At least 18 dead in France, including two children in hot car, as Europe bakes – Reuters

  1. At least 18 dead in France, including two children in hot car, as Europe bakes  Reuters
  2. France restricts public drinking as Europe swelters under a ‘heat-dome driven furnace’ for the second time in two months  CNN
  3. 3 die in France as temperatures to exceed 105 F in Europe heat wave  NBC News
  4. What to Know About Heat in Europe This Week  The New York Times
  5. Europe sizzles under heat wave with little relief in sight  dw.com
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Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation

City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residents

Montreal’s mayor has called for a halt to random police checks as the city’s police force grapples with an internal investigation into racism and racial profiling by 16 officers.

Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada told reporters last week that her husband, who is Black, had been repeatedly stopped by police while driving.

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Canadian healthcare staff decry ‘cruel hoax’ after scam email promises paid day off

Unions condemn ‘insensitive’ internal cybersecurity test sent to healthcare workers in Newfoundland and Labrador

For years, healthcare staff in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador have felt overworked and underappreciated. Turnover, burnout and thinning resources were pushing workers in the sector to a breaking point.

So when the email titled “June Holiday” arrived in thousands of inboxes, they felt a moment of overdue joy.

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US supreme court reinstates murder conviction in case of Etan Patz

Appeals court had ruled Pedro Hernandez, 64, was wrongly convicted over 1979 disappearance of New York six-year-old

The US supreme court has reinstated a murder conviction in the long winding case of Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance at age six from New York City garnered national headlines.

In a 6-3 decision on Monday, the supreme court agreed with New York prosecutors in their request to reverse a lower court ruling that had thrown out the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez, 64, in the Patz case.

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New Images Show Impact Of Ukraine ‘Middle Strike’ Drone Campaign – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  1. New Images Show Impact Of Ukraine 'Middle Strike' Drone Campaign  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  2. No fuel, no weapons: How Ukraine’s new drone strategy is mauling Russian supply lines  CNN
  3. Moscow oil refinery attack brings Russia's war with Ukraine closer to home  BBC
  4. Russia withdraws air defences from front line to protect Moscow  Yahoo
  5. Inside the Ukrainian Deep-Strike Campaign That Has Moscow on the Back Foot  The Moscow Times
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Albania protests sparked by Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort plans snowball into anti-corruption movement – CBS News

  1. Albania protests sparked by Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort plans snowball into anti-corruption movement  CBS News
  2. ‘Albania is not for sale’: Protests grow over Kushner-linked luxury development project  CNBC
  3. Luxury Kushner Project Collides With Albanian Discontent  The New York Times
  4. Inside Sazan: The idyllic Adriatic island eyed up by Ivanka Trump that sparked the ‘flamingo revolution’  The Independent
  5. ‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government  The Guardian
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Trump claims ‘vandals’ foiled his $14m revamp of DC’s reflecting pool. What actually happened?

Trump’s pre-Fourth of July renovation project has endured problems with algae, peeling paint and an inflating price tag

Donald Trump’s rush to repaint the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, a symbol of Washington DC, has hit roadblock after roadblock as the country’s 250th anniversary nears.

The public has been gripped by the ill-fated $14m attempt to renovate the reflecting pool, which the US president vowed to make “beautiful” in time for this summer’s birthday celebrations at the capital.

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