Backlash Against Weaponized Dollar Is Growing Across the World (finance.yahoo.com)
(Bloomberg) – All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the US dollar.
Unfathomable': Lancet Study Estimates Gaza Death Toll May Exceed 186,000 (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17363648...
French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government (www.theguardian.com)
Russia's biggest energy company says it'll take it at least 10 years to recover gas sales lost because of the Ukraine war (finance.yahoo.com)
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom won’t recover gas sales lost to the Ukraine war for at least a decade....
Report: Vast Majority of Children Under 5 in Gaza Going Full Days Without Food (truthout.org)
According to a food survey conducted by humanitarian aid groups in May, 85 percent of children under 5 were deprived of food at least one day over a three day period. Official death counts reported by Gaza’s government do not include deaths by starvation; at least 30 children have been recorded starving to death in Gaza so...
UK’s Sunak promises mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if elected [26 May 2024 | Al Jazeera] (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15826549...
Russia must pay for Ukraine rebuild, Blinken says (www.bbc.com)
Speaking in Kyiv, Mr Blinken said Washington has the power to seize Russian assets in the US and will use them to help rebuild Ukraine....
Hamas and Iran celebrate anti-Gaza war protests taking US colleges by storm (www.usatoday.com)
'Tank of the future': France and Germany sign new arms deal (www.euronews.com)
France’s defence minister received his German counterpart on Friday to ink a deal between the two countries to build a next-generation battle tank....
Argentina asks to join NATO as President Milei seeks a more prominent role for his nation (apnews.com)
Argentina formally requested on Thursday to join NATO as a global partner, a status that would clear the way for greater political and security cooperation at a time when the right-wing government of President Javier Milei aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment....
Snake on a bullet train causes rare railway delay in Japan | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames (www.bbc.com)
Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire....
Are embassies off-limits? Ecuadorian and Israeli actions suggest otherwise − and that sets a dangerous diplomatic precedent (theconversation.com)
Europe must get ready for looming war, Donald Tusk warns (www.theguardian.com)
The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, says Europe is entering a “prewar” era, cautioning that the continent is not ready and urging European countries to step up defence investment....
Much of Putin's inner circle thinks Ukraine had nothing to do with the Moscow terror attack, badly undermining him, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Putin’s inner circle isn’t buying his claim that Kyiv is connected to the Moscow terror attack, Bloomberg reported....
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote | Benjamin Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Pornhub and other adult sites sue EU over landmark digital content law (www.aljazeera.com)
Pornhub and two other adult sites are suing the European Union over a landmark digital content law, the Digital Services Act, which imposes age verification and other obligations on large platforms. The European Commission last year named Pornhub, Xvideos and Stripchat as a category of “very large online platform” under the...
Russia arrests US dual national over alleged $51 Ukrainian charity donation (www.theguardian.com)
Israel says it will launch Rafah assault if hostages not freed by Ramadan (www.theguardian.com)
A member of Israel’s war cabinet has said the country will launch its threatened ground offensive against Rafah, the last place of relative safety in Gaza, if Hamas does not release its remaining Israeli hostages by the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in just under three weeks....
Estonia Says Russia Is Preparing For A Military Confrontation With The West (www.rferl.org)
Financial Times: “Russia intends to double the number of its troops stationed along its border with the Baltic states and Finland as it prepares for a potential military conflict with NATO within the next decade, according to Estonia’s foreign intelligence service.”
Biden criticises Israel military campaign in Gaza as ‘over the top’ (www.theguardian.com)
US President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel’s military response in Gaza has been “over the top” and said he is seeking a “sustained pause in the fighting” to help ailing Palestinian civilians....
US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say (www.bbc.com)
Hamas rejects hostage deal amid Qatari, US optimism (www.jpost.com)
Hamas rejected a hostage deal drafted in Paris over the weekend because it did not include a permanent ceasefire.
Theodore Luhaka: Aspiring footballer left with 'serious anal injuries' - French police officers given suspended sentences (news.sky.com)
Iran says attacks by its allies won’t stop until Israel’s war in Gaza ends (www.cnn.com)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
