World News: 20 June 2023

India’s Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day at United Nations’ Secretariat in New York, millions of Indians will take note.

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Russia launches overnight air attack on Ukraine from east to west
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said that according to preliminary information, Ukraine’s air defence systems shot down 28 out of 30 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched.
About 20 enemy targets were identified and destroyed by the forces and our air defence in the airspace around Kyiv, Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.

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TerraUSD: South Korea 'cryptocrash king' Do Kwon jailed
Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency boss behind the $40 bn collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been sentenced to four months of jail in Montenegro. Kwon also faces charges in the US and South Korea over the collapse of the two digital tokens last year.

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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled
Ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges is an important source of water for those rivers, which flow through 16 countries in Asia and provide fresh water to 240 million people in the mountains and another 1.65 billion downstream.

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Brazil seizes world's biggest illegal shark fin consignment
The consignment, which was bound for export to Asian markets, was estimated by the environmental protection agency Ibama to represent the tragic loss of approximately 10,000 endangered sharks from two species: the blue shark and the shortfin mako shark.
Disturbingly, the shortfin mako shark was recently added to Brazil's national list of endangered species.

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Taiwan kindergarten druggings spark alarm among island's parents
Teachers at a kindergarten in New Taipei City have been accused of sedating students with cough syrups containing drugs like phenobarbital and benzodiazepines. Police have been investigating for weeks and say it's not clear why the children were fed the addictive syrups. But the scandal has sparked family protests outside government buildings.

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