“Nobody remembers when yellow fever and dengue fever and malaria were really rampant,” he said. “ Nobody remembers when our seaside communities were closed in the summertime because nobody wanted to come to Florida.”

"Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in ​the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a ‌group of Israeli settlers seized the property."

"Cossacks have been called in to keep order at petrol stations in a Russian holiday resort as authorities face growing ​anger over nationwide fuel shortages following a spate of Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries."

"Europeans breathed easier, silenced US scientists hit back, and a healthy diet was linked to lower dementia risk, plus more good news."

Listen to this brilliant 250th birthday celebration.....

"Opening at Buffalo Run within Taza on Tsuut’ina Nation land, it will be the first McDonald’s in the province whose design was guided from the outset by the Tsuut’ina-Taza Cultural Advisory Working Group..."

"The Balkans emptied out. Growing up, I watched German recruiters walk into a regional hospital and walk out with signed contracts for a third of the staff. That is what the other end of “uncontrolled immigration” looks like: for you, it may look like an invasion, but for us - it was an amputation."

"In April 2025, UNESCO partnered with the Nilgiris-based non-profit Keystone Foundation to bring its Women for Bees project to India. The Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve was chosen as the programme’s first site ... with activities launched across five locations in two states — Kerala and Tamil Nadu."

"An affordable housing development, conceived, led and delivered by women, has community at the heart of its design. From the rooftop of Soroptimist House, residents can look out toward the North Shore mountains."

Savages....bombing a Red Cross warehouse.

"Russia’s fuel crisis continues, to the intense frustration of ordinary Russians, and to the delight of Ukrainians, who are trolling Russians by flooding a fuel availability app with fake reviews...."

"Barcelona ‌has begun to hand out heat-monitoring bracelets to its outdoor workers to act as an early warning system for health risks as Spain endures successive heatwaves. The city has rolled out around 1,400 bracelets for staff working outdoors..."

"The cities that are leading the charge in Canada are benefitting significantly, like Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, which could save up to $160,000 annually with its district energy system."

"But because salmon had been extirpated from Klamath ancestral territory for 114 years, the federal government did not consider them a restoration tribe. This made the Klamath ineligible to apply .... “We’re trying to put salmon back into our territory, right? So how couldn’t we be a salmon tribe?”

"Iran is staging a week of mass funeral processions for Khamenei, who held power for 37 years, in a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic’s theocratic state and revolutionary zeal."

"In Czechia’s 1-1 draw with South Africa on Thursday (18 June), an all-female officiating team oversaw proceedings. For referee Tori Penso, alongside assistants Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, it marked only the second time this has happened at this tournament before."

"Forward-deployed Marines in Japan recently received advanced air defense systems to counter cruise missile and drone threats that the service may face during a potential conflict with China in the Western Pacific."

"Ukraine has turned its signature naval drone – the little boat that drove Russia’s fleet out of the western Black Sea – into a launch platform for first-person-view attack drones, putting Kyiv’s strike reach beyond the coast."

Rescuers in Kyiv pulled three more bodies from the rubble of an apartment building destroyed in a Russian strike on July 2, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported, bringing the death toll to 30. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

"In Dakar, Senegal, where green space is disappearing and food prices are rising, engineer and designer Maïmouna Thiam has turned her terrace into a thriving rooftop garden. What began with a single plant now produces herbs, tomatoes and other vegetables."

"Since then, Israeli forces have continued to systematically flatten eastern Gaza, while also setting kilometres-wide fires across cropland in the Strip’s centre and north – razing and burning its agricultural heartland, key to its long-term viability as a place where people can live."

"China is rapidly developing new CAR-T cell therapies, a type of treatment that involves modifying a patient’s immune cells to find and attack cancer cells more effectively. "

"In an unexpected move, Russia announced several railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia to be “temporarily” shut down. Could this indicate an upcoming mobilisation in Russia as Moscow lacks troops for its ongoing all-out war against Ukraine?"

Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.

"According to BookChef, the central warehouse of their logistics partner — where their books were stored — was completely destroyed. However, there are no casualties reported among warehouse employees."

"Ukrainian drone units shut down 12 electrical substations in the occupied territories, including 10 in Crimea, and one each in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, Brovdi reported. A gas distribution station in Luhansk was also hit."

"Photos and videos posted to social media purport to show flames emanating from the Energomash Belgorod plant — a key manufacturer in Russia's energy supply chain. The plant reportedly produces equipment for Russia's power plants, as well as its oil and gas sector, among other materials."

"Former special counsel Jack Smith joins Nicolle Wallace for his first ever interview with a message to Donald Trump as the president seeks his indictment: he will not be intimidated."

"The government did not need to order anyone’s death. It needed only to disrupt the systems that delivered medicine, food, and care. Then, when Musk demanded proof of a death, the burden fell on grieving families and reporters to produce the names."

“This indictment reflects the administration’s effort to shift blame for their own failures. On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen.”

"Now, GrabAGun, where the U.S. president’s son is a shareholder and board member, could reap a windfall from a proposed rule change at Trump’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that would make it easier to ship guns directly to people’s homes."

"Spain has developed one of the most advanced networks of climate shelters in the world, as extreme heat becomes the deadliest environmental hazard of our time."

"Four nanosatellites are now fully operational, sending instant alerts to firefighters. As Greece braces for yet another exceptionally difficult wildfire season a new line of defence is being deployed from above."

“Alex’s dissertation illuminates how the east side of Fresno has remained stable and almost all white, while the west side of town has been home to a succession of racialized groups — Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Blacks and Mexicans, among others — and has been consistently poorer.”

"Washington’s objection to killing Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the country’s parliamentary speaker, was so acute that this spring it took the extraordinary step of asking intermediaries to warn Iran about Israel’s assassination aims, the officials said."

"In this week's episode of Future Wild I'm joined by Scott Heidebrink, Director of Landscape Stewardship at American Prairie, to discuss his on-the-ground work to restore bison and other wildlife to the great plains, and broader efforts to bring this spectacular landscape back to its former glory."

"Could Russia’s shadow fleet be used to target Europe? After Russia unleashes one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more, Dom reports on a city that knew the assault was coming hours in advance. "

"At least 18 people have been killed and more than 90 injured after a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said."

"So let me offer a challenge to Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip to South Sudan or Somalia or Mozambique. Meet starving children whose lives can be easily saved. Hold them. Look into their eyes. Talk to their terrified moms."

"The day before President Trump announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs, sending markets exploding higher, his investment accounts quietly purchased hundreds of stocks near the market low, trades that were not publicly disclosed until more than a year later ...."

"The loss of so many of them pushed the university $45 million into the red, Keller said, forcing it to eliminate 71 academic programs. And a continuing decline in the number of international students will mean a hit of another $47 million in lost revenue in the next academic year...."

"This episode is a candid, urgent conversation about the realities of large-scale rewilding in the modern American West - where ranching culture, federal land politics, and a bold conservation vision are in direct collision."

“Are we banning foreign pregnant women from 🇺🇸 ?” *evil laugh* Imagine thinking these are the good guys in the story

"As more of Russia’s ground-based space infrastructure is launched by Ukraine into low earth orbit, eight days after the first such strike, Dom asks: where are the air defences? "

" Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development."

"Liz Oyer, who was the Justice Department’s Pardon Attorney under Biden and during the initial months of Trump’s second term, wrote to us that “Donald Trump has turned the pardon process into the Hunger Games.”

"Ensuring Inuit benefit from the tens of billions of dollars slated for shoring up the Canadian military's presence in the Arctic is one of the key priorities.. to be discussed at the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee meeting that Carney cochaired with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed."

"Across this year’s tournament, 289 players are representing countries where they were not born. But few stories capture the emotional power of migration as strongly as Bosnia and Herzegovina."

"Now, researchers are exploring an innovative solution by turning discarded fishing nets and household plastic waste into asphalt for roads. Early results suggest the approach could provide a practical new destination for plastics that might otherwise end up in landfills or the ocean."

"At just 22, Connor Gibson is doing something he never dreamed possible: using his engineering skills to 3D print dentures for America’s most vulnerable people — and giving them back their sense of dignity in the process."