Over 150 elementary schools have no 1st graders: Korean ministry (www.koreaherald.com)
Germany: Violent crime reaches 15-year high — report (www.dw.com)
Germany recorded a large rise in violent crime in 2023, the first year without pandemic restrictions, police statistics published Saturday showed....
European car safety body is coming for touchscreens. The European New Car Assessment Programme mandates that key controls need physical buttons or switches (www.politico.eu)
Carmakers are equipping their latest models with fancy touchscreens, but that could cause problems with Europe’s largest car safety authority....
Population tipping point could arrive by 2030: global fertility will drop below replacement level years earlier than expected. (www.science.org)
Israeli Spy Chief Accidentally Blows Cover with Amazon Self-Publishing (newrepublic.com)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
Formally, the Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets. The sources told +972 and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, the army almost completely relied on Lavender,...
Giorgio Armani bags were produced by exploited Chinese workers near Milan, Italian police say (abcnews.go.com)
Italian police say that underpaid and exploited Chinese laborers working for an unauthorized subcontractor made handbags and accessories for the Giorgio Armani fashion house...
Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation (www.theguardian.com)
Airplane passenger fined in Sydney for urinating in a cup (apnews.com)
A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport....
WCK: ‘IDF cannot credibly investigate own failure in Gaza’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
The World Central Kitchen organisation announced on Friday that: “The IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza.”...
Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to plug a shortfall in troop numbers fighting Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Israel Lobbyists Tried to Cancel an Event on Mental Health and Palestine – But Failed | Novara Media (novaramedia.com)
Israel Opening Aid Routes to Gaza After Biden’s Threat to Netanyahu (www.thedailybeast.com)
US, Philippines, Japan to tackle South China Sea incidents (www.bangkokpost.com)
Russian military ‘almost completely reconstituted,’ US official says (www.defensenews.com)
There’s a fight looming over EU plans to extend access to the bloc for Ukrainian truckers (www.politico.eu)
A renewed waiver for Ukrainian truckers to operate freely in the EU is causing tensions in Central Europe....
Murder trial seen as test of Kazakh leader's pledge on women's rights (www.reuters.com)
The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s promise to build a fairer, more equitable society....
Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation (www.economist.com)
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China tests US voter fault lines and ramps AI content to boost its geopolitical interests - Microsoft On the Issues (blogs.microsoft.com)
Wanted American man flees to Russia, signs military contract (www.themoscowtimes.com)
A former American city council member who is wanted in the United States on child pornography charges appears to have fled to Russia and joined the Russian military, according to footage shared by regional authorities in the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous district....
US, China hold military talks in Hawaii (www.reuters.com)
Paris 2024: Russia seeking to undermine Games, says Emmanuel Macron (www.bbc.com)
Russia is running a disinformation campaign to undermine the Paris Olympics, according to French President Emmanuel Macron....
India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan (www.theguardian.com)
Defence minister’s comments after Guardian report are first time India has acknowledged any assassinations on foreign soil...
UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills (www.politico.eu)
Britain turned down the offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit....
