Oil tankers on fire off Singapore, crew members rescued (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18157401
The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught....
EU biometric checks for foreign travellers delayed again | Travel & leisure | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Yemen's Houthis claim deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv (www.middleeasteye.net)
The Houthis, known as Ansar Allah, say they have declared Tel Aviv an “unsafe area” following the strike...
US-bound Air India plane makes emergency landing in Russia (www.reuters.com)
Canada Names First Woman To Lead Military (www.barrons.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/25268260...
Israeli Lawmakers Vote Against Palestinian Statehood (www.commondreams.org)
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? (apnews.com)
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks....
Many US solar factories are lagging. Except those China owns (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18089617
NATO Report Outlines Growing Climate Risks to Global Security (insideclimatenews.org)
S’pore orders social media sites to block 95 accounts, in first such use of foreign interference law (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18149031
Macron ally wins surprise re-election as national assembly speaker (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu rejects calls for immediate inquiry into 7 October security failures (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected calls for an immediate independent inquiry into the security failures that allowed the deadliest attack in his country’s history....
Gay couple in South Korea receives state benefits, marking huge step towards LGBTQ+ equality (www.advocate.com)
Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections (apnews.com)
Boeing faces fresh safety questions after engine fire on flight from Scotland (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing faces fresh questions about the safety of its aircraft after an engine fire on a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh caused an emergency landing soon after takeoff....
Violence against women in Brazil reaches highest levels on record (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil has recorded unprecedented levels of rape and other forms of gender-based violence for the second year running, amid growing concerns over rightwing efforts to criminalize rape victims who have an abortion....
Why Georgia’s government thinks it can scorn the EU and keep its grip on power (www.politico.eu)
Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, which begs the question of why the ruling party feels so secure....
Extremist Israeli minister makes provocative visit to al-Aqsa mosque (www.theguardian.com)
Police search for the truck driver who was filmed whipping migrants near Italian-French border (apnews.com)
Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border, officials said Wednesday....
Ursula von der Leyen wins second term as European Commission president (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18128972
“Excellence, respect, friendship”: Why hijab bans in French sports defy Olympic values and human rights Why hijab bans in French sports defy Olympic values and human rights (www.amnesty.org)
Delta Airlines appears to think Palestinian flag is "terrifying" (www.theguardian.com)
Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics (www.theguardian.com)
The energy giant Shell has quietly backed away from a pledge to rapidly increase its use of “advanced recycling”, a practice oil and petrochemical producers have promoted as a solution to the plastics pollution crisis....