US DoJ intervened in court case against xAI (lawsuit alleges the data center is fucking everything up) to help them by saying the data center is a national security threat if they’re not operating even though it’s illegally using gas turbines https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/6/17/trump-administration-seeks-to-halt-air-pollution-lawsuit-against-xai-data
Israel strikes Lebanon https://aje.news/7dtsci?update=4670523
US struck boat on pacific https://www.southcom.mil/News/PressReleases/Article/4519311/lethal-kinetic-strike-june-16-2026/
Japan, 2 injured after bear attacks. Bears still on the run https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260617_16/
Japan opposition leader said poor folks join the Military and rich folks do not and had to apologize https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260617/p2a/00m/0na/014000c
Congo, some folks choosing to go to a traditional healer instead of a doctor for the outbreak https://apnews.com/article/uganda-congo-ebola-spirituality-religion-faith-healers-b101f804d38b3dcfcde27ec838078ee9
Vietnam police rescue hundreds of cats from being part of someone’s next meal https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-cats-animal-theft-rescue-police-arrests-ca0ce50281dbb5a624abf5cc95355e0f
US decides it wants to turn its attention to wild animals and not just cattle for the screwworms https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/border-report-live-feds-focus-on-wildlife-as-new-world-screwworm-cases-increase-in-us/ar-AA25NQru?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Fresh water around the would is drying up, called continental drying due to climate change and unsustainable water and land practices https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/17/satellite-images-show-10-places-where-water-is-disappearing-globally
Barbados launched a national instant payment system https://stluciatimes.com/181104/2026/06/barbados-now-has-a-national-instant-payment-system/
Chad, Doctors Without Borders dismissed some staff due to SA allegations https://sudantribune.com/article/315163
Egypt launched drone and artillery strikes against a mining camp in Sudan on border https://sudantribune.com/article/315167
US DoJ asked court to halt reparations law for black Illinois for housing discrimination up to 1969, says it’s unconstitutional https://apnews.com/article/illinois-reparations-trump-department-of-justice-race-814515b5c67c176f0fa7bda09e172245
