Russia is preparing a 'loyalty agreement' requirement for foreigners (www.reuters.com)
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
Singapore and Zurich tie for top ranking among world's most expensive cities (www.france24.com)
Singapore and Zurich tied for the world’s most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over....
Fighting in over 200 townships since Myanmar coup (www.mizzima.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/10372100...
When the crowd chants 'ceasefire now', this is why some governments remain 'deaf' (www.abc.net.au)
Bedouin family desperate for news on teenagers held hostage in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
There are only a handful of child hostages left inside Gaza. Under the agreement struck between Israel and Hamas, under-19s were supposed to be released from captivity. On the sixth day, five more were freed, and almost 40 have now been returned home in total. But so far, Aisha and Bilal haven’t been among them.
Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway connecting Russia and China (www.pravda.com.ua)
Complaints over Virgin and BA sustainability claims (www.aerotime.aero)
Hamas announces death of the youngest hostage (10 months old) (www.thejc.com)
Dwindling copper supply from Panama and Peru could wipe out global surplus in 2024 (www.reuters.com)
Three assassinations plotted by India on Canadian soil: US indictment (www.cbc.ca)
Dr. Henry Kissinger Dies at Age 100 (www.prnewswire.com)
3rd Quarter Fertility Rate in South Korea at Record Low (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Four Palestinians, including two children, killed by Israeli forces in West Bank (www.reuters.com)
Next phase of Gaza war risks unprecedented humanitarian crisis | Israel-Hamas war | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates (apnews.com)
Pope Francis has decided to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by revoking his right to a subsidized Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month, according to two people briefed on the measures....
The exodus of the money people - Escape to Mars, upload to the cloud or retreat to the fallout shelter? How the super-rich are preparing for the apocalypse (www.konicz.info)
This is an English translation of an article I wrote for a German magazine. The article looks into the post apocalyptic strategies the wealthy and ultrarich are focusing on. Main point: The rich are as afraid of the collapse of society as anyone else, but their means to face the calamity are on another level.
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
Congenital syphilis cases set new annual record in Japan (www.japantimes.co.jp)
‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
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Kashmiri students arrested for celebrating India's Cricket World Cup defeat (www.reuters.com)
Three tonnes of cocaine seized from ship, Senegal's navy says (www.bbc.com)
High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (apnews.com)
China's State Media Issues Ominous Warning to US Over Pacific Missile Plan (www.newsweek.com)
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Slovak truckers to block Ukraine crossing, joining Polish protests (www.reuters.com)
