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“The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for sex with refugees, according to a confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.
The Doctors Without Borders report — completed in July and first reported Saturday by The Associated Press — found 59 allegations of abuse and said 18…

Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in Chad
A confidential internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says that the international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border. The organization said it launched the monthslong investigation in response to AP reporting that women had accused staff of sexually exploiting them in displacement sites in Chad. Hundreds of thousands fled there from Sudan’s civil war. Doctors Witho…

According to Iran, the "peace deal" calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts
-- including in Lebanon.
But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon.
“The Israelis are trying to destroy this deal,
and they will continue to try,”
says Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
“It will require persistent, co…

Trita Parsi on What May Be in the U.S.-Iran Peace Deal & Being Threatened with Deportation
The U.S. and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding on Sunday extending the ceasefire by 60 days. It is set to be formally signed in Geneva on Friday. The text of the agreement has not yet been released, but Iran has agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. will lift its naval blockade. According to Iran, the deal calls for a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. But Israel, which is not a party to the agreement, says it plans to …

Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign in Tennessee after redraw of his Memphis district (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/steve-cohen-e1512c0a65ba6de5d0ec0c15e3831a95
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p54#a260515p54

Russia has damaged or destroyed nearly 2,000 Ukrainian cultural heritage sites since 2022 — prosecutor general calls Lavra strike deliberate erasure - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/15/russia-has-damaged-or-destroyed-nearly-2000-ukrainian-cultural-heritage-sites-since-2022-prosecutor-general-calls-lavra-strike-deliberate-erasure/

District Department of Transportation (Washington DC) releases a report on Autonomous Vehicle Policy
#DDOT

Press Release: DDOT Releases Report on Autonomous Vehicle Policy

#Dylan on life on your '80s, New York Times

Horrors of #ReligiousBigotry - not restricted to any one faith. But appalling nonetheless.
#Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

Horrors of #ReligiousBigotry - not restricted to any one faith. But appalling nonetheless.
#Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

Donald Trump touched off a redistricting arms race last year
by pushing Republican states to create more GOP-leaning congressional districts
to help his party maintain its thin majority in the House.
Texas, North Carolina and Missouri responded,
and then Democrats counterpunched by passing a referendum to create five new blue-leaning districts in California.

Virginia is the next biggest prize for Democrats;
Its 11 House seats are held by six Democrats and fi…

Largely secret donors pour millions into election that could tip Congress
Most of the almost $100 million raised to influence the vote, heavily favoring Democrats, comes from nonprofits that don’t have to disclose their donors.

The Trump administration is executing a controversial plan to allow dirt bikes, ATVs, trucks, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles
to drive through tens of millions of acres of public lands and national parks,
which environmental groups warn threatens endangered species and the environment.
The plan’s opponents say the impacts will be wide-ranging
and that the vehicles will likely destroy sensitive habitats, harm waterways, drive large predators like grizzly bears …