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That’s an expensive McDonald's breakfast.⁠ ⁠ Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said a "range of undeclared risk products," including the fast food items, were detected in the passenger's rucksack by a biosecurity detector dog named Zinta.⁠ ⁠ New measures have recently been introduced across Australia’s borders after an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in Indonesia spread to Bali, a popular destination for Australian tourists.⁠ Tap the link in our bio for more.⁠ ⁠ 📸 : Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Hana Morita was scrolling through Pinterest when she came across hajichi, a minimalistic tattoo worn by Okinawan women on their fingers and hands. Once common on the subtropical islands where traces of a distinct culture remain, the art had almost disappeared over a century of assimilation. As a fourth-generation Japanese American who visited her grandmother in Okinawa every summer, Morita made researching hajichi part of her quest to understand her family’s roots. Then, she found an Okinawan hajichi artist on Instagram and got her first tattoo. Morita is among a growing number of women in their 20s and 30s who are discovering the lost art form through social media and driving a small but passionate comeback. They are part of a larger movement to preserve the uniqueness of Okinawa and show it is so much more than its reputation as a resort destination that hosts American military bases. Read more through the link in our bio.

‘The world is just grey’ When Russian tanks rolled into the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Olha fled with her children and pet cat, Venera. The family travelled across the Polish border, through Germany and Sweden, before arriving in London. Now, struggling to find work and get her two children into school, she faces yet another challenge: bureaucracy. "When we escaped the war, we were dreaming of somewhere where we wouldn’t hear the bombs or live in fear of being killed by Russians. So, on one hand, we have achieved our goal and should be happy, but it is not always that easy or simple," she says. Swipe across to read about the challenges Olga and her family are facing – or click the link in our bio for the full piece. #ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #ukraineinvasion #kherson

U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Kills Top Qaeda Leader, Ayman al-Zawahri “No matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the United States will find you and take you out,” President Biden said on Monday, moments after announcing that a drone strike had killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al Qaeda. The early-morning strike in the heart of downtown Kabul over the weekend capped a 21-year manhunt for an Egyptian radical who more than anyone besides Osama bin Laden was deemed responsible for Sept. 11, the deadliest foreign attack on the U.S. in modern times, and who never gave up targeting Americans. Read more about the strike at the link in our bio.

🔴Twins who were joined at the head have been separated with the help of a Great Ormond Street neurosurgeon in a 27-hour operation. ⁠ ⁠ Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro, with the direction of Noor ul Owase Jeelani, a London-based paediatric surgeon.⁠ ⁠ Surgeons in London and Rio spent months trialling techniques using virtual reality projections of the twins based on CT and MRI scans - something Mr Jeelani described as "space-age stuff".⁠ ⁠ It was one of the most complex separation processes ever completed, according to Mr Jeelani's charity, Gemini Untwined.⁠ ⁠ 🔗Read more about the revolutionary surgery at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ #surgery #conjoinedtwins #brazil #london

Tigers are having a good year. Nepalese officials announced last Friday that the top predator’s numbers within the country’s borders have more than doubled in a bit more than a decade. Across Asia, there are as many as 5,500 tigers prowling jungles and swamps, a leading wildlife group said last week, a 40 percent jump from its 2015 assessment. The slow but steady rise in the big cat’s estimated population comes as biologists get better at tracking the animal and marks a high point amid a deepening extinction crisis that may see as many as a million plants and animal species disappear worldwide because of habitat loss and climate change. Tiger researchers, while optimistic, warn that the fierce hunter remains under threat from both poaching and encroachment into its remaining habitat. Find more climate-related news at postclimate and tap the link in our bio to read more.

🏆️⚽️The Lionesses’ official photographer has shared some of the favourite photos she shot during Euro 2022.⁠ ⁠ 🗣️"There’s always singing and dancing with the Lionesses - whether that’s in the changing room, on the team bus or in the hotel.This was them rocking to Tina Turner’s ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ hit... For me, it's a great example of the team being in the moment," Lynne Cameron said about the first image in this carousel.⁠ ⁠ 🔗View all of Cameron's images of the lionesses at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ 📸Lynne Cameron/ FA⁠ ⁠ #weuros #football #euros #lionesses #images

President Biden paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 last night as he confirmed that the US had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, ending a decades-long hunt for one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists and the successor to Osama bin Laden. Zawahiri, 71, was killed by a CIA drone strike at the weekend on a house in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, US officials said. He was bin Laden’s deputy through a wave of al-Qaeda attacks on US targets that culminated in 9/11, and was a key architect of those 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. He had spent more than two decades on the run. 🔗 Read the full story at The Times website

NEW: White House releases photo of Pres. Joe Biden meeting with his national security team on July 1 to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, while in Kabul, a photo shows smoke rising from a drone strike over the weekend. "Justice has been delivered, and this terrorist leader is no more. People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer," Biden said from the White House last night, after announcing a drone strike had killed the al-Qaeda leader. Read more about the strike at LINK IN BIO.

Two House Democrats called for officials at the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog to testify to Congress about the agency’s handling of missing Secret Service text messages from Jan. 6, accusing their office of engaging in a cover-up. https://t.co/4MDC4QNCvg

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011 https://t.co/YLucAgV33H https://t.co/pHYbGIYzG1

"That's what makes this, I think, such a profound moment for the country and for just everyone who lived through 9/11." CNN's @JohnAvlon reacts to President Biden's speech announcing the death of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and the gravity of the news. Watch: https://t.co/ll7MA5gywB

Pres. Biden announced today that the U.S. has killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri was believed to be the true architect behind the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. https://t.co/jhU6jST0NB

The online support marks a shift in attitude toward Amber Heard, who, during the six-week trial in Fairfax County, Virginia, became the center of backlash from Johnny Depp fans while the proceedings were broadcast across the country. https://t.co/p9C1ofr5FR

Accusations that hundreds of ballots were cast in Arizona in 2020 in the name of dead voters are unfounded, the state’s Republican attorney general said in a letter to the president of the Arizona Senate, who has advanced false claims of voter fraud. https://t.co/H84LWq3ESJ