Police arrest [far-right] Finns Party MP over nightclub shooting [in Helsinki, Finland] (yle.fi)
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Qatari official: Jews are murderers of prophets; October7 is only a 'prelude' (m.jpost.com)
Essa Al-Nassr, a member of the Qatari legislative Shura council, spoke on Monday at an Arab League session, received ovation making bigoted accusations against Jews and promising the end of Israel.
Ben-Gvir, Israeli far-right minister, in car accident (www.bbc.com)
Israel: ‘Investigate what?’ A response to mass graves being found in Gaza. (www.politico.com)
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Milei trumpets quarterly budget surplus in TV address | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)
EU pulls its gun on China: The EU is accelerating its crackdown on what it sees as Beijing’s unfair support for companies that undermine European rivals (www.politico.eu)
Europe’s phoney war with China is at an end. After years of building up an improved arsenal for a trade war, Europe is now showing it is willing to get tough on Beijing....
Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand (www.theverge.com)
Iran: Rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death, says lawyer (www.dw.com)
Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year....
Russian court places Forbes journalist under house arrest (www.independent.co.uk)
Journalist had shared a social media post in 2022 about Russia’s suspected war crimes in the Ukrainian city of Bucha...
Israel Tied With Iran Among Top Jailers of Journalists in 2023, Report Finds (truthout.org)
Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining official said....
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Japan's Bonin Islands, USGS says (www.reuters.com)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan’s Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday....
Far-right AfD reels as German lawmakers slam party over espionage and corruption allegations (www.politico.eu)
Following allegations of dodgy links to Russia and China, one lawmaker referred to Alternative for Germany as a “party of treason.”...
Gaza mass grave: Almost 400 bodies have been found, says Palestinian Civil Defense | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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How a second Trump presidency could tear Europe apart (www.politico.eu)
The former president’s return would cement a shift in the U.S. as a fact that can no longer be ignored....
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis...
‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel is civil liberties threat, say lawyers (www.theguardian.com)
US campus protests inspire wave of international action as French university occupied by pro-Palestine activists’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front (www.theguardian.com)
Fifteen miles east of the garrison town of Lyman, a desperate fight has been taking place on Ukraine’s eastern front for months. The once verdant Serebryansky pine forest has been reduced to burnt-out stumps, reminiscent of images from the Somme, destroyed amid Russian attacks aimed at eliminating Ukrainian foxholes....
The fight over the future of plastics: As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image. (www.nytimes.com)
Trump Campaign Struggles with Minority Outreach as Election Approaches (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
As Trump aims to flip Democratic strongholds and broaden his appeal among voters of color,
Israeli Drone Strike in Lebanon Kills Two Following Hezbollah Attack (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone strike targeted a car in eastern Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of two people
The cycling revolution in Paris continues: Bicycle use now exceeds car use (english.elpais.com)
US threatens new China sanctions over supplies to Russian arms industry (www.theguardian.com)
Antony Blinken has warned Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing that the US and its European allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Chinese companies if they do not stop supplying material and equipment to the Russian arms industry....
M'sia finds parasitic worms in China canned sardine (tnp.straitstimes.com)
