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At recovery summit, UK's Sunak to unveil major Ukraine support ( www.eureporter.co )

Georgian president pardons jailed journalist after EU, US outcry ( www.politico.eu )

Greek election looks set to strengthen PM Mitsotakis’ power ( www.politico.eu )

Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks State’s Ban on Abortion Pills ( www.nytimes.com )

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ChangeMakers: Aegor Ray advocates to decriminalize sex work in Minneapolis ( www.mprnews.org )

Philly's Violence Prevention Grant Program Brought Mixed Results. Now What? ( www.thetrace.org )

Ukraine has fully met two of the seven conditions needed to start EU accession talks ( www.euronews.com )

New EU sanctions put the squeeze on Russian oil smugglers ( www.politico.eu )

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 )

A 988 operator, faced with a flood of calls, turns to AI to boost counselor skills ( www.statnews.com )

TW: Some discussion of suicide...

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...

Abortion Pill Use Is Surging. Now It’s Under Threat ( 12ft.io )

Making Headway on Indigenous Land Rights ( reasonstobecheerful.world )

Ballsy EU Commission moves to make Russia pay for Ukraine ( www.politico.eu )

Binge drinking, prison and loony bin — how Russians evade mobilization or avoid, at least, deployment to the front ( web.archive.org )

Young Russians shared their strategies for evading combat: one individual became a defendant in a criminal case, another sought refuge in a psychiatric clinic, and a third, originally from the Luhansk region and having fled the war in Donbass to Russia in 2014, has successfully resisted being dispatched from his unit for several...

Europe to accelerate arms shipments to Ukraine, EU industry chief declares ( www.eureporter.co )

YouTube to launch its first official shopping channel in South Korea -Yonhap ( www.reuters.com )

No whaling this summer: Iceland halts fin whale hunting in move that likely spells end to controversial practice ( web.archive.org )

The decision follows on the heels of a report authored by a council of specialists on animal welfare, which found that fishing methods do not comply with the Act on Animal Welfare.

US media giant Gannett sues Google over "monopolization of advertising technology markets" and "deceptive commercial practices" ( web.archive.org )

In 2022, Google made upwards of $30 billion in revenue from the sale of ad space on publishers’ websites which was six times the digital advertising revenue of all U.S. news publications combined, according to a statement by Gannett.

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