Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy (www.msn.com)
"What's really different here is we're not failing to prevent something, we're actively complicit. That is fundamentally different from any other situation I can recall,"
Taiwan elects parliament speaker ruling party views as pro-China (www.asahi.com)
TAIPEI–Taiwan’s parliament on Thursday elected a former presidential candidate for the largest opposition party as its new speaker, who will be responsible for hosting visiting foreign lawmakers and who the ruling party has said is pro-China....
Two women wearing hijabs denied entry to Democratic campaign event (www.aljazeera.com)
Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export due to hunter's creeping addiction (www.theguardian.com)
The Silence Of The Damned (countercurrents.org)
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity....
"Silent protest" held in Myanmar on 3rd anniversary of military coup (english.kyodonews.net)
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
Gunmen take seven staff hostage at Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey (www.theguardian.com)
Two gunmen have taken seven people hostage at a factory in Turkey owned by the US company Procter & Gamble, according to media reports, in an apparent protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza....
Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll (apnews.com)
Budget 2024 | India plans to expand EV ecosystem, pushes for greener public transport (www.cnbctv18.com)
Cyprus-led sting operation busts illegal European immigration ring that arranged sham marriages (apnews.com)
Cyprus officials said Wednesday they led a Europol-organized sting operation that dismantled an international criminal ring facilitating illegal immigration and residency in European Union countries using dozens of sham marriages on the east Mediterranean island nation.
US warship had close call with Houthi missile in Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials told CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship....
Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images (www.theguardian.com)
Thai court orders election winners to abandon plan to change royal insults law (www.reuters.com)
Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure (www.reuters.com)
German domestic spy agency has its former head, now a hard-right politician, under scrutiny (www.independent.co.uk)
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its former head, who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago, under scrutiny....
Israeli Gov't Press Office Hosts Evangelical Leader Who Calls for Bombing Iran (www.haaretz.com)
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Injured, hungry and alone - the Gazan children orphaned by war (www.bbc.com)
In the chaos caused by the ongoing fighting and with entire families almost wiped out, medics and rescuers often struggle to find carers for bereaved children....
China seized Japan's crown for vehicle exports in 2023, data shows (www.japantimes.co.jp)
China comes just shy of Japan as the world's largest car exporter (www.cnbc.com)
Japanese customs data showed the country exported 5.97 million vehicles last year, more than the 5.22 million vehicle exports that China customs data reported....
Biden says he's decided on response to Iran over deadly drone attack (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s decided how the U.S. is going to respond to the drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan by Iran-backed militants that killed three American soldiers....
Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery's painful legacy (www.nbcnews.com)
RIO DE JANEIRO — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation....
Israel Raids West Bank Hospital as Clashes Erupt With Hamas in Northern Gaza - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
Ukraine Situation Report: Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb's Arrival Finally Imminent (www.twz.com)
Ukraine’s top general refuses request from Zelenskiy to step down (www.theguardian.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his most senior military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, to step down on Monday but the popular general refused, triggering speculation that he will be dismissed instead....
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets....
