Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal (www.nytimes.com)
Yellen urges world leaders to 'unlock' frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine (apnews.com)
Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report (www.jpost.com)
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Russia places Estonia’s prime minister on wanted list (edition.cnn.com)
North Korea cracks down on homes converted into Airbnb-style lodgings (www.rfa.org)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says ‘US credibility is at stake’ when asked about Trump’s NATO comments (www.cnn.com)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Monday that “US credibility is at stake” in the wake of comments from former President Donald Trump that he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO partners that don’t meet spending guidelines on defense....
Head of UN agency for Palestinians defies Israeli calls to quit (archive.md)
The intelligence assessment, which has been seen by the FT, provides no evidence for the claims, which it says are based on smartphone intercepts and captured identity cards.
North Korea scraps all economic cooperation agreements with South Korea (globalnews.ca)
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has voted to scrap all agreements signed with South Korea on promoting economic cooperation, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday, as the two Koreas’ relations continue to deteriorate sharply....
US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad (www.bbc.com)
A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad....
Netanyahu meets Argentina’s new leader Milei, ‘a great friend’ of Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)
Giant successor to Hadron Collider could uncover secrets of 95% of the universe (news.sky.com)
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza (theintercept.com)
How did a raccoon knock out power for large swaths of downtown Toronto last night? (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.
Israel-Hamas war: Germany joins states pausing UNRWA funding (www.dw.com)
Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks (www.nytimes.com)
American-led negotiators are edging closer to an agreement in which Israel would suspend its war in Gaza for about two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas, a deal that could be sealed in the next two weeks and would transform the conflict consuming the region....
Japan allows women to participate in ‘naked man’ festival for first time in its 1,250-year history (www.independent.co.uk)
A shrine in Japan that organises the famous Naked Man festival will allow women to participate for the first time in its 1,250-year history....
Germany considers entry ban on Austrian behind mass deportation plan (www.theguardian.com)
Poland Is ‘Next’ After Russia Wins Ukraine War, Putin Ally Says - The Messenger (themessenger.com)
Zelensky calls for seized Russian billions to rebuild Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
President Zelensky has called for some of the Russian billions seized by world banks to be sent to rebuild Ukraine....
Putin says Ukraine's statehood at risk if pattern of war continues (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s statehood could suffer an “irreparable blow” if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request of...
Tearful Russian billionaire who spent $2 billion on art tells jurors Sotheby's cheated him (abcnews.go.com)
Day one of the ICJ genocide hearing against Israel: Key takeaways (www.aljazeera.com)
Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows (theintercept.com)
The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza showed a consistent bias against Palestinians, according to an Intercept analysis of major media coverage....
Extreme heat is pushing India to the brink of ‘survivability.’ One obvious solution is also a big part of the problem | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit teen cooked alive for protesting against molestation (www.telegraphindia.com)
