Italy might stop hiring foreign museum directors. The head of Milan's Brera hopes to leave his mark (apnews.com)
Last refugee held on Nauru arrives in Australia (www.aljazeera.com)
How 750 migrants ended up on the boat that capsized near Greece (ghostarchive.org)
Iranian Protesters remain defiant in the Face of Violent and Brutal regime Oppression (www.juancole.com)
Canada flags Syria activist as national security threat (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Scooter, a Chinese crested, is crowned world’s ugliest dog (www.theguardian.com)
‘Incomplete revolution’: Tunisia crackdown slammed by critics (www.aljazeera.com)
UK police charge Egyptian over Mediterranean migrant crossings (www.newarab.com)
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Israeli Protesters Denounce Judicial Overhaul for 25th Straight Week (ghostarchive.org)
NASA shows how far the sea levels have risen in 30 years (www.wctv.tv)
It’s well known that global sea levels are rising, but now NASA is showing by just how much....
Tokyo residents find comfort in fluffy, street-strolling alpacas (www.rappler.com)
Pope Hosts Artists in Sistine Chapel, Even Some Who Attracted Controversy (ghostarchive.org)
Why 101 people and a dog want to be Toronto's mayor (www.bbc.com)
Drone strike hits Syria President's ancestral town (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Environmental activists protest at Dutch Tata Steel plant (video) (www.youtube.com)
Palestinian Teenager Left to Die after Being Shot by Israeli Forces (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Wagner chief claims to have seized military sites in Rostov as Moscow implements anti-terror measures (www.theguardian.com)
In videos posted on social media early on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that he was at the headquarters of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Rostov and demanded that defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Russia’s top general Valery Gerasimov come to the city, 1,000 kilometres south of Moscow. The videos could not be...
Wagner Group takes control of all military facilities in Voronezh, nearing Moscow (finance.yahoo.com)
Wagner Group has trekked from Rostov, all the way to Voronezh, and taken control of the military facilities there....
Nearly 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia so far for annual Hajj pilgrimage (apnews.com)
Big blow to Putin as Wagner forces take control of Southern Military building in Rostov | World News – India TV (www.indiatvnews.com)
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin warned his forces would "destroy everything" in their way.
Lifesize sculpture of Julian Assange appears outside UK parliament (www.theguardian.com)
Wagner chief vows to topple Russian military leaders (www.bbc.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin says his fighters have crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia.
Prigozhin demands that Russian Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are turned over to him (lemmy.world)
Wagner completely in control of Rostov, Yevgeny Prigozhin has a meeting at the headquarters of the Southern Military District with Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yunus Bek Yevkurov and Russian First Deputy Chief of the GRU of the General Staff Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev. Video from the meeting was published by...
