1. A gunman, who committed a massacre at an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in 2022, has admitted guilt to 74 federal charges, including hate crimes. They are set to receive 55 concurrent life sentences without parole.

2. Louisiana’s Republican Governor has enacted a law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, sparking a vow from the ACLU of Louisiana to contest it on religious freedom grounds.

3. Noam Chomsky, the distinguished linguist and dissident, aged 95, has been released from a hospital in Brazil after suffering a stroke affecting his speech.

4. Across the western United States, 21 large wildfires are currently raging, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

5. A recent study reveals that air pollution claimed over 8 million lives globally in 2021, with children in low and middle-income nations bearing the brunt.

6. Climate activists in the UK face arrests after splashing private jets, including one belonging to Taylor Swift, with orange paint at a London airport to protest against billionaire carbon footprints.

7. Nairobi, Kenya, recently witnessed over 200 arrests during protests against proposed tax hikes. Consequently, this unrest has led lawmakers to reconsider parts of the contentious bill.

8. In Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces’ shelling of a hospital in Omdurman resulted in at least 3 deaths, with the UN pointing fingers at the UAE for fueling the country’s civil strife by supplying arms to the RSF.

9. The Biden administration greenlighted the sale of 1,000 armed drones to Taiwan as part of a $360 million weapons package.

10. Deadly heat waves have claimed hundreds of lives in the Middle East, with Mecca recording temperatures exceeding 125°F, underscoring escalating climate risks.