news: early summer 2016

The major news in the US today.

The front page of The New York Times for Wednesday, June 8. pic.twitter.com/QcrbmwnaP3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 8, 2016

_________________________________________________________ Meanwhile there was another major bombing in Istanbul yesterday.

Istanbul rush-hour car bomb targeting police kills 11; four suspects held https://t.co/ypwY3W4hCA

— The Japan Times (@japantimes) June 8, 2016

______________________________________________________ Waters in Paris and northern France are dropping but floods remain in Belgium today after weeks of torrential rains.

The Seine with #NotreDame today. Levels still dropping. #parisflood pic.twitter.com/dJ5yPcSi6f

— Stuart Norval (@StuartNorval) June 5, 2016

______________________________________________________ Children are farming tobacco in Indonesia.

Are your smokes supporting child labor?

1.5 million Indonesian kids work in agriculture, many growing tobacco. https://t.co/Xuw02EL963

— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 28, 2016

Tallies continue to mount of minors escaping to the US, fleeing a life of violence in Central America.

In 2014, 68,000 unaccompanied minors came to the U.S. to escape gang violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras https://t.co/L6SNhFFy1I

— The Intercept (@theintercept) May 18, 2016

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson returns from talks in Tegucigalpa.

Obama Administration Urged to Stop Funding Honduran Coup Regime as Questions Grow on US Role in Berta Cáceres' Death https://t.co/hgGmJYgfmT

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 25, 2016

In a terrible spike of hopeless loss, the number of deaths among refugees to Europe has increased dramatically.

Why the number of refugees drowning in the Mediterranean keeps rising https://t.co/3Xn6NwsZfd

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 5, 2016

_________________________________________________________ Loss of American icon Muhammad Ali felt all over the world.

"Muhammad Ali transcended race—"
Bish, where? pic.twitter.com/0vJRtG3S92

— Cynthia F. (@cynfinite) June 4, 2016

_________________________________________________________ After some successes in combatting Daesh in Syria, the Russian army is denying that they are building a base there.

Report: Russians building army base at Syria's Palmyra site https://t.co/xAzFh28gzM

— The Daily Star (@DailyStarLeb) May 17, 2016

But they are also building a base on their border with Ukraine.

Russia deploys troops westward as standoff with NATO deepens https://t.co/O77C3Lvb81 via @Reuters

— PapaESoCo (@PapaESoCo) June 8, 2016

_________________________________________________________ Kenya continues its fighting of the forces of al Shabaab.

Kenya says its forces kill 21 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia https://t.co/ZP6KT0yxbg

— The Daily Star (@DailyStarLeb) May 25, 2016

_________________________________________________________ An NPR photo-journalist David Gilkey was killed in Afghanistan this week.

Why David Gilkey Was In The Roughest Part Of Afghanistan https://t.co/2iMMvlgp6Q Via @NPR:

— neditsimple (@neditssimple) June 7, 2016

Friends, Colleagues Share Stories About Our Favorite David Gilkey Pictures https://t.co/LAHxCat416 pic.twitter.com/pQu7IwpDuj

— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) June 7, 2016