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Australia issues Elon Musks Twitter with a please explain notice over surge in online hate
Billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform Twitter has been issued with a demand from Australian authorities for information on what it is doing to tackle online hate.
Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison with machetes, guns and flammable liquid, official says
An official says that gang members inside a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their calls and dousing them with flammable liquid. It was the worst atrocity at a women's prison in recent memory, something President Xiomara Castro called “monstrous.” Relatives said inmates at the facility had been threatened for weeks by members of the notorious Barrio 18 gang. An official said Wednesday the gang members armed themselves, brushed past guards and even carried their own locks, to shut their victims in and burn them to death. The fire left the walls of the cells blackened and beds reduced to twisted heaps of metal.
Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle
A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, the country's anthropology institute said on Tuesday, adding it was likely an important center more than a thousand years ago.
Time has come for Turkey to ratify Sweden's NATO bid, Swedish minister says
Turkey's parliament should begin to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO because Stockholm has now met its obligations under an accord with Ankara on joining the Western military alliance, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Wednesday.
Pentagon orders AMRAAM missiles worth over $1 billion for Ukraine
The U.S. Air Force has announced that it is ordering AMRAAM missiles worth $1.15 billion from Raytheon Missiles and Defense to supply to Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Defense reported on June 20.
Vladimir Putin is 'second king of antisemitism after Hitler,' says Zelensky
Zelensky made the comments when asked about Putin's claim that he has Jewish friends who think Zelensky is "not a Jew."
‘No future’: Iceland cancels whale hunt over animal welfare concerns: decision follows government report that found many whales suffer immensely after being harpooned
The world is finally spending more on solar than oil production
The International Energy Agency just released its annual investment report. Here’s where the money is going.
Israeli settlers torch Palestinian homes and cars to avenge deadly shooting; Palestinian man killed
Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day
Titanic submarine: France sends in rescue team to find missing crew
The French vessel is expected to arrive on site Wednesday.
‘The signs aren’t good’: in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro may face ban on running for office for eight years
Judges to decide whether to impose eight-year ban on Brazil’s former president, after attack on electoral system
Orca rams into yacht off Shetland in first such incident in northern waters
Cetacean exhibits same behaviour towards vessel in North Sea that has been seen in Iberian orca population
China lashes back as Biden labels Xi a 'dictator'
China hit back on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a "dictator", saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation in an unexpected row following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.
Sweden adopts ‘100% fossil-free’ energy target, easing way for nuclear
Sweden's parliament on Tuesday (20 June) adopted a new energy target, giving the right-wing government the green light to push forward with plans to build new nuclear plants in a country that voted 40 years ago to phase out atomic power.
Ukraine has made west more united than ever, Zelenskiy tells London conference
Ukrainian president says his country can become an engine of green growth for decades after the war
US-China tensions: Biden calls Xi a dictator day after Beijing talks
The US leader makes the remark just after talks aimed at easing tensions between the countries.
VIDEO : Iceland temporarily bans whaling in the name of animal welfare as support for industry wanes
VIDEO : Iceland has suspended whaling for three months as support for the controversial practice drops.
Ukrainian POWs not freed after handover to Hungary — intelligence spokesman
Despite reports to the contrary from Hungarian government officials, the Ukrainian prisoners of war transferred from Russia to Hungary have not been released, said Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman, Andriy Yusov, on June 20.
The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam's Gabe Newell
Gabe Newell may now be the Titan's only hope.