Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications (www.dw.com)
Overwhelmed with incoming migrants, Cypriot President has announced a suspension of Syrian asylum applications....
Georgia’s EU bid is being sabotaged by its own government, Brussels fears (www.politico.eu)
Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, but the government seems to fear that membership could undermine its grip on power....
She Was Kidnapped a Decade Ago With 275 Girls. Finally, She Escaped. (www.nytimes.com)
Kidnapped from their dormitory exactly 10 years ago, the 276 captives known as the Chibok Girls were catapulted to fame by Michelle Obama, by churches that took up the mostly Christian students’ cause and by campaigners using the slogan “Bring Back Our Girls.”...
Fashion giants linked to deforestation in Brazil (www.dw.com)
Major brands like Zara and H&M sell garments produced with cotton from Brazilian farms. These have been linked to deforestation and land grabbing, according to a new investigation...
EU parliament approves new policies that make migration, asylum harder (www.africanews.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/eu-parliament-approves-new-poli…...
Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023 (www.nytimes.com)
Turkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate over Gaza (apnews.com)
Turkey, a staunch critic of Israel’s military actions in the territory, announced that it was restricting exports of 54 types of products to Israel with immediate effect. They include aluminum, steel, construction products, jet fuel and chemical fertilizers. In response, Israel said it was preparing a ban on products from...
Morocco drought: Satellite images show vital Al Massira reservoir is shrinking (www.bbc.com)
Morocco’s second-largest reservoir that serves some of its major cities and has been central to farm irrigation is drying up, according to satellite images analysed by the BBC....
U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons (wapo.st)
The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led...
EU increases tariffs on Russian grain to hamper its war effort – but it’s European consumers who could feel the pinch (theconversation.com)
Israel’s security at core of German foreign policy due to Holocaust, ICJ hears (www.theguardian.com)
Nicaragua told the ICJ that it was “pathetic” for Germany to provide Palestinians with humanitarian aid while supplying the arms that killed them, and that Germany seemed “not to be able to differentiate between self-defence and genocide”.
Betta Edu probe: Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation - EFCC (www.bbc.com)
Nigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial watchdog says....
Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel until Gaza ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
Turkey restricted exports of a wide range of products to Israel on Tuesday until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza, in Ankara’s first significant measure against Israel after six months of war....
LGBTQ+ Africans fled to a UN refugee camp to escape brutal persecution. It followed them there. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Ukraine nuclear power plant attack: scientists assess the risks (www.nature.com)
Three boys to face trial over child’s murder in case that shocks China (www.theguardian.com)
Suspects, all under 14 at time, are accused of bullying classmate over long period before killing him in Hebei last month...
Occupy Brussels! Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe (www.politico.eu)
In the Hungarian leader, the EU faces a new type of Euroskeptic, one who doesn’t want to leave the bloc but shape it....
How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation (www.reuters.com)
Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights?...
Orbán Challenger Promises New Era of Hungarian Politics at Massive Budapest Rally (www.commondreams.org)
Yellen says global concerns growing over China's excess industrial capacity (www.reuters.com)
New Report: Killing starving Palestinians, targeting aid trucks is a deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - A new Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor report titled “Killing starving Palestinians and targeting aid trucks: A deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip” reveals the killing of 563 Palestinians and the injury of 1,523 more due to Israel’s targeting of people waiting for aid,...
Senegal’s Democracy Passes Crucial Test (www.ipsnews.net)
China tests US voter fault lines and ramps AI content to boost its geopolitical interests - Microsoft On the Issues (blogs.microsoft.com)
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse (www.theguardian.com)
New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide (apnews.com)
The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The women then wipe the bone pieces with their hands as others watch in solemn silence....
