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June 17, 2025

 
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Generational shifts, ambiguous priorities and the intensifying dangers of the Trump administration have pushed the organization into uncertain territory

 
 

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TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

Trump 'just quasi-nationalized' a major company

 
 
quote of the day

'We are trying to engage with Israeli society all the time. What we find is hatred and people who don't see you as a legitimate human being in this place.' 

Mussa Abu Rum, the mayor of Tamra, Israel, highlighting the inequity in protecting the city's Palestinian residents from the Iranian missile attacks, adding that Israeli government officials "just see you as an Arab no matter where you are from"

 
 
THE EXPLAINER

Antimicrobial resistance is causing millions of deaths. Could a faeces-filled pill change all that?

 
 
UNDER THE RADAR

Fierce solar activity destroying Starlink satellites

 
 
Picture of the day

Mass destruction

A woman surveys bombed-out buildings in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at targets across the country overnight. In Kyiv, at least 15 people were killed and many more injured in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.
Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP via Getty Images

 
 
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