A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami (apnews.com)
Seven Gaza aid workers including UK, US and Australian citizens killed in Israeli strike, charity says (www.theguardian.com)
Erin Gore, the WCK chief executive, said: “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organisations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.”...
Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany (www.politico.eu)
The Palestinian doctors found dead in the ruins of al-Shifa hospital (www.middleeasteye.net)
The bodies of two of Gaza’s most respected doctors, a mother and son, have been found among the dead after the Israeli army’s withdrawal from al-Shifa hospital, following its two-week siege of the medical complex....
Catholic bishops meet with Mexico’s cartel bosses to plead for peace (www.washingtonpost.com)
Citing a “profound crisis of violence and social disintegration,” Mexico’s Catholic bishops are staking out an aggressive new role in national security, going so far as to sit down with feuding drug traffickers in one blood-soaked state to hammer out a truce....
China has a big problem with super gonorrhea, study finds (arstechnica.com)
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem—one that doesn’t heed borders....
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13828038...
Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years kills at least nine (www.cnn.com)
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800 others....
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk (www.theguardian.com)
As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbers of women with serious health problems including pre-eclampsia
Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14006087...
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13828038...
Taiwan earthquake updates: 9 dead, hundreds injured in 7.4 magnitude quake (abcnews.go.com)
U.S. Intelligence Warning to Moscow Named Specific Target of Attack (www.nytimes.com)
The U.S. warning to Russia ahead of a terrorist attack near Moscow was highly specific: Crocus City Hall was a potential target of the Islamic State, according to U.S. officials....
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli and foreign human rights groups have documented a long history of snipers firing on unarmed Palestinians, including children, in Gaza and the West Bank....
The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War (www.forbes.com)
Japan FM announces to deliver $35m aid to Gaza as UNRWA funding resumes (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Japanese Foreign Minister, Yoko Kamikawa, announced on Tuesday the resumption of funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), with $35 million to be released, Reuters reports....
Ben Gurion, founder of Israel, admits having stolen land from Arabs and that's there's no reason for arabs to make peace. See more of his behaviour on this article (en.m.wikipedia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13965815...
Israeli Newspaper Details IDF's Creation of 'Kill Zones' in Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
“In practice, a terrorist is anyone the IDF has killed in the areas in which its forces operate,” said one Israeli reservist.
IDF sources: Gaza aid workers killed because 'officers on the ground do what they want' (www.haaretz.com)
The IDF and defense ministry claimed that the aid workers’ killing resulted from poor coordination. Israeli army sources later refuted their claims, saying the incident has ‘no connection to coordination’ and was caused by the fact that ‘every commander sets the rules for himself’...
The West has the capability to halt Putin's brutal war - but does it have the resolve? (news.sky.com)
Egypt Has Betrayed Palestinians in Their Time of Greatest Need (truthout.org)
Outrage as traditional Ghanaian priest, 63, marries 12-year-old girl (www.bbc.com)
An influential traditional priest aged 63 has sparked an outrage in Ghana by marrying a 12-year-old girl....
Prepare for Putin pivot to invade us, say Baltic states (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Diplomats say Putin’s brutalisation of Ukraine has brought back darkest memories of occupation under Stalin...