French election descends into madcap reality TV (www.politico.eu)
The French political class is tearing itself apart with feuding and backbiting ahead of this month’s vote....
US will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system after Kyiv's desperate calls for air defenses (apnews.com)
The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region....
U.S. Bans Imports From 3 Chinese Companies Over Ties to Forced Labor (www.nytimes.com)
Ukrainian Special Forces and Syrian Rebels Decimate Russian Mercenaries in Syria (www.kyivpost.com)
Gaza: UN says gunmen were filmed in abandoned Rafah aid warehouse (www.bbc.com)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released drone footage that it said showed armed “terrorists roaming and shooting” next to marked UN vehicles at the facility in eastern Rafah on Saturday....
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...
David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers (www.theguardian.com)
General Staff: Russia has lost 466,150 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 (kyivindependent.com)
Out of the half a million troops killed I wonder how many were actually Russians? Doesn’t look like things are working out for them.
Mass graves of Palestinians point to "serious violations" of international law, UN official says (www.salon.com)
Spain accidentally releases drug lord who planned to kill heir to Dutch throne (www.politico.eu)
Australian PM calls Elon Musk an 'arrogant billionaire' in row over attack footage (www.bbc.com)
Australia’s leader has called Elon Musk an “arrogant billionaire” in an escalating feud over X’s reluctance to remove footage of a church stabbing....
China is a threat to Europe’s gunpowder supply, defense boss warns (www.politico.eu)
Saab chief cautions that Beijing dominates supplies of a key component to make powder to fire shells, and metal for submarines and warships....
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe (www.theguardian.com)
An unprecedented leap of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth is a harbinger of a disaster for humans and the local ecosystem...
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)
The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant on Tuesday (www.nbcnews.com)
Putin says he won't start a war with NATO. But Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets (apnews.com)
Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Chinese ship with missiles after promising to leave them alone (www.businessinsider.com)
The Houthis reportedly said they would avoid attacking Chinese ships off the coast of Yemen....
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting (www.nytimes.com)
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving (www.politico.eu)
Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
Fears raised over ‘Chinese spy cranes’ in US ports (www.telegraph.co.uk)
How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy (www.nytimes.com)
Palestinian Boy In Photos That Showed Reality Of Gaza Famine Dies Of Malnourishment (www.huffpost.com)
Israel Gaza: Checking Israel's claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fighters (www.bbc.com)
The toll of at least 30,035 killed, from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, has previously been described as trustworthy by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional emergency director Richard Brennan....
