A report warned that global nuclear weapons stockpiles are rising rapidly,41 were killed in a school attack in Uganda,the UN found that a record 110M people worldwide have been displaced due to conflict,Germany approved funding to purchase Israel's Arrow-3 missiles,NATO and Japan began joint air force drills,and Amnesty International warned of possible war crimes during the recent Israel-Gaza fighting.Meanwhile, a US soldier pleaded guilty to helping Islamic State militants kill American troops,Syria reported that its capital was targeted by Israeli missiles,and Sudan's West Darfur governor was abducted and killed.

As Ukraine's counteroffensive entered its second week on Monday, Kyiv claimed to have made successful gains in several areas, including Donetsk and Bakhmut.By Saturday, the nation reported to have advanced as much as 1.2 miles in some areas and to have recaptured at least seven settlements, but Ukrainian authorities said its operation would need weapons with a range of up to 124 miles -a sentiment that echoed the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which urged leaders on Thursday to "dig deep" to provide munitions to Kyiv.Meanwhile, Ukraine's claims were disputed by Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin, who said that the counteroffensive is failing,as at least six people were killed during Russian missile attacks on Tuesday,with further attacks reported in Kyiv on Friday amid the arrival of an African peacekeeping delegation.

The US reportedly restarted informal talks with Iran,Washington rejoined the UN's culture and science agency UNESCO,US Sec. of State Antony Blinken visited China,Taiwan's Minister of Digital Industry Audrey Tang made a trip to the UK,and French Pres. Emmanuel Macron hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Meanwhile, Eritrea rejoined the East Africa bloc,Lebanon failed to elect a president for the 12th time,and Israel's Knesset appointed an opposition member to its judicial committee.Elsewhere, Canada upheld an immigration pact with the US,Blinken claimed US diplomacy has slowed China's spying activity,as a report alleged Chinese hackers breached hundreds of networks globally,and Australia blocked a new Russian embassy in Canberra.In other news, the UK's parliamentary Privileges Committee ruled that former PM Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament about gatherings during COVID,Johnson called for the resignation of the most senior Conservative on the committee,and former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi died at 86.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced his 2024 presidential run,a survey found that Democrats and Republicans share core values but distrust each other,a watchdog said White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierr violated the Hatch Act,several US agencies were hit by a cyberattack,leaker of the 1971 Pentagon papers Daniel Ellsberg died at 92,and recent classified documents leaker Jack Teixeira was indicted on six felony charges.Meanwhile, a judge cleared the way for columnist E. Jean Carroll's additional defamation suit against Donald Trump,as the former president headed to Miami to face criminal charges related to his retention of classified documentsand pleaded not guilty.

The UN found that 2022 was the deadliest year for migrants in the Middle East and North Africa since 2017and claimed that bias against women hasn't improved over the past decade,SCOTUS upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act,Texas passed a law to ban public university diversity offices,and Illinois approved legislation to prevent book restrictions.Meanwhile, Malaysia asked Interpol to investigate a comedian who made a joke about the 2014 disappearance of flight MH370,a report claimed that the UK government stifled COVID policy dissent,prominent Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora was jailed for six years,a UK mother was jailed for having a late-term abortion,and a former campaign leader for jailed Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to seven and a half years.

At least nine people were injured in a shooting in Denver,a Japanese cadet fatally shot two of his colleagues,the gunman in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack was convicted,and former US Marine Daniel Penny was indicted in the killing of a homeless man on a New York City subway.Meanwhile, former UK police watchdog chief Michael Lockwood was charged with rape,India's wrestling chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh was charged with sexual harassment,and Japan raised the age of consent from 13 to 16.In other news, a former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School was accused of selling stolen body parts.

A study found a sharp decline in people’s interest in the news,Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tucker Carlson,Jack Dorsey said several countries have often threatened to ban Twitter,and the National Music Publishers' Association sued Twitter for alleged copyright infringement.Meanwhile, a former Samsung executive was accused of stealing trade secrets,a US judge granted a restraining order in the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal,a report alleged Google made $10M through misleading abortion ads,and Virgin Galactic scheduled its first commercial space flight.

The US Federal Reserve pumped the brakes on rate hikes,New York City mandated a minimum wage for food delivery workers,the International Monetary Fund criticized Pakistan's budget proposal,and protesters in Lebanon vandalized banks as they demanded access to their money.

The US Food and Drug Admin. said new COVID jabs should target the XBB variants,the UK's COVID inquiry began,a poll found that a quarter of Britons believe COVID was a hoax,and a UK study said that the nation's breast cancer mortality rate is down 66%.In other news, a woman declared dead in Ecuador woke up during her vigil.

An EU report found that the global average temperatures for the beginning of June were the highest on record,at least three people were killed and dozens injured in a Texas tornado,Pakistan and India were hit by Cyclone Biparjoy,and Turkmenistan moved to curb methane emissions.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced support for a global AI watchdog,Meta unveiled a new "human-like" AI image creation tool,Google launched new AI-powered advertising toolsand warned its staff about chatbots,and the UK invested £4.3M to build a solar power plant in space.

Reuters reported that Manchester United is considering granting exclusivity to Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad,and FIFA announced a new anti-racism campaign.

Dozens of migrants died after a boat capsized off the south of Greece,and 15 were killed after a truck and bus collided in Canada's Manitoba.