Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup (apnews.com)
A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport....
WCK: ‘IDF cannot credibly investigate own failure in Gaza’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
The World Central Kitchen organisation announced on Friday that: “The IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza.”...
Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to plug a shortfall in troop numbers fighting Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Israel Lobbyists Tried to Cancel an Event on Mental Health and Palestine – But Failed | Novara Media (novaramedia.com)
Israel Opening Aid Routes to Gaza After Biden’s Threat to Netanyahu (www.thedailybeast.com)
US, Philippines, Japan to tackle South China Sea incidents (www.bangkokpost.com)
Russian military ‘almost completely reconstituted,’ US official says (www.defensenews.com)
There’s a fight looming over EU plans to extend access to the bloc for Ukrainian truckers (www.politico.eu)
A renewed waiver for Ukrainian truckers to operate freely in the EU is causing tensions in Central Europe....
Murder trial seen as test of Kazakh leader's pledge on women's rights (www.reuters.com)
The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s promise to build a fairer, more equitable society....
Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation (www.economist.com)
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China tests US voter fault lines and ramps AI content to boost its geopolitical interests - Microsoft On the Issues (blogs.microsoft.com)
Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract (www.themoscowtimes.com)
A former American city council member who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges appears to have fled to Russia and joined the Russian military, according to footage shared by regional authorities in the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous district....
US, China hold military talks in Hawaii (www.reuters.com)
Paris 2024: Russia seeking to undermine Games, says Emmanuel Macron (www.bbc.com)
Russia is running a disinformation campaign to undermine the Paris Olympics, according to French President Emmanuel Macron....
India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan (www.theguardian.com)
Defence minister’s comments after Guardian report are first time India has acknowledged any assassinations on foreign soil...
UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills (www.politico.eu)
Britain turned down the offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit....
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)
Global rainforest loss continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute (www.theguardian.com)
Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly equal to Switzerland...
New UN report outlines the ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ in Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14006090...
France’s Florida: Retired, rich and ready to vote far right (www.politico.eu)
Wealthy voters fear something bigger than taxes is threatening their lavish lifestyle....
The Scottish golf courses disappearing into the sea (www.bbc.com)
Some of Scotland’s oldest golf courses are in danger of disappearing into the sea due to climate change, according to those trying desperately to save them....
What's behind China's gold-buying spree? (www.dw.com)
For more than a year, China’s central bank has been buying up large amounts of gold. The move, along with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, have helped spike the price of the precious metal to new highs....