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Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Portugal assaulted by Israeli tourists (www-jn-pt.translate.goog)

Argentina: Yearly inflation hits 290% as monthly rate slows (www.dw.com)

Although the yearly inflation rate is the highest it has been in decades, the monthly inflation figure decreased more than experts predicted. Javier Milei’s government has introduced strict austerity policies....

Man killed in tractor incident at Obi Obi on the Sunshine Coast, Australia (7news.com.au)

US lawmakers slam ICC prosecutor’s Israel arrest warrant requests (www.aljazeera.com)

Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: Members of security forces giving settlers who intercept vital supplies information on location of convoys, group says...

What do war crimes warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders actually mean? (www.motherjones.com)

Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi involved in hard landing, local media reports (www.cnn.com)

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was involved in a hard landing while visiting a northern region and his condition is currently unknown, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on X on Sunday....

EU will demand Labour’s Brexit plan involves European Court (www.politico.eu)

Keir Starmer wants to sign a new agreement with the EU — one which would smooth disruption to trade, solve the Northern Ireland border issue, and make life simpler for farmers, all in one go....

Post-Brexit trade border controls to cost UK $6 billion (www.dw.com)

The UK’s public spending watchdog said government expenditures on implementing new rules for post-Brexit imports would total some $6 billion. The report criticized “uncertainty” surrounding government plans....

Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals (www.theguardian.com)

The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...

Judge quits courtroom after cross-examination of Trump witness Costello. (cbnumy.blogspot.com)

Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie' (www.reuters.com)

Did anyone here see it?

Gaza detainees shackled, blindfolded and in nappies at Israel hospital (www.bbc.com)

Medical workers in Israel have told the BBC that Palestinian detainees from Gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies – a practice one medic said amounted to “torture”....

Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon (www.theguardian.com)

Spain recalls its ambassador to Argentina over Milei 'insult' | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)

Americans involved in foiled deadly coup, DR Congo military says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

American citizens were involved in an attempted coup d’état that left at least three people dead on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson told CNN Monday....

College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)

Russia’s War Machine Revs Up as the West’s Plan to Cap Oil Revenues Sputters (www.nytimes.com)

The United States and its allies in the Group of 7 nations set two goals in 2022 when they enacted a novel plan to cap the price of Russian oil: restrict Moscow’s ability to profit from its energy exports while allowing its oil to continue flowing on international markets to prevent a global price shock....

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