News to Me June 21, 2021 Here are the news stories we got through most of them today! RIP penguins and hello to an elephant. South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal "diamonds" turn out to be quartz | Africanews Spain confirms plans to pardon Catalan separatists – BBC News Armenian PM Pashinyan’s party wins snap election Swedish government toppled in no-confidence vote – BBC News Jordan tries ex-royal adviser and minor royal over alleged coup plot – BBC News Bachelet seeks Xinjiang trip amid reports of Uighur persecution | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera Covid in Uganda: ‘Four people would die every night’ – BBC News Tasmanian devils wipe out thousands of penguins on tiny Australian island | Tasmanian devils | The Guardian Elephant in the room: visitor crashes through kitchen wall in Thailand | Thailand | The Guardian Iran’s merchants find costly workarounds to US economic sanctions Car bomb targets France’s Barkhane force in Mali, several soldiers injured Iran’s President-elect Raisi addresses ties to mass executions | Death Penalty News | Al Jazeera Mass demonstrations erupt across Brazil as COVID deaths pass 500,000 mark – World Socialist Web Site Libya reopens highway linking its east and west | Africanews Iran nuclear deal: President-elect Raisi issues warning over talks – BBC News The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack – BBC News Uber and Lyft fares surge as pandemic recedes – but drivers don’t get ‘piece of pie’ | Uber | The Guardian California man arrested for allegedly stealing 42,000lb of pistachios | California | The Guardian The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street | The Nation Bitcoin price crash: MicroStrategy buys half a billion dollars of crypto as market collapses | The Independent Gun battle at Dallas strip mall injures eight, including two children, authorities say | The Independent It’s Time to End Homelessness – Progressive.org Author: Marcus aNONradio DJ Marcus username mnw. I'm on tilde.zone for mastodon, toobnix for video content, @mnw@matrix.sdf.org also on sdf's xmpp and in irc and com. Lots of ways to reach me. View all posts by Marcus