UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights, calls on Security Council to approve Palestine’s membership request (Euronews)

The United States announces a new US$400 million package for Ukraine (AP)

Azerbaijan, Armenia hold peace talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan (The Astana Times)

3 more cats die of H5N1 bird flu in the US (BNO)

Scientists watching wastewater for signs of H5N1 as US bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle grows (CBC)

Analysis: Bird flu is already here. Millions of birds have been killed in the last two years (The New York Times)

World Health Organization says the risk of bird flu spreading to humans is an enormous concern (Vegan FTA)

Saudi Arabia reports 3 cases, including 1 death, from deadly Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome [MERS] coronavirus (NDTV)

Working just 3 night shifts can raise your risk of diabetes and obesity, study finds (NDTV)

Obesity is now linked to 32 types of cancer and might be fueling 40% of cases, shock study warns (Daily Mail)

Nutrition experts advise eating plenty of vegetables to maintain energy throughout the day and ward off cancer and other diseases (VegNews)

Makeshift shelter saves hundreds of dogs amid floods in southern Brazil (AP)

US: Storms slam parts of Florida, Mississippi and elsewhere as cleanup from earlier tornadoes continues (The Independent)

Heavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50 people (AP)

Unusual floods in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo causing hardship to almost half a million people, says UN World Food Programme (AP)

Mexico is fighting over 100 active wildfires amid a heat wave (Time)

Africa: New models show total area at risk of malaria transmission will start to decline in Africa after 2025 through 2100 due to climate change (News Medical)

New study finds link between heavy snowfall and earthquakes in Japan (NBC)

Antarctica’s hidden threat: The world’s most powerful water flow is accelerating, likely to cause faster ice melt and sea level rise (SciTechDaily)

More rain, more heat and rising seas: Climate change is affecting New England [northeastern US] (WBUR)

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5ºC target between now and 2027 (The Guardian)

Experts warn of record-breaking jump in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (The Guardian)

Study: The Gulf Stream stopped pumping important ocean nutrients when the planet warmed after the last ice age - the same could be happening now (Live Science)

The fight to save the African penguin: Species declining by around 8% per year (BBC)

Kenya toils to protect birds of prey, which are increasingly at risk of extinction (France 24)

Inter-American Court of Human Rights considering rules for governments to take climate change action to protect citizens (Axios)

Report: Fossil fuels generated less than a quarter of the EU’s electricity in April (Euronews)

Citizen scientists in UK help soil researchers count earthworms through “worm charming” – dancing on their lawns to gently attract the beings to the surface (Positive News)

Harvard University [US] scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: “It’s an alien world inside your own head” (Boston Globe)

A staggering 19-times energy jump in capacitors achieved in lab may be the beginning of the end for batteries (Popular Mechanics)

91-year-old Sam Sloan in Missouri [US] donates US$500,000 to rural volunteer fire department (KMVT)

Uplifting Quote of the Day: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu [vegan] (BrainyQuote)

Explainer: Composting food scraps is better for the environment than sending them to a landfill because composting releases far less methane (Michigan.gov)

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