More people getting kidney failure in Singapore (www.straitstimes.com)
Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Germany’s foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, tweeted: “A large-scale offensive in #Rafah cannot be justified. Over a million refugees have sought protection there and have nowhere to go. A humanitarian truce is needed immediately so that more people don’t die and the hostages are finally released.”
Korea needs almost 900,000 more workers by 2032 to tackle slowing economy: vice minister (koreatimes.co.kr)
Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn a government plan to overhaul public broadcasting (apnews.com)
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands Slovaks rallied in the capital on Friday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting during a wave of anti-government protests....
Israel says it is trying to 'flood' Gaza with aid (www.yahoo.com)
UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’ (www.theguardian.com)
Israel talks with Hamas back on as terror group drops permanent ceasefire demand (www.telegraph.co.uk)
CAA Should Be for All Persecuted People ‘Irrespective of Religion’, Says Taliban (thewire.in)
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Death trap’: Israeli forces kill six in new attack on Gaza aid seekers (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli forces have shot dead at least six Palestinians and wounded 83 in Gaza City as they were waiting for food and humanitarian supplies at the Kuwait Roundabout, an area where large groups of people gather for arriving aid trucks....
Russians head to polls in a vote set to extend Putin’s rule. His foes are in jail, in exile or dead (apnews.com)
Voters headed to the polls in Russia on Friday for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule by six more years after he stifled dissent....
BP and UAE suspend $2 billion gas deal in Israel as Gaza war drags on | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
BP and an oil company owned by the United Arab Emirates have shelved talks to buy a 50% stake in Israel’s leading natural gas producer, judging the $2 billion deal too risky as the war in Gaza rages....
The US privately told Israel the kind of Rafah campaign it could support (www.politico.com)
Senior U.S. officials have told their Israeli counterparts the Biden administration would support Israel going after high-value Hamas targets in and underneath Rafah — as long as Israel avoids a large-scale invasion that could fracture the alliance....
Russian election: Alexei Navalny’s final plan to cause Vladimir Putin ‘maximum damage’ (www.politico.eu)
Before his death, the opposition leader laid out a strategy to challenge the Russian president....
Africa: 'Historic Milestone' As Child Mortality Hits Record Low of 4.9 Million in 2022 (allafrica.com)
US government delegation cuts short Saudi trip after rabbi is asked to remove kippah (www.timesofisrael.com)
US government delegation cuts short Saudi trip after rabbi is asked to remove kippah Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who chairs the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, says ‘no one should be denied access to a heritage site… simply for existing as a Jew’...
Portugal's election leaves the country uncertain of its future but heartens Europe's radical right (apnews.com)
Portugal’s inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty ahead, and give fresh energy to Europe’s shift toward the radical right....
A two-state solution is the only way for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel: Diplomat (english.alarabiya.net)
Rwanda's Economy Grew 8.2% in 2023 (allafrica.com)
3 Palestinians arrested in Italy on terrorist plot suspicion (www.i24news.tv)
Italians forced to cut back on Mediterranean cooking staple as prices skyrocket (www.independent.co.uk)
Greece and Spain have both seen olive oil sales plummet...
Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns (www.cbc.ca)
Report examined ‘shifts in domestic and international environments’ that could affect policing
Israeli government officials slam chief rabbi's threat of haredi exodus (www.jpost.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
