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Israel-Gaza: 400,000 residents ordered to leave Khan Younis (www.youtube.com)

Rival Palestinian Factions Project Unity, but Deep Divisions Remain (www.nytimes.com)

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Curb your snooping, Commission tells EU governments (www.politico.eu)

The EU executive tells member countries national security isn’t a blank check to justify spyware use....

Almost one in three people in care were abused in NZ (www.bbc.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18351669

Canadian wildfire reaches Jasper, firefighters battle to protect oil pipeline (www.reuters.com)

A wildfire reached the Canadian town of Jasper, Alberta on Wednesday, one of hundreds ravaging the western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, as firefighters battled to save key facilities such as the Trans Mountain Pipeline, authorities said....

Poland Leverages China’s Rail Link in Europe to Rein In Belarus (www.bloomberg.com)

Poland has threatened to choke off a key Chinese rail export route to the European Union in a diplomatic gambit to slow escalating the migration crisis on its eastern border.

‘Drill, baby, drill’: America’s fossil fuel boom risks bust in Europe (www.politico.eu)

Taiwan sees flooding and landslides from Typhoon Gaemi, which caused 22 deaths in the Philippines (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18380974

Italy's Meloni to visit China this week with trade, investment agenda (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18376464

Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries' (www.bbc.com)

Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor....

Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir (www.independent.co.uk)

Australian surfer Kai McKenzie's leg washes up after shark attack (www.bbc.com)

The severed leg of a surfer who was attacked by a shark has washed up on an Australian beach, with doctors now racing to see if it can be reattached....

Germany shuts down Islamic Center Hamburg (www.dw.com)

The Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) was under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which is backed by Iran. Hezbollah is classified as a terrorist group by Germany....

Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development (www.ft.com)

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Peter Nygard to be sentenced in Toronto for sexual assaults (www.bbc.com)

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard, once the head of a lucrative global apparel empire, will be sentenced in a Canadian court this week for sexual assault....

Indian priests invoke heavenly powers for Kamala Harris | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)

Nashville museum returns 500-year-old Mexican artifact collection back where it 'belongs' (www.nbcnews.com)

US banks to begin reporting Russian assets for eventual forfeiture under new law (apnews.com)

The Treasury Department ordered the nation’s banking industry to start disclosing its holdings of Russian assets on Tuesday, with the goal of eventually seizing those billions of dollars in assets and selling them to aid the devastated Ukrainian economy....

Climate activists glue themselves to a taxiway at Cologne-Bonn Airport, flights suspended (apnews.com)

Israeli settlers court Republican religious right after Hamas attacks (www.reuters.com)

Ruth Lieberman, a Jewish settler in the Israeli occupied West Bank, is determined to thwart international pressure for a sovereign Palestinian state. And her friendships with prominent U.S. Republicans from the party’s religious right are helping, she says....

We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)

How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address....

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