‘Definitely stronger’: why 2024 could be Southeast Asia’s year for tourism (www.scmp.com)
Haiti: US evacuates embassy staff amid gang violence (www.bbc.com)
The United States says it has airlifted non-essential embassy staff from Haiti, as the country spirals further into gang violence....
Nepali Men in Russia, Tricked Into Ukraine Frontline Deployment, Appeal to India for Help (m.thewire.in)
Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns (www.cbc.ca)
Report examined ‘shifts in domestic and international environments’ that could affect policing
US Flies Forces in to Beef up Security at Embassy in Haiti and Evacuate Nonessential Personnel (www.usnews.com)
Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria (www.reuters.com)
Israeli road splitting Gaza in two has reached the Mediterranean coast, satellite imagery shows (www.cnn.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Ethiopia begins issuing digital IDs for refugees (apanews.net)
Israeli government officials slam chief rabbi's threat of haredi exodus (www.jpost.com)
Neuroscience research hub opens doors in Türkiye's capital Ankara (www.dailysabah.com)
Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UN (www.scmp.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
Ceasefire deal in Gaza before Ramadan 'looking tough', Biden says - after US denies causing airdrop deaths (news.sky.com)
US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”....
5 children killed in humanitarian aid airdrop, Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health says (abc13.com)
UN Body Reaffirms That Marijuana Legalization Violates International Treaties, While Addressing Germany Cannabis Reform And U.S. Psychedelics Movement - Marijuana Moment (www.marijuanamoment.net)
US uses loophole to keep 100 arms sales to Israel under the radar amid Gaza war – report (www.theguardian.com)
The US is reported to have made more than 100 weapons sales to Israel, including thousands of bombs, since the start of the war in Gaza, but the deliveries escaped congressional oversight because each transaction was under the dollar amount requiring approval....
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging. (www.nytimes.com)
The fires in the Amazon, which reaches across nine South American nations, are the result of an extreme drought fueled by climate change, experts said....
Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Report Accuses Israel of Torturing Agency Staff (www.commondreams.org)
The governments of Canada and Sweden have announced they will resume funding for the United Nation’s agency that provides humanitarian aide and protection to Palestinians living in Gaza and elsewhere—a move that other powerful nations, including Israel’s most powerful ally the United States, continue to refuse....
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
17-year-old girl gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, 1 arrested, (indianexpress.com)
They stopped the bike and took her to a desolate place by the roadside where they took turns to rape her
