US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket' (www.bbc.com)
The UK also told citizens to leave “while commercial flights are running.”
Top Russian economist dies after falling out of window (www.newsweek.com)
Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.
[7-11 sushi] 7-Eleven's Japanese owners to give chain a big makeover in the US (www.scrippsnews.com)
Today, 7-Eleven’s new owners, SEJ Asset Management & Investment Company — owned by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd — feel the company’s U.S. locations need a makeover....
Knesset votes 68-9 for resolution against Palestinian state (www.israeltoday.co.il)
Chinese risk perilous journey in search of ‘freedom’ in the United States: “I want to say whatever I want and don’t have to worry about the police knocking on my door.” (www.aljazeera.com)
Many middle-class Chinese trekking to the US are college-educated, have an established career or business in China and know how to use a VPN to avoid official censorship and access the free internet....
What it's like living through a 121 degree day [in New Delhi] (www.npr.org)
Protests sweep France against far right threat (freedomnews.org.uk)
'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library (www.bbc.com)
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places....
Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16260179...
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
How Chinese AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian (www.bbc.com)
"I don’t want anyone to think that I ever said these horrible things in my life. Using a Ukrainian girl for a face promoting Russia. It’s crazy.”...
The New Propaganda War: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world (www.theatlantic.com)
Here is the archived version....
Congress threatens International Criminal Court over Israeli arrest warrants (www.axios.com)
US jails Chinese man who threatened student activist over her pro-democracy protest (www.bbc.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11433331...
Blasts heard above Israel after Iran launches drone attack – live (www.theguardian.com)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said any threat from the United States and Israel will be met with Tehran’s reciprocal response, Iranian state TV reported....
Romanian president's NATO candidacy not backed by the US or Baltic states (www.romania-insider.com)
romania-insider.com/romanian-p…
Opinion: Why I’m resigning from the State Department (www.cnn.com)
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar
Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says (www.bbc.co.uk)
Twenty Years for Learning the Quran: Uyghur women imprisoned in China for decades-old religious practices, leaked files reveal (uhrp.org)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8487499...
‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining Israel's military (www.theguardian.com)
On Tal Mitnick’s first morning inside an Israeli military prison last month, he was ordered into a small classroom. Pinned to its walls were various famous quotes. One caught his attention: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” The name beneath it: Nelson Mandela....
Shift in Russian nuclear thinking as Ukraine war has dented Russia's confidence in its conventional forces, study says (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8116825...
South Africa has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Israel is engaging in "genocidal acts" in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
Danish MPs vote to ban desecration of religious texts after Qur’an burnings (www.theguardian.com)
