U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today (www.nbcnews.com)
Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza (theintercept.com)
Gaza: 3,195 children killed in three weeks surpasses annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019, Save the Children International says (web.archive.org)
Children make up more than 40% of the 7,703 people killed in Gaza, and more than a third of all fatalities across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel. With a further 1,000 children reported missing in Gaza assumed buried under the rubble, the death toll is likely much higher....
A Decongestant in Cold Medicines Doesn’t Work at All, an F.D.A. Panel Says (www.nytimes.com)
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6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after making distress call to a BBC reporter (apnews.com)
Ukrainian children as young as 4 months old are being forcibly taken to Russia. Officials don't know what is happening to them. (www.businessinsider.com)
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"It serves no purpose, it is unjust:" 63 Australian politicians urge US to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walk free (www.theguardian.com)
The Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, who remains in Belmarsh prison in the UK, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited.
Nations overwhelmingly vote for humanitarian truce at the UN, as Gazans say they have been ‘left in the dark’ (edition.cnn.com)
Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate murdered in prison (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)
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Most of the Texas border buoys, installed to deter migrants, are in Mexican territory, study shows (www.nbcnews.com)
‘Children were carrying other injured children.’ Witness describes aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp | CNN (www.cnn.com)
CW: Occupied Palestine
Disney’s Loki remains silent over reported use of generative AI - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Taiwanese citizens take the nation's defense into their own hands: Interview with scholar Wen Liu (globalvoices.org)
For people in Taiwan living under regular military threats from China, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the West’s responses to it have prompted queries about the Taiwanese military forces’ own readiness and resilience. In the early days following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Taipei quickly...
Democracy ‘in trouble, stagnant at best, and declining in many places’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms (apnews.com)
Brave lays off 9% of its workforce | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Saudi LGBTQ refugees live in fear of being kidnapped (www.indexoncensorship.org)
[The British magazine ‘Index On Censorship’ publishes an article which has reportedly been blocked by Vice to not offend Saudi Arabia.]
Prigozhin most likely dead, and an explosion may have downed his plane, U.S. officials say (wapo.st)
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‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)
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Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media (thediplomat.com)
Spanish FA president Rubiales resigns over Hermoso kiss (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes government online (www.nbcnews.com)
Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say (www.thedailybeast.com)
‘There simply is no moral high ground anymore:' Stella Assange argues her husband’s situation is used as justification by authoritarian regimes that imprison journalists (www.indexoncensorship.org)
“It is undeniable that the intrinsics of Julian’s case are so shocking it is something one would expect from the worst dictatorships,” Stella Assange says....
