Hundreds storm airport in Russia in antisemitic riot over arrival of plane from Israel (apnews.com)
Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported....
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians pops up in southern Gaza, reawakening old traumas (apnews.com)
Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control (apnews.com)
The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of its residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation....
South Korea parades troops and powerful weapons in its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in years (apnews.com)
Alaska board of education votes to ban transgender girls from competing on high school girls teams (apnews.com)
The Alaska state board of education on Thursday voted to support banning transgender girls from competing on high school girls athletic teams, sending the issue to the attorney general....
Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on (apnews.com)
I read this wondering if there would be something strange, or an overreaction. There’s nothing like that at all. It’s basically just a law that forces tech companies to respect people and their right to privacy. Most of it is common sense stuff that you think they should do without having to be told....
South Africa recalls ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel and accuses it of genocide in Gaza (apnews.com)
Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture (apnews.com)
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
US applications for unemployment benefits fall to lowest level in 7 months (apnews.com)
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in seven months with the labor market seemingly resistant to the higher interest rates put in to place to cool hiring....
Hyundai and LG will invest an additional $2B into making batteries at Georgia electric vehicle plant (apnews.com)
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said Thursday they will spend an additional $2 billion and hire an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that’s under construction in Georgia....
US plans to build a $553 million terminal at Sri Lanka's Colombo port in rivalry with China (apnews.com)
The U.S. announced a $553 million project Wednesday to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development financing....
US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops (apnews.com)
Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot until May (apnews.com)
An Australian referendum to create an Indigenous advocacy committee to Parliament has failed (apnews.com)
Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated on Saturday by the defeat of a referendum that would have created an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people — the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority....
Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1022137...
Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, largely funded by China (apnews.com)
Suspected Palestinian shooting attack at West Bank car wash kills 2 Israelis (apnews.com)
The two dead are father and son. Its suspected that the shooting were masked by the noise of the car wash machine
Judge in Alaska upholds Biden administration's approval of the massive Willow oil-drilling project (apnews.com)
Los Angeles coroner's investigator accused of stealing a crucifix from around the neck of a dead man (apnews.com)
Judge denies bid to prohibit US border officials from turning back asylum-seekers at land crossings (apnews.com)
A federal judge on Friday denied a bid by immigration advocates to prohibit U.S. officials from turning away asylum-seekers at border crossings with Mexico if they don’t have appointments on a mobile phone app....
Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of troubled Fulton County jail (apnews.com)
A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the state’s most populous county, three months after the U.S. Justice Department unveiled its own inquiry of Fulton County jail conditions....
Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region's Armenians (apnews.com)
UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs (apnews.com)
Ukraine fires 6 deputy defense ministers as heavy fighting continues in the east (apnews.com)
Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers were fired Monday following the dismissal two weeks ago of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a corruption scandal, officials said, as heavy fighting continued in the east....
