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A Blow to the Military Supply Chain: The Nevinnomyssk Azot plant, one of Russia’s largest producers of nitrogen fertilizer and ammonia, suspended production after a Ukrainian drone strike on June 14. The facility is located in Nevinnomyssk, a city in southwestern Russia near the Caucasus Mountains, around 1,200 kilometers south of Moscow. It plays a key role in supplying raw materials and chemicals used in weapons manufacturing and fuel production. Ukrainian Drone Strike Shuts Down Key Russian Military Chemical Plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration shelved in recent weeks an inter-agency working group it had set up to formulate strategies for pressuring Russia into speeding up peace talks with Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials. The effort, which was established earlier in the spring, lost steam in May as it became increasingly clear to participants that U.S. President Donald Trump was not interested in adopting a more confrontational stance toward Moscow, said the officials. The death of the working group, the existence of which has not been previously reported, is likely to deepen European allies' concerns over Trump's at-times conciliatory tone toward Russia and his reluctance to express full-throated support for Ukraine ahead of a pivotal summit of NATO allies later this month. Exclusive-Trump administration disbands group focused on pressuring Russia, sources say

Half of the North Korean troops deployed to support Vladimir Putin’s army have been annihilated, according to British intelligence. Approximately 11,000 North Korean soldiers were sent to Russia to fight against Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region, following a surprise offensive launched by Kyiv in that area. According to the UK Ministry of Defence, more than 6,000 of these troops have been killed or wounded in the fighting around Kursk. Kim Jong-un fumes as half of troops sent to frontline have been annihilated under Putin’s command

BBC link mate. Sorry if the news doesn't fit your preconceptions.

Almost all the casualties in Gaza in recent days have been linked to the delivery of aid rather than Israeli strikes on Hamas targets. Witnesses say that Israeli forces opened fire and shelled an area near a junction to the east of Khan Younis, where thousands of Palestinians had been gathering in the hope of getting flour from a World Food Programme (WFP) site, which also includes a community kitchen nearby. A local journalist and eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired two missiles, followed shortly after by a shell from an Israeli tank positioned between 400 and 500m away from the crowd. The explosions caused many casualties. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74zj9kv2xjohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74zj9kv2xjo

In the early morning hours of June 14th, Ukrainian intelligence agents secretly attacked an electrical substation in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast, knocking out power to military-industrial and armed forces facilities in the Russian exclave territory. Working alongside partisan and sabotage groups, the saboteurs inflicted $5 million in damages on an electrical substation and hurt Russia’s war effort by knocking out power in the region. The saboteurs reportedly drained the plant from the substation’s power transformer before setting the substation ablaze. A sabotage mission inside Russian territory cost Moscow millions

I always knew you weren't really an American.

More on Monday's shootings: It said 33 people were killed trying to reach a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) centre near Rafah, while another person died heading to an aid hub in the central Gaza Strip Israeli troops had opened fire as they attempted to control the crowds early on Monday close to the Rafah site, two witnesses said. The number of deaths in shootings was the highest reported daily total since the Israeli and US-backed aid centres opened in May, as thousands of Palestinians move through Israeli military-controlled areas to get to them. '34 Palestinians killed in shootings' near food distribution centres in Gaza

Israeli tank shellfire has killed at least 45 Palestinians in Khan Younis, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza. Hundreds of others have been injured - with "dozens of critical cases" arriving at a medical complex. The strikes took place as people waited for aid trucks in the southern Gaza city. On Monday, Gaza's health ministry said at least 34 people were shot dead near food distribution centres. Israeli tank shelling kills 45 people waiting for aid in Khan Younis, Hamas-run health ministry says

Could be one reason Donald really doesn't like Trudeau

Putin was kicked out of G8 in 2014 but Trudeau didn't become PM till 2015! Get it right Donald, just once, lol

Russia proposed exchanging kidnapped Ukrainian children for Russian soldiers. "We do not exchange children. This is madness, which, by the way, the Russians proposed — we give them soldiers, and they give us children. It’s simply beyond understanding, beyond international law; it’s in their nature," Zelenskyy emphasized that children need to be returned, not exchanged. According to Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russia has deported over 19,500 children from Ukraine. Russia proposed exchanging Ukrainian children for soldiers – Zelenskyy Surely the word should be kidnap above, not deport!

U.S. President Donald Trump used a press conference with G7 chair Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to air Russia's grievances about being kicked out of what was then the G8 over the annexation of Crimea. Trump said, "Putin speaks to me; he doesn't speak to anybody else. He doesn't want to talk because he was very insulted when he got thrown out of the G8, as I would be, as you would be, as anybody would be. He was very insulted. And, I mean, he was thrown out by Trudeau, who convinced one or two people along with Obama.'' 'Very insulted': Trump tells G7 members they've hurt Putin's feelings Poor old Vladimir, bullied and expelled for invading Crimea. The horror!

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney interrupted a question and answer session with Donald Trump at Monday's G7 summit before the U.S. president got too much into the weeds discussing ICE raids on "blue cities," according to CNN correspondent Kristen Holmes. As Trump began to rehash his usual talking points, claiming former President Joe Biden allowed "murderers, killers, people from gangs, people from jails," into the United States, the Canadian leader — and host of the meeting which is being held in Alberta — stepped in. "If you don't mind, just — I'm going to exercise my role, if you will, as G7 chair, since we have a few more minutes with the president and his team, and then we actually have to start the meeting to address some of these big issues," Carney said. . Canadian PM 'shuts off' Trump as press conference heads 'off the rails': CNN

I agree but please let's stick to the topic, Cambodia and Thailand.

Trump is a wannabe dictator. He's trying hard.

Here's an interesting article about solutions to the lack of skilled personnel in manufacturing: Harry Moser, the founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, argues that America should invest much more heavily in apprenticeships to build the manufacturing workforce of the future. Moser says that American leaders have overemphasized college to the detriment of vocational training and that the U.S. system of apprenticeships pales in comparison with the ones in countries like Germany and Switzerland. According to Third Way, a centrist think tank, in 2022 only 0.3% of the American working-age population was in apprenticeship programs. For comparison, in Switzerland, that figure was 3.6%, or 12 times higher. Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have? : Planet Money : NPR Maybe soluble long term, but for farming. I think you'll be relying on migrant labour forever.

As the war in Ukraine drags into its fourth year, many Ukrainian citizens are taking matters into their own hands—purchasing firearms and training at shooting ranges to prepare for the possibility of direct confrontation with Russian forces. In a bold move to encourage citizen defense, Ukraine recently passed a law offering financial rewards to any civilian who successfully brings down Russian drones—by any means necessary. Georgiy Uchaykin, a prominent advocate for gun rights in Ukraine, credited armed civilians with playing a crucial role in halting Russian advances early in the war. Ukrainian citizens arm up to confront Russian army in a blow to Putin

In Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, authorities have launched a campaign to recruit homeless people, those with addictions, and pensioners for the war against Ukraine. Between June 10 and 14, police officers and military enlistment offices conducted raids at so-called "watering holes," dormitories, abandoned buildings, and other places where socially marginalized people gather ("dens"). In some cases, alcohol, cigarettes, and other perks are given right before signing documents. Russia recruits homeless and pensioners to fill army gaps after heavy losses in Ukraine war

n 2020–22, 32 percent of crop farmworkers were U.S. born, 7 percent were immigrants who had obtained U.S. citizenship, 19 percent were other authorized immigrants (primarily permanent residents or green-card holders), and the remaining 42 percent held no work authorization. Legal status of hired crop farmworkers, fiscal 1991–2022 USDA (.gov) http://www.ers.usda.gov › chart-gallery › chart-detail

Tens of thousands of red-clad protesters marched past the Peace Palace during a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, June 15, 2025 to draw attention to Israel's actions in Gaza. Over 100,000 people attend 'red line' protests for Gaza in Brussels and The Hague | Watch Protesters walked a 3-mile (5-kilometer) loop around the center of The Hague to symbolically create the red line they say the government has failed to set to halt Israel’s campaign in Gaza. “I don’t want to be complicit in these horrendous crimes happening there and I want to speak out,” protester Marin Koning told The Associated Press. As during the first Red Line protest in May, the march took the crowds past the Peace Palace, headquarters of the United Nations’ International Court of Justice, where last year judges ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza. Huge turnout at a second Dutch protest seeking government action against Israel

It's not just the salary. It appears US youth don't want to work in factories- repetitive, some times dirty, shift work. Even less on farms hundreds of miles from home. Factories and farms can only raise wages so much and if the perceived disadvantages of working in factories and farms won't attract US workers, then you are going to have to rely on migrant labour