UK ‘removes state guarantees from almost £1bn in Covid loans’ (www.theguardian.com)
'Replace syllabus with WhatsApp forwards': Netizens say ,as government drops evolution and pro-democractic teachings from syllabus. (www.livemint.com)
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The Fictional Terrorist Conspiracy Being Tried in France (www.thenation.com)
A 20-kilogram blend of industrial-strength ammonium nitrate, sugar, and acetone peroxide explodes in the cherished Place de la Vendôme in central Paris. The bomb, assembled by a far-left terrorist cell, sets off hundreds of meters of destruction, felling the square’s famed column and damaging many of the surrounding...
Singapore Makes Its Largest Bank Take a Technology Timeout (www.wsj.com)
Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out (www.theguardian.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war (www.politico.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting....
Israeli air strike kills 50 at Gaza refugee camp, hospital chief tells Al Jazeera (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces engaged with Hamas gunmen in Gaza’s tunnel network; over 50 Palestinians killed in an air strike on a refugee camp....
Palestinian American family mourns 42 relatives killed in a single day in Gaza | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Thousands of miles away from the brutality of war in Gaza, Tareq Hamoud and his wife Manal are in disbelief over the loss of three generations of their family.
Thai FM Travels to Qatar, Egypt for Hamas Hostage Talks (www.voanews.com)
More than 230 hostages are being held by Hamas in Gaza, according to the latest Israeli figures – 22 of them Thai nationals, the foreign ministry in Bangkok has said. However, Israeli officials have said 54 Thais are among the hostages....
China's citizens silently criticize Xi Jinping by mourning late premier (www.newsweek.com)
More children’s deaths in Gaza in 3 weeks than annual total since 2019: NGO (www.aljazeera.com)
US and Israel Weigh Peacekeepers for the Gaza Strip After Hamas (www.bloomberg.com)
Bilal went out to harvest his olives, an Israeli settler shot him (www.aljazeera.com)
Palestinian Bilal Saleh was shot in the chest by an Israeli settler as he was harvesting his olive trees in al-Sawiya, occupied West Bank.
Israeli ministry 'concept paper' proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt's Sinai, with Canada as a possible final destination (www.ctvnews.ca)
Belarus musicians jailed for up to nine years amid protest crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand court finds final defendant in Whakaari White Island volcano case guilty (www.upi.com)
Egypt ready to ‘sacrifice millions of lives’ for every grain of sand in Sinai: PM (english.alarabiya.net)
Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair (www.theguardian.com)
‘Alarming’ rates of babies with antibiotic-resistant bugs in Asia-Pacific, Australian study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Russia tightens security in Muslim-majority south after weekend airport riot (www.reuters.com)
Eulogy for My Father, Daniel Ellsberg (by Robert Ellsberg) (www.commondreams.org)
Russians storm airport in attempt to attack passengers of Israeli flight (www.jpost.com)
Footage reportedly from the scene shared on local Telegram channels showed rioters chanting “Allahu Akbar” and stopping cars in order to check the documents of passengers to ensure they were not Israeli or Jewish. The Russian state-owned RIA Novosti outlet reported that police officers and the National Guard were present at...