Protests in New Zealand denounce government’s complicity in genocide in Gaza (www.wsws.org)
U.S. fears Haiti could fall ‘at any time’ as doubts grow over Biden’s backup Kenya (www.miamiherald.com)
Ukraine War: UK Prepares to supply more than 10,000 drones to Ukraine (tinyurl.com)
Six people killed in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (www.reuters.com)
Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as Hamas response awaited, US officials say (www.theguardian.com)
U.N. report: ‘Convincing’ information Hamas raped, tortured hostages (www.washingtonpost.com)
A team of United Nations experts tasked with gathering information on sexual violence linked to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel found “reasonable grounds to believe” that some victims were sexually assaulted, including rape and gang rape, according to a U.N. report released Monday....
How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli tanks deliberately ran over dozens of Palestinians (www.middleeasteye.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16766379...
As Gaza's hunger crisis worsens, emaciated children at hospitals (www.reuters.com)
Two Palestinian toddlers with sunken eyes and emaciated faces, one in a yellow cardigan and the other in a stripy top, were lying side by side on a bed in a Gaza clinic, their thin, bony legs protruding from diapers that looked too big for them....
Gaza war: both sides are reporting sexual violence committed by their enemy – but these crimes are hard to investigate (theconversation.com)
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Each month since June 2023 has seen new temperature highs for the time of year (www.bbc.com)
Last month was the world’s warmest February in modern times, the EU’s climate service says, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row....
Mass grave with 1,000 skeletons found in Germany (www.cnn.com)
Russia seems to be OK with sacrificing its planes over Ukraine to achieve a bigger prize, experts say (www.businessinsider.com)
Ceasefire Talks “Precarious” as Israel’s Assault on Gaza Kills 80+ in 24 Hours (truthout.org)
As Israel continues its relentless bombardment and siege of Gaza, where hunger and dehydration have reached deadly levels, Hamas has accused Israel of “thwarting” efforts to reach a ceasefire deal. A Hamas delegation in Cairo said that Israel has insisted on rejecting elements of a deal for a phased process that would...
Human-caused climate change fuels hottest February on record, all-time high ocean warming (www.cbc.ca)
China steps up grey-zone warfare to exhaust Taiwan, defence report says (www.reuters.com)
‘In a way, stigma is the leading cause of death’: the radical plan to tackle British Columbia’s overdose epidemic (www.theguardian.com)
China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday....
Russia says it is considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon with China (www.reuters.com)
“Today we are seriously considering a project - somewhere at the turn of 2033-2035 - to deliver and install a power unit on the lunar surface together with our Chinese colleagues,” Borisov said....
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons....
Russia says it is considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon with China (www.reuters.com)
I guess we’ve gotten bored of destroying this planet…...
Congress promises right to employment, apprenticeships for youth (www.thehindu.com)
Haiti gang boss tells absent prime minister to quit or face civil war (www.theguardian.com)
Budanov asks Canada to hand over 83,000 decommissioned rockets [to Ukraine] (kyivindependent.com)
Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), hopes that Canada could hand over to Ukraine tens of thousands of rockets that are awaiting demolition at one of the country’s military bases....
As malnutrition deaths are reported and hunger grows, will 'famine' be declared in Gaza? (www.nbcnews.com)
