It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs (theconversation.com)
Over the last two years, growth in wages and salaries have not kept up with rises in the cost of living....
Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections (www.politico.eu)
A new 14,500-km subsea cable in the Arctic could reroute data traffic away from vulnerable choke points....
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack (www.reuters.com)
Russia's Putin signs decree on spring military conscription (www.cnbc.com)
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Germany legalises cannabis possession and home cultivation for personal use (news.sky.com)
Cannabis is currently classed as a narcotic under German law, but from 1 April that will change, with a new law decriminalising possession and home cultivation.
Anti-deforestation law will deepen Europe’s cocaine problem, warn ambassadors (www.politico.eu)
Ban on imports linked to deforestation might push South American farmers to grow more illegal coca....
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)
Iranian journalist stabbed on his way to work in London (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Pouria Zeraati was attacked before recording for Iran International, an independent broadcaster critical of the Tehran regime
Xi Jinping is caught in a bind: How do I undermine US power while also courting its investors? (www.businessinsider.com)
Xi Jinping on Wednesday was playing nice with US business leaders and academics on Wednesday....
US ‘doesn't support’ Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
France to sue teen for falsely accusing school head in headscarf row (www.bbc.com)
France’s prime minister says a teenage girl will be sued by the state for falsely accusing her headteacher of striking her in a heated exchange over her wearing an Islamic head-covering....
Russia Amps Up Online Campaign Against Ukraine Before U.S. Elections (www.nytimes.com)
Russia has intensified its online efforts to derail military funding for Ukraine in the United States and Europe, largely by using harder-to-trace technologies to amplify arguments for isolationism ahead of the U.S. elections, according to disinformation experts and intelligence assessments....
Climate change driving up inflation in food prices: Study (thehill.com)
Rising global temperatures are associated with inflation in food prices, both in regions that are already hotter and in countries outside the tropics like the U.S., according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment....
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (www.ohchr.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13664088...
Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea (apnews.com)
The Philippines lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing on Monday and summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and heavily damaged their boat in the disputed South China Sea, officials said....
Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles (apnews.com)
Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles....
Mystery dairy cow disease confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza (www.feedstuffs.com)
Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront (www.bbc.com)
Mrs Weiss heads a radical settler organisation called Nachala, or homeland. For decades, she has been kickstarting Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, on Palestinian land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Some in the settler movement have cherished the dream - or pipedream - of...
India and Russia have taken extra care to look after each other's interests : Indian External Affairs Minister (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Argentines march on 1976 coup anniversary, show anger over Milei 'revisionism' (www.france24.com)
UNRWA accuses Israel of cutting off aid convoys to northern Gaza Strip (www.jpost.com)
UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillipe Lazzarini claimed that Israeli authorities had informed the UN that they would no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to the north of the Gaza Strip, according to a post on X on Sunday.
Who is thought to be behind the Moscow attack? (www.theguardian.com)
Islamic State has claimed responsibility and experts say an IS branch – Islamic State Khorasan Province – is prime suspect...
U.S. Gaza ceasefire resolution vetoed by China, Russia at UN Security Council (www.axios.com)
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
