. REUTERS (UK)
Pressure mounts on UK PM Johnson after crushing election defeats
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain’s prime minister.
. NIKKEI ASIA (JAPAN)
Japan pushes companies to allow workers to take side jobs
The Japanese government will ask companies that prohibit their employees from taking a second job to explain their reasons, starting in July, Nikkei has learned, in a move aimed at encouraging more large companies to allow their employees to hold such jobs.
. THE RIO TIMES (BRAZIL)
Peru: More than 50% of households in 18 regions suffer food insecurity
In 18 of the 25 regions of Peru, more than half of the households are in a situation of food insecurity, a scenario aggravated by the rise in international prices
. AL JAZEERA (QATAR)
Ukraine forces to retreat from battleground city, says governor
Serhiy Haidai says Ukraine’s forces will leave the embattled city of Severodonetsk, as Kyiv prepares to lose Luhansk.
. BBC (UK)
US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades
The US Senate has passed a gun control bill – the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.