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Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers (www.bbc.com)

The country’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)

Did Donald Trump Jr just break the law by meeting with Viktor Orban? (www.independent.co.uk)

US tourist vanishes from Greek Island solo hike - days after Dr Michael Mosley death (www.independent.co.uk)

Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds (apnews.com)

Global rich must pay more to tackle climate crisis, says architect of Paris deal (www.theguardian.com)

Rich individuals in all countries must pay more to tackle the climate crisis, whether through taxes or charges on consumption, one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said....

While the US and EU are putting up barriers to Chinese cars, Australians are buying them at record levels (www.abc.net.au)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16322892...

Wealthy white men are UK’s biggest transport polluters, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study....

‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 pro-democracy activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion (www.theguardian.com)

Fourteen people have been found guilty in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial, the prosecution of the so-called “Hong Kong 47” pro-democracy campaigners....

Ukraine and EU push to start membership talks in June (www.politico.eu)

Hungary faces renewed pressure to drop its opposition to Kyiv’s accession bid....

Israeli army appears to be using Gaza hospital, school as bases, Washington Post reports (www.haaretz.com)

Israeli soldiers appear to be using the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in the Gaza Strip as a br for military operations, and, since March, also a school in the village of Juhor ad Dik, which is located about one kilometer from the border with Israel and was destroyed in the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, indicated...

Israel Has Blocked Medical Supplies From Gaza for 10 Days, WHO Says (truthout.org)

US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters (www.cnn.com)

Campus sex assault suspect accused of sending "So I raped you" message to victim is detained in France after 3-year-search (www.cbsnews.com)

‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters? (www.theguardian.com)

Last week one was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives...

Falklands dispute may last decades - Argentina president (www.bbc.com)

Argentina’s president Javier Milei says he accepts the Falkland Islands are currently “in the hands of the UK"....

Russia puts Ukraine's Zelenskiy on wanted list (www.reuters.com)

Russia has opened a criminal case against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and put him on a wanted list, the state news agency TASS reported on Saturday, an announcement Ukraine dismissed as evidence of Moscow’s “desperation”....

Catholic priest allegedly spends $40K of parish money on Candy Crush, slot machine apps (local12.com)

A Catholic priest allegedly spent $40,000 of church money on Candy Crush and slot machine apps....

Israel, US said working to prevent ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu (www.timesofisrael.com)

According to reports in several Israeli media, the United States is part of a last-ditch diplomatic effort to prevent the International Criminal Court from issuing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials....

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