U.N. Security Council schedules a vote on a resolution urging humanitarian pauses, corridors in Gaza (apnews.com)
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UK top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is illegal. The government still wants to do it (apnews.com)
In a major blow to one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s key policies, the country’s top court ruled that asylum-seekers sent to Rwanda would be “at real risk of ill-treatment” because they could be returned to the conflict-wracked home countries they’d fled....
Energy Department tries to boost US battery industry with another $3.5 billion in funding (apnews.com)
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them....
California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire (apnews.com)
The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend was a kind of open-air warehouse with businesses storing everything from wood pallets to cardboard boxes to hand sanitizer on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny....
UNESCO is criticized after Cambodia evicts thousands around World Heritage site Angkor Wat (apnews.com)
Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each (apnews.com)
Philippines joins Japan-led naval drills as brushes with China rise in the disputed South China Sea (apnews.com)
Japan led an annual multinational naval exercise that included the Philippines as an observer for the first time, as Filipino coast guard vessels are increasingly harassed by China in the disputed South China Sea....
John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)
Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...
The Biden administration is slow to act as millions are booted off Medicaid, advocates say (apnews.com)
The projections from the health consulting firm Avalere come as states undertake a sweeping reevaluation of the 94 million people enrolled in Medicaid, government’s health insurance for the neediest Americans. A host of problems have surfaced across the country, including hourslong phone wait times in Florida, confusing...
Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats (apnews.com)
The state prosecutor’s office confirmed that Baena was found dead Monday morning next to another person, who local media and LGBTQ+ rights groups identified as Baena’s partner, Dorian Herrera....
European Union calls for an investigation into the massacre of nearly 100 civilians in Burkina Faso (apnews.com)
Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ figure found dead after death threats (apnews.com)
Thousands marched in Mexico’s capital Monday night demanding justice for Jesús Ociel Baena, an influential LGBTQ+ figure who was found dead at home in the central city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats....
Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users (apnews.com)
A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine....
Nearly two dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says (apnews.com)
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce....
1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows (apnews.com)
Despite ongoing advocacy and legislation to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about a third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year, including being on the receiving end of verbal harassment, slurs, physical threats...
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony (apnews.com)
El Salvador slaps a $1,130 fee on African and Indian travelers as US pressures it to curb migration (apnews.com)
New 'joint employer' rule could make it easier for millions to unionize - if it survives challenges (apnews.com)
The rule — announced late last month by the National Labor Relations Board –- sets new standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act....
Myanmar army faces a new challenge as an armed ethnic group opens a new front in a western state (apnews.com)
Romania inaugurates an F-16 jet pilot training center for NATO allies and neighboring Ukraine (apnews.com)
More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
More than 180,000 people across France, including 100,000 in Paris, have marched peacefully to protest against rising antisemitism in the wake of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.
Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election (apnews.com)
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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.
Moody's lowers US credit outlook, though keeps triple-A rating (apnews.com)
The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook on the U.S. government’s debt on Friday to “negative” from “stable,” citing the cost of rising interest rates and political polarization in Congress....