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Jun 12, 2026 - World

A Florida man offered about $2,585 in cryptocurrency to a man in Chennai, India, to permanently tattoo a promotional message across his forehead, one of dozens of increasingly extreme tasks posted to a new bounty marketplace on Pump.fun, a platform known for facilitating the creation and trade of speculative digital tokens.

Jun 12, 2026 - World

Paris meeting draws up proposals and calls for urgent diplomacy towards two-state solution at summit next weekPalestinian and Israeli civil society groups meeting in Paris on Friday have urged G7 leaders to act at their summit in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains next week to save the narrowing chances of a two-state solution.The groups called for specific action on enforcing a ceasefire, disarming Hamas and starting reconstruction in Gaza, and said the various peace processes including the Board of Peace initiative should be integrated into one programme. Continue reading...

Jun 12, 2026 - World

His opponents brand him a populist, a hardcore leftist and even a North Korean sympathizer, but liberal South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has launched his country's stock market into the stratosphere.

Jun 12, 2026 - World

A London judge has sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison for what he called an “act of terrorism.”

Jun 12, 2026 - World

Violent clashes have erupted in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, during a rally against a proposed constitutional change