North Korea ramps up preparations for war with US (www.newsweek.com)
Prices soar in Argentina after Milei’s currency devaluation (english.elpais.com)
Matthew Perry dead (www.tmz.com)
Netflix Is Reportedly Planning a Price Hike After the Ongoing Hollywood Actors’ Strike Ends | Entertainment News (www.gadgets360.com)
Elon Musk says Ireland's Leo Varadkar 'hates Irish people' (www.euronews.com)
Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare (www.wired.com)
Israel seizes 'operational control' of Rafah crossing in Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)
Many company executives now regret their initial return-to-office plans, as 80% say they would have approached it differently if they understood employee preferences. While some firms are requiring more in-office time, citing collaboration needs, others are scaling back requirements due to retention issues. Successful companies...
Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette (www.bbc.com)
Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit....
Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared (arstechnica.com)
Xi Jinping claimed the US wants China to attack Taiwan, FT reports (www.yenisafak.com)
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Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial | CBC News (web.archive.org)
Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
a notable point in here, particularly given the recent WCK murders:...
'Hamas mouthpiece': Netanyahu lauds new law allowing him to shut Al-Jazeera in Israel (www.haaretz.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the law’s passing, saying that “Al Jazeera has harmed Israel’s security, actively participated in the October 7 massacre, and incited against IDF soldiers. It’s time to remove Hamas’ mouthpiece from our country.”...
Stop the Worsening Undercount of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza (nader.org)
Tucker Carlsson - The Vladimir Putin Interview (tuckercarlson.com)
Lesbian couple flees Italy as government strips them of parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Heads of 3 top US colleges refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment (www.timesofisrael.com)
Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say (www.thedailybeast.com)
Meta begins process to end news access to Facebook, Instagram users in Canada (globalnews.ca)
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' (www.livescience.com)
A vital ocean current system that helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate could collapse anytime from 2025 and unleash climate chaos, a controversial new study warns....
House passes Ukraine / Israel aid package (www.cnn.com)
US President Joe Biden has said that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (www.bbc.com)
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