"Conditions for political prisoners in the Russian Federation and the territories it occupies have deteriorated sharply with the prolongation of the war on Ukraine. Those accused and convicted of weakening the war effort under an assortment of fabricated charges are receiving longer sentences, detainees are being rearrested to prolong their prison time, there are accounts of sleep and food deprivation, and torture is routine." Putin regime subjects political prisoners to increasing brutality as war wears on https://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/2026/06/putin-regime-subjects-political-prisoners-to-increasing-brutality-as-war-wears-on/

"Researchers led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a vast whale necropolis in the Indian Ocean's Diamantina Zone, detailed in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. During a 2023 expedition using the Fendouzhe submersible, scientists mapped 485 whale fossil sites and five active ecosystems along a 1,200 kilometre stretch of the seafloor. Fossils dating back 5.3 million years include an extinct species named Pterocetus diamantinae, with researchers estimating the area holds over 10 million carcasses accumulated over geological time." World's Largest Whale Graveyard Discovered by Sub at Bottom of Ocean: "Completely Unexpected" https://ground.news/article/worlds-largest-whale-graveyard-discovered-by-sub-at-bottom-of-ocean-completely-unexpected_4637ff