Russian forces push deeper into northern Ukraine (www.bangkokpost.com)
In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and more territory per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.
Exclusive: Cambridge's wealthiest college to divest from arms companies (www.middleeasteye.net)
The University of Cambridge’s wealthiest constituent college, Trinity College Cambridge, has decided to divest from all arms companies, Middle East Eye can reveal....
Netanyahu hoped Hamas would reject Israel's offer. When it didn't, he turned to sabotage (www.haaretz.com)
Israel’s criminal defendant prime minister, more focused on saving his incompetent far-right government than saving the hostages who have spent seven months trapped in Gaza, is doing everything he can to torpedo Israel’s last and best chance at bringing the hostages home...
US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine (www.businessinsider.com)
A US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine....
‘What use is this court if it can’t stop the war?’ Gazans react to ICJ ruling (www.972mag.com)
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s Minister of Chaos (www.newyorker.com)
Feb. 2023 New Yorker profile unknowingly giving a prelude of what was to come....
Corrupt Real Estate Firms Are Displacing Indigenous Mexicans in New Colonialism (truthout.org)
Climate protesters try to break into Tesla's Germany factory, multiple people arrested (www.cnbc.com)
Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years (www.cnn.com)
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor (apnews.com)
UK will become dangerous under Keir Starmer, Says Rishi Sunak: vows to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP (www.arktrek.shop)
'Children Are Starving': Rafah Suffers as Israel Halts All Aid and Escalates Assault (www.commondreams.org)
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands (theconversation.com)
Parents of over 900 Israeli soldiers urge IDF to call off ‘death trap’ Rafah attack (www.theguardian.com)
Letter sent to defence minister and IDF chief says assault on city ‘appears to be nothing short of recklessness’...
3 Dead, 59 Injured After Huge Billboard Falls During Mumbai Dust Storm (www.ndtv.com)
Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli troops have continued their offensives across Gaza, deploying tank fire, artillery bombardment and airstrikes against Hamas militants in the most intensive round of fighting for weeks....
At least 300 people killed by flash floods in Afghanistan as humanitarian emergency looms (www.cnn.com)
least 300 people have died in flash flooding that has ravaged northern Afghanistan in recent days, the Word Food Programme said Sunday....
Less than 25% of the EU’s electricity came from fossil fuels in April (www.euronews.com)
The drop in fossil fuel generation was driven by wind and solar growth as well as the recovery of hydropower....
Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worse (www.euronews.com)
Italian welfare systems are already struggling to cope with the ageing of the population, and there is no consensus on what to do about it....
Russia's new Kharkiv offensive pushes Vovchansk to the brink of annihilation (kyivindependent.com)
Vovchansk is ground zero of Russia’s new offensive into Kharkiv Oblast, the first time a serious push has been made to take territory across the border since the area was liberated from Russian occupation in Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive in September 2022....
How Zionism became a synonym for violence and oppression (www.theguardian.com)
For decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...
German court upholds AfD 'suspected' extremist status (www.dw.com)
The designation could allow Germany’s intelligence agency to surveil and investigate members of the far-right party. The AfD says it plans to appeal the ruling....
Rise in UK knife attacks leads to a crackdown and stokes public anxiety (apnews.com)
A familiar horror reached Pooja Kanda first on social media: There had been a sword attack in London. And then Kanda, who was home alone at the time, saw a detail she dreaded and knew all too well....
