group’s advisory panel

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is facing backlash after a post on Tuesday that showed two side-by-side images that disparaged immigrants.

Trump campaign faces backlash after post disparaging immigrants

When Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall returned home to the United States after the 2024 Paris Games, she got a surprise welcome home party worthy of the gold medalist she is. The party was organized by her husband, Hunter Woodhall, who will soon be returning to Paris himself to compete in the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Husband throws welcome home surprise for Olympic gold medal-winning wife

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Senegal's media outlets stage a blackout day to bring attention to press freedom concerns

DAKAR, Senegal -- Media organizations in Senegal staged a blackout day on Tuesday to protest a government crackdown they say targets them directly and is aimed...

Senegal's media outlets stage a blackout day to bring attention to press freedom concerns

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