Germany to provide Ukraine with €45 million grant for energy sector restoration (RBC Ukraine)

Sweden allocates €28 million to support Ukraine’s defense capabilities (RBC Ukraine)

President of European Parliament Roberta Metsola visits Kyiv [Ukraine] on Europe Day (Euronews)

South Sudan mediation talks launched in Kenya with a hope of ending conflict (The Independent)

Brazil: death toll surpasses 100 as rain interrupts rescue effort after flooding (France 24)

New COVID “FLiRT” variants show virus isn’t going away (The Hill)

US meat company Cargill recalls 16,000 pounds [7,260 kilograms] of beef over E. coli contamination fears (Plant Based News)

Flood-hit Kenya reports cases of cholera, as World Health Organization warns of spreading of waterborne diseases (France 24)

Colon cancer rates have been rising for decades in younger people, study finds (NBC News)

Man moved to tears after being rescued from flood, along with his 4 dogs in Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil] (Sunny Skyz)

Tornadoes tear through southeastern US as storms leave 3 dead (The Independent)

“Caramelo,” the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation (AP)

Bread prices could rise in the UK due to excessive rainfall (Plant Based News)

“The stakes could not be higher”: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns (The Guardian)

Thailand’s Koh Phi Phi archipelago suffers water shortages after heatwave (AFP)

“Mystery” whale carcass measuring 44-feet [13.4-meters] found on bow of cruise ship, leaving scientists puzzled (The Independent)

Global temperatures on record-breaking 11-month streak (DW)

Costa Rica to ration electricity as drought bites (AFP)

Scrubber water: Ships pollute Baltic Sea to the tune of €680 million over 8 years, study finds (Euronews)

Venezuela may be first nation to lose all its glaciers in modern history after its last one melted down to an ice field (BBC)

Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study (The Guardian)

Study finds alarming levels of antimicrobial resistance in factory-raised chickens’ environment in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh [India] (The Times of India)

Grim reality behind Australia’s beef industry revealed in new report showing animal factories pose a risk to Australians’ health (news.com.au)

EU carbon market emissions fall record 15.5% in 2023 as renewable power soars (Reuters)

Wyoming [US] couple donates US$350,000 to pronghorn species recovery after massive die-off (Cowboy State Daily)

Pelicans nesting on Hat Island on the Great Salt Lake [Utah, US] for first time since 1943 (TownLift)

Telecommunications boxes becoming electric vehicle charging stations across Britain – 60,000 curbside cabinets could be adapted (Good News Network)

Scientists discover chemical reaction plus extreme greenhouse effect caused Venus - Earth’s “sister planet” - to lose all its surface water (Indy 100)

Outbreak of norovirus onboard cruise ship that sailed into Southampton [England, UK] (Southern Daily Echo)

Caregiver creates awesome dog house with Legos in Unity, Canada (KameraOne)

UK faces “10 centimeter snow blizzard” within days as heatwave “falls off cliff” (Birmingham Mail)

Stephen Hawking’s eerie “silent forest” alien theory, in which aliens purposefully cloak their signals to protect themselves, might explain why we’ve never been contacted (Indy100)

Tiny, transparent chip developed by scientists could one day transform your smartphone into a professional-grade camera (Live Science)

Brazil: People rescued from rooftops amid catastrophic floods (Sky News)

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva visits flooded areas in Rio Grande do Sul (Sky News)

Sparks fly when violent tornado hits power line in Guangzhou, China (KameraOne)

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