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The Israeli government is condemning the inquiry and rejecting its findings, labelling the United Nations report “deeply flawed” and full of “errors and distortions” designed to push a “politically driven anti-Israel narrative”. Source link

Australian and international authorities are “struggling” to keep up with regulating and policing the exotic pet market as demand surges. Source link

A decades-old pipeline supplying water to nearly 1 million people in Papua New Guinea’s capital is at risk of collapsing without urgent repairs, threatening to cut off more than half of the city’s water supply. Source link

More than 2 million students across India have resat the country’s highly competitive medical entrance exam after last month’s test was cancelled amid allegations that questions had been leaked. Source link

At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung over Europe, smashing temperature records in several cities. Source link

The reflecting pool on Washington’s National Mall will have to be drained again after algae and peeling paint appeared weeks after it was renovated.   Source link

A popular mayor but a virtual unknown on the global stage, Andy Burnham is poised to become Sir Keir Starmer’s successor. Here’s what that could look like. Source link

After the era of Rudd-Gillard-Rudd, the ALP said: “never again.” Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday means we’re about to find out if Britain’s Labour MPs were watching. Source link

Private companies want to reflect the Sun to cool the planet. But scientists fear the geoengineering technology could disrupt monsoon rains, on which a billion people depend. Source link

The US vice president says that progress has been made in talks with Iran, with Tehran agreeing to allow nuclear inspectors and a mechanism to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Source link