Fast Food Restaurant Sparks Outrage With Anne Frank Burger and Hitler Fries (www.vice.com)
Scientists observe world's 1st repairing metal (www.livescience.com)
“Of course, there are lots of industries whose product engineers would love to translate this finding into intentional engineering approaches to create metals that automatically heal themselves in our structural applications,” lead-author Brad Boyce, a materials scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New...
Two large oil tankers collide and catch fire near Singapore (www.reuters.com)
Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push (www.politico.eu)
Germany, which overcame its initial reluctance to support Ukraine to become the country’s biggest European supplier of military aid, looks poised to change course as the finance minister said the government would slash future assistance by half in order to fulfill other spending priorities....
Many US solar factories are lagging. Except those China owns (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18089617
China, Russia announce joint naval exercises (www.voanews.com)
China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.
NATO’s Pledges to Ukraine Fall Short for a Counteroffensive This Year (www.nytimes.com)
Despite billions of dollars in additional weapons and security assistance that NATO announced this week, allied officials said Ukraine would not be ready to launch a dramatic counteroffensive or retake large swaths of territory from Russia until next year....
BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....
Russian plot to kill European weapons chief foiled by US and Germany (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24848057
Putin's War in Ukraine Fuels Income Rise for Russia (www.newsweek.com)
New data shows that Russia is now a “high-income” country, despite the enforcement of numerous sanctions intended to hurt the economy.
Israeli Supreme Court rules that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men (www.npr.org)
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service (www.theguardian.com)
Heads of churches say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax, upsetting status quo (apnews.com)
Russia mocks Macron following EU election defeat (www.politico.eu)
Russia was definitely watching the results of the EU election....
Government shutters what remained of Women, Genders, Diversity Ministry - Buenos Aires Herald (buenosairesherald.com)
Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed (apnews.com)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military’s heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children, were brought to local hospitals, a health...
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' (apnews.com)
‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
North Korean trash balloons are dumping ‘filth’ on South Korea (www.cnn.com)
Everyone should read this, it’s hilarious....
Latin American voters ditch socialism for free enterprise (www.dw.com)
Jose Raul Mulino’s election victory in Panama confirms a shift in Latin America economic policies. Disenchanted with years of state intervention in the economy, voters now hope free markets will improve their lives....
Israel recalls its ambassadors from Ireland and Norway over their recognition of a Palestinian state (abcnews.go.com)
US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier (www.bbc.com)
The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the US military has confirmed....
Gaza ministry revises down figures for women and children confirmed killed (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health has revised down figures for the number of women and children confirmed killed in the conflict in the coastal strip....
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Arrest Netanyahu for 'crimes against humanity' - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., says Israel is about to commit "crimes against humanity" and on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court to arrest Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Romney and Blinken Admit Tiktok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News (truthout.org)
