Canadian students hunger-strike for college to divest from Israel-linked firms (www.theguardian.com)
Several McGill University students have spent more than three weeks demanding it divest $20m from various companies
Global sea level jumped due to El Niño and climate change, says NASA (www.lemonde.fr)
Rich Indians Own 40% of Wealth in Extreme Inequality Under Modi (www.bloomberg.com)
Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack (www.businessinsider.com)
Gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100....
Moscow terror attack suspects held as death toll reaches 115 (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s security services appear to link attack to Ukraine despite IS claiming responsibility...
U.S. Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed by China, Russia at UN Security Council (www.axios.com)
Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack (www.msn.com)
US says it has not received a formal request by Niger junta to leave military bases (apnews.com)
A top Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. has not received a formal request from Niger’s junta to depart the country, saying it has received mixed signals on whether the hundreds of U.S. troops there are no longer welcome....
Seoul proposes cadaver sharing among schools to relieve shortage after med school student increase (www.koreabiomed.com)
At least 115 killed and scores wounded in Moscow concert hall attack (www.theguardian.com)
At least 115 people have been killed and 145 wounded in Russia’s worst terror attack in years, as gunmen in combat fatigues opened fire and detonated explosives in a major concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow....
Accused in Rs 100-crore Delhi liquor scam, businessman’s firms paid BJP Rs 55 crore through bonds (scroll.in)
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Israel government spokesman Eylon Levy suspended after comments about Gaza aid (www.haaretz.com)
Levy’s suspension follows a tweet, in response to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, that ‘there are NO limits on the entry of food, water, medicine, or shelter equipment into Gaza, and in fact the crossings have EXCESS capacity’
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
Several schools have brought in shorts for cheerleaders at baseball tournament while another positioned teachers between the cheerleaders and spectators...
US and UK doctors in Washington to warn of IDF’s ‘appalling atrocities’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
A delegation of American and British doctors is in Washington DC to tell the Biden administration the Israeli military is systematically destroying Gaza’s health infrastructure in order to drive Palestinians out of their homes....
U.S. Says ISIS Was Responsible for Deadly Moscow Concert Hall Attack (www.nytimes.com)
Gaza is getting less than half the humanitarian aid it needs to avoid famine (english.elpais.com)
[The] U.N. World Food Programme estimates that at least 300 trucks of food are needed every day to meet the basic needs of the population. During the first half of March, an average of 159 trucks a day have entered Gaza, representing 40% of the minimum amount required, according to U.N. data. Before the Israeli offensive, an...
Finland ranked world's happiest country for seventh year (www.dw.com)
The annual World Happiness Report has again ranked Finland and other Scandinavian countries the most cheerful nations on Earth. Costa Rica and Kuwait entered the top 20 in place of the United States and Germany....
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation (apnews.com)
Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow - agencies (www.reuters.com)
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Woman sentenced to life in prison by Pakistan court for burning pages from Islam’s holy book (www.nbcnews.com)
Italy prime minister Giorgia Meloni seeks €100,000 damages over deepfake porn videos (www.independent.co.uk)
Giorgia Meloni will testify at a court in the Sardinian city of Sassari in a bid to send a message about the problem...
Israel no longer considered liberal democracy; global index cites judicial coup (www.haaretz.com)
V-Dem index cites government attacks on judiciary and ‘substantive decline’ in freedom from torture as reason Israel is now considered an ‘electoral democracy’ – in which elections are held but civil liberties and equality before the law are not safeguarded...
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
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Lemmy.world has had a “Business” community for a while now, but it’s been a little sleepy....
Carnage on the streets of Port-au-Prince as world stalls on a promised intervention for Haiti (www.cnn.com)
A woman hustles her young child into a waiting car, half-dragging him as she shields his eyes. Other family members follow with heavy suitcases, averting their eyes too. They’re leaving the city, even though the drive through gang-controlled roads is risky....
