Man crowned world’s loudest person makes as much noise as a jet taking off AP
Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars The Guardian
Mushroom Behind ‘Tiny Human’ Visions Lacks Genes For Known Psychedelics Science Alert
Climate/Environment
Europe: the world’s fastest-warming continent Phys.org
UNBELIEVABLE 45 DEGREES AGAIN IN FRANCE
3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS >44.5c This is INSANE !
42.2c Paris,41.1C in The Yeu Island !!!
80 all time records
290 Monthly records
Already >1000 records broken and thousands more coming.
See list 🧵 pic.twitter.com/BIk33E9UdR
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) June 24, 2026
These are current dew points in the UK.
That’s a 74˚ at London Heathrow and 60s dew points into southern Scotland.
Record-smashing June heat wave for UK with Deep South USA mugginess. pic.twitter.com/nDyxU4ieqr
— Jonathan Erdman (@wxjerdman) June 24, 2026
France suffers major power outage as Europe sizzles in record-breaking heat CNBC
Working mums, agricultural labourers and bill payers: Who’s hit hardest by heatwave costs? Euronews
Genuinely extreme–and quite frankly explosive–fire behavior ongoing within #CottonwoodFire in SW Utah late this evening, with a persistent, deep, and apparently rotating *nocturnal* pyrocumulonimbus. This region had record low snowpack a following record warm winter. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/MfBgVuXO4f
— Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) June 24, 2026
Ebola
France MOH: First Ebola Case Identified In a Humanitarian Doctor Returning the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Avian Flu Diary
Pandemics
Rand Paul issues subpoena for Anthony Fauci The Hill
Airborne Toxic Events
Burning throats and persistent headaches: What life is like in Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by a weeklong warehouse fire CNN
Company at center of Boyle Heights fire faces scrutiny over it record, earlier blaze Los Angeles Times
China?
how far can Beijing cut its food imports? CHINA POLICY leads
Why Chinese banks now act like local governments ThinkChina
Why China Is Rushing To Help Rebuild Iran After The War With US NDTV
Southeast Asia
U.S. Asymmetric Aid Program Transfers Unmanned Vessels to the Philippines, Plans Attack Drone Transfer by 2027 USNI News
India
Bangladesh to buy Chinese jets used by Pakistan during Op Sindoor: Should India worry? Firstpost
Syraqistan
30% of Those Killed in Gaza Genocide Were Children, Many From ‘Deliberate’ Targeting: UN Commission Common Dreams
Held back from bombing Tehran and Beirut again, Israeli officials say they seek a quick return to a full-on assault of Gaza once more pic.twitter.com/vBDv9lFAyT
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) June 24, 2026
Iran pushing to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza during talks with US: Hamas The Cradle
US hasn’t asked Israel to withdraw troops from south Lebanon, Israeli minister says Al Arabiya
Cyberattacks on Iranian banks suggest covert action is back on table Amwaj
Iraq says ties with US shift from military nature to ‘comprehensive economic partnership’ Anadolu Agency
Trump signals Turkey could rejoin F-35 programme ahead of NATO summit DPA International
European Disunion
France calls for ‘orderly’ US military drawdown Politico
Europe’s humiliation rituals of vassalage continue:
Washington’s errand boy in Europe/NATO ‘Secretary General’ Mark Rutte prances around the Oval Office, excitedly pointing to visual aids to gain even a modicum of approval from the man he calls ‘daddy’, President Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/u7ES5GWioV
— Going Underground (@GUnderground_TV) June 24, 2026
🇺🇸🇮🇹🇮🇷 Italy to NATO Chief Rutte: WTF are you talking about?!?!
He claimed Italy gave the U.S massive support for American strikes on Iran:
“If you take Italy for example, 500 U.S. planes took off from U.S. bases in Italy to support Operation Epic Fury.”
He highlighted it as…
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 24, 2026
Iran: NATO members complicit in US-Israeli aggression must be held to account Press TV
Africa
Kenya’s switch to Chinese RMB denominated-debt was a restructuring in disguise AidData
Old Blighty
Starter’s exit exposes dirty secret: UK can’t afford Ukraine War Ian Proud
New Not-So-Cold War
US State Department Says Ukraine Is Currently Winning the War Kyiv Post
Mash reports that Ukraine has lost 2.4 million soldiers in the four years of the SMO, more than 400,000 of them in 2026. These figures were obtained by our hackers from the databases of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, TCC centers, Ukrainian medical organizations… pic.twitter.com/KkRfL38xII
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) June 24, 2026
Not quiet on the western front Events in Ukraine
Trump 2.0’s Escalation Strategy Against Russia Is Starting To Take Shape Andrew Korybko
Russia’s Gulf war oil windfall fades as military spending surges Intellinews
Imperial Collapse Watch
Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows ABC News
While We Were Sleeping. Aurelien
South of the Border
Catastrophic M7.5 earthquake strikes northern Venezuela Earthquake Insights
The US empire’s 25-year war on Venezuela The Morning Star. The 1,088 measures imposed against its country didn’t help with the construction of seismic-resistant buildings, nor will this:
And this is a key conclusion. The US controlling Venezuelan export revenues, taking an undisclosed cut from them, and returning a portion at US officials’ leisure, is a key hindrance to the country’s economic recoveryhttps://t.co/4yMqiivhCG
— Venezuelanalysis (@venanalysis) June 24, 2026
L’affaire Epstein
How Jeffrey Epstein’s Israeli Network Shaped Congo’s Deadly Mineral Trade Drop Site
Trump 2.0
Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote AP
Trump conditions housing bill signing on contested proof-of-citizenship voting law Jurist
Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War Antiwar
Trump blasts US senate over ‘meaningless’ War Powers Resolution The Cradle
GOP Funhouse
Rep. Stutzman: I consulted Israelis before proposing defense measure Responsible Statecraft
MAGA Congresswoman Denies Using AI to Write Bill: ‘Love Claude but Grok Is Way More Savage’ Gizmodo
Democrats Suck
Democrats and Trump Are in Sync on Iran Black Agenda Report
BOOM: Left-Wing Populists Just Smashed Incumbents in Elections Last Night. But Can They Govern? Matt Stoller
Mamdani Sweeps; Party Weeps Ken Klippenstein
Why Did Unions and the WFP Oppose Last Night’s Electoral Breakthroughs in NYC? Labor Politics
Police State Watch
Prairieland Protesters Sentenced to 30 to 100 Years for “Terrorism” Charges Truthout
‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools The Guardian
Sports Desk
Those World Cup “Hydration Breaks” Have Fox Rolling in Dough Hollywood Reporter
The AI-powered World Cup runs on thousands of data workers Rest of World
AI
The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Wired
Data Center Controversy Unseats Powerful Utah Lawmaker The Hill
Guillotine Watch
From particle to particle: NOB, the dating app for aristos Revue21 (machine translation)
Economy
The data-center boom is sparking a third wave of inflation WSJ
Mr. Market
Nasdaq & Market Volatility: is this a Minsky Moment* for Ponzi Finance? Ann Pettifor
Micron’s blowout earnings just reset the AI memory trade Yahoo! Finance
Agriculture
Texas screwworm detections resume after week-long pause Farm Progress
War-Induced Fertilizer Shortage May Be Reducing US Soil and Water Pollution Morning Ag Clips
Class Warfare
As cancer death rates plunge, clear disparities remain, new report says NBC News
No one is self-made Aeon
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