Ukraine-Russia war latest: Ukrainian intelligence shows Moscow is plotting 'terror attack' on nuclear plant, Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims ( news.sky.com )
The U.S. Coast Guard says debris field has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible ( apnews.com )
Pentagon dismisses WSJ report on China spy station in Cuba ( www.reuters.com )
Andrew Tate is indicted on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania ( www.npr.org )
Phoenix is emerging as the city of the future ( www.axios.com )
"The broad attention is showing the world what local leaders have spent the past half-century trying to prove: This desert city can be a major player in global tech and manufacturing."...
Amazon Prime too easy to join, hard to quit, claims FTC suit ( www.theregister.com )
USA: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors ( web.archive.org )
Judge James M. Moody Jr. of Federal District Court in Little Rock said the law both discriminated against transgender people and violated the constitutional rights of doctors. He also said that the state of Arkansas had failed to substantially prove a number of its claims, including that the care was experimental or carelessly...
A 988 operator, faced with a flood of calls, turns to AI to boost counselor skills ( www.statnews.com )
TW: Some discussion of suicide...
‘I’m afraid I won’t make it to 15 June’: Russian Activist Anatoly Berezikov predicted his own death and died in a jail for minor offenders on 14 June ( web.archive.org )
Berezikov's lawyers believe that their client was tortured at the police station during the several hours that she was looking for him. She managed to take a photo of Berezikov’s back in the courthouse: the lawyer believes there were stun gun bruises on it. “He told me in the courthouse: I won’t make it to 15 June. I’m...
‘Continued genocide’: First Nations leaders disturbed by effort to dig up unmarked graves in B.C. ( globalnews.ca )
First Nations leaders in British Columbia are “very disappointed” by a recent report that residential school deniers tried to dig up suspected unmarked grave sites at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School....
Hunter Biden reaches plea deal with feds to resolve tax issues, gun charge ( www.politico.com )
Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Inside a Totally Different Plant ( www.sciencealert.com )
German energy prices are so high they're driving companies to relocate, industry body says ( www.cnbc.com )
This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England ( www.npr.org )
This story is well known in the UK. Apparently less so in the US.
Europe Keeps Breaking Heat Records as Fastest-Warming Continent ( www.bloomberg.com )
How Russia's National Space Corporation 'Roscosmos' helps pro-Kremlin bikers kill Ukrainians ( web.archive.org )
Rather than focusing on the advancement of astronautics, which is facing difficulties, organizations like Roscosmos are currently providing support to the motorcycle group known as the Night Wolves, who are engaged in the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin found the nationalist macho values of the Wolves, combined with their...