New Zealand PM sparks row after flying to China with backup plane (www.theguardian.com)
Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance (news.yahoo.com)
Mob Beats Butcher To Death Over Alleged Blasphemy In Nigeria’s Sokoto State | Sahara Reporters (saharareporters.com)
Why is diabetes spreading around the world? (www.aljazeera.com)
Palestine-Israel Mega Thread | June 25, 2023 - July 4, 2023
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Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised (video) (www.youtube.com)
Wagner’s mutiny punctured Putin’s ‘strongman’ image and exposed cracks in his rule (www.rappler.com)
Less than 24 hours after the mutiny began, it was over....
Russia-Ukraine War Mega Thread | June 25 - July 8 2023
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Rebel Russian mercenaries return to base under deal ending advance on Moscow (www.rappler.com)
Heavily armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov overnight under a deal that defused an unprecedented challenge to the authority of President Vladimir Putin and halted their rapid advance on Moscow....
Child migrants to be sent back to hotel where 136 vanished (www.theguardian.com)
Five killed in attack in Kenya's Lamu county (www.aol.com)
Iran deported 90,000 Afghan refugees since March: report (www.newarab.com)
Biden speaks with Zelenskyy about attempted mutiny in Russia (www.politico.com)
According to the White House, President Joe Biden “reaffirmed unwavering U.S. support, including through continued security, economic, and humanitarian aid.” | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images...
Israeli Reports: Washington Suspends Support for Projects in Illegal West Bank Settlements (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Russia crisis reverberates in Ukraine war (www.latimes.com)
How will the short but shocking mutiny by a Russian paramilitary group affect the war in Ukraine?...
'You will get used to us': Turkish LGBTQ activists defy authorities to hold Istanbul Pride event (www.middleeasteye.net)
Five civilians killed, some ‘beheaded’, in southeast Kenya (www.aljazeera.com)
New Democracy party on course for historic Greek election victory (www.euronews.com)
McManus: Blinken tries to fix floor under U.S.-China relations (www.latimes.com)
When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken went to Beijing last week to try to repair the frayed relationship between the United States and China, both sides kept expectations low....