Qatar Airways avoids Australian lawsuit over women's invasive examinations (www.bbc.com)
Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have failed in their bid to sue Qatar Airways....
Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
‘If you don’t have money to go to Europe by boat, you try to get there by starting a relationship with a tourist’: Sex tourism plagues Gambia (english.elpais.com)
Economic inequality is driving European tourists to the African country who come seeking sun, but also sex. Its government’s plans to attract ‘quality tourism’ have failed to take off...
EU Parliament refuses decision on budget until members commit more Patriots to Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
China concerns bring new unity to once-turbulent US-Japan-Philippines relationship ahead of major White House summit (www.cnn.com)
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines....
‘I hope Ukraine will lose’: What MEPs told Russian propaganda channel (www.politico.eu)
A POLITICO review of the 50 videos on Voice of Europe’s YouTube channel revealed 16 MEPs had engaged with the outlet....
German university rescinds US scholar’s job offer over pro-Palestinian letter (www.theguardian.com)
A leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up a prestigious professorship at the University of Cologne after signing a letter expressing solidarity with Palestinians and condemning the killings in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces.
After six months of war, I fear we may lose Palestine completely | Raja Shehadeh (www.theguardian.com)
US delivers confiscated weapons to Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas (www.politico.eu)
France has paid Russia over €600 million this year for liquefied natural gas, new data shows. That’s an EU-leading rise from last year....
As Palestine applies for full UN membership, what’s in the way? (www.aljazeera.com)
Approval requires at least nine votes in favour, with no vetoes. The UNSC’s five permanent members – the US, Russia, China, France and Britain – hold vetoes....
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her (apnews.com)
Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate....
Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa (www.kyivpost.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant....
EU parliament approves new policies that make migration, asylum harder (www.africanews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/eu-parliament-approves-new-poli…...
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 3 sons and 4 grandchildren of Hamas’ top leader (apnews.com)
Satellite images reveal extent of devastation in Gaza after six months of war (english.elpais.com)
Nearly six in 10 buildings in the Strip have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks and its largest medical complex is an ‘empty shell,’ according to the WHO...
International court rules Switzerland violated human rights in a landmark climate judgment (edition.cnn.com)
Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023 (www.nytimes.com)
Saudis Scale Back Ambition for $1.5 Trillion Desert Project Neom (www.bloomberg.com)
Poland: Parliament to debate easing strict abortion law (www.dw.com)
A long-awaited parliamentary discussion on Poland’s restrictive abortion laws is likely to see heated debate. Premier Donald Tusk has promised liberalization, but conservatives in his coalition could block progress....
South Korean opposition wins landslide victory in parliamentary vote (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Nuclear deal in tatters, Iran edges close to weapons capability (www.washingtonpost.com)
Six years after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear accord, Tehran is rapidly accumulating enriched uranium, some of it very close to weapons grade. Experts fear that a bomb could be a short dash away....
IKEA furniture destroys some of Europe’s last remaining ancient forests (www.greenpeace.org)
EU approves major overhaul of migration rules (www.bbc.com)
