• Armed assailants in Mexico hijack US-bound trucks carrying 7 million rounds of ammunition
  Two trailers transporting ammunition to the United States were ambushed by armed criminals on a Mexican highway. Most of the ammo is small-caliber and won’t be useful for drug cartels, the manufacturer said.
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• Explosions hit two buses in Kabul, at least 7 killed & 6 injured
  Two minibuses have been hit by explosions in Kabul, Afghanistan, local authorities have confirmed. At least seven people were killed and six more injured in the blasts.
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• Tourists told to leave dollars at home as Cuban banks will no longer accept greenback
  Cuba has asked tourists not to bring dollars with them to the Caribbean island, as the US currency will no longer be accepted in the country, according to the first vice president of the Central Bank, Francisco Mayobre Lence.
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• Hajj pilgrimage will be limited to 60,000 people from within Saudi Arabia due to Covid, kingdom says
  Mecca will be off limits to the vast majority of Muslims this year, after Saudi Arabia announced that only a select few, all from within the country, would be allowed to participate in the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
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• Russia’s Alrosa sees nearly tenfold surge in diamond sales amid growing demand from India
  In May, Russia’s top gem miner, Alrosa, saw more than a ninefold year-on-year surge in sales of rough diamonds. At the same time, sales of polished diamonds increased by nearly fivefold, according to the producer.
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• ‘How is this legal?’ Fans bemused by latest boxing charade as ex-NBA player Odom obliterates pop star Aaron Carter (VIDEO)
  A week after Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul drew a million PPV buys in their exhibition fight, the celebrity boxing trend saw its latest chapter on Friday - but fans weren't quite so enthralled by Lamar Odon vs. Aaron Carter.
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• Covid-19 leads to brain changes & Alzheimer’s-like dementia, new AI-powered study finds
  According to recent US research, Covid-19 may lead to the type of brain changes common in Alzheimer’s disease, and a team of scientists has identified the mechanisms by which it may be causing such impairments.
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12 June 2021

• Chris Hedges: Julian Assange and the Collapse of the Rule of Law

  Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange. John and Gabriel

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• Press Violations Explode to 180 in May Alone as Israel Cracks Down to Buff Its Image

  “The more that Israel is exposed internationally for its human rights violations in Palestine, the more it becomes desperate

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• Jessica Ashooh: The Taming of Reddit and the National Security State Plant Tabbed to Do It

  How and why did a hawkish young mandarin hothoused at elite universities and in the halls of state power end up an executive

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• On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel

  For Netanyahu, the biblical version of Israel was far more convincing than the secular Zionist ideology of yesteryears and by

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• Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru’s History

  In a cliffhanger of an election with a huge urban-rural and class divide, it appears that the rural teacher, farmer and union

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• Dan Cohen on the Israeli Operatives Behind some of Colombia’s Most Violent Death Squads

  Although on opposite sides of the world from each other, Colombia and Israel have much in common. Among other similarities,

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• The Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists

  The fact that the very department that trains high state officials and agents of secretive three letter agencies is also the

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