Australia denounces Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank (www.abc.net.au)
Australia joins more than a dozen countries and the EU in expressing "grave concern" over violent attacks by settlers.
Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in Vatican financial trial sentenced to 5 1/2 years (www.nbcnews.com)
Maersk to pause all container ship traffic through the Red Sea (www.cnbc.com)
Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company told Reuters on Friday....
China accused of using sonic weapon against US ally (www.newsweek.com)
China’s maritime patrol ships deployed a suspected sonic weapon against Philippine government vessels on Saturday as they sought to obstruct a Philippines supply mission....
Putin orders soldiers to intensify attacks before Russian presidential elections (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Russians banned from travel to hand over passports within five days: Decree | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Six French teenagers convicted in connection with 2020 beheading of teacher Paty (www.reuters.com)
A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers in connection with the 2020 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder shocked the country....
Tokyo taxi driver arrested for allegedly running into and killing pigeon (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Revealed: Sellafield nuclear site [UK] has leak that could pose risk to public (www.theguardian.com)
Sellafield, Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site, has a worsening leak from a huge silo of radioactive waste that could pose a risk to the public, the Guardian can reveal....
Three assassinations plotted by India on Canadian soil: US indictment (www.cbc.ca)
Human Rights Watch says rocket misfire likely cause of deadly Gaza hospital blast (www.reuters.com)
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)
Takeaways on fine water, a growing trend for the privileged in a world that's increasingly thirsty (apnews.com)
Millions of people worldwide don’t have clean water to drink, even though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago. Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste...
A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It (newrepublic.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/5591570...
Vatican confirms ban on Catholics becoming Freemasons (www.reuters.com)
Pro-Palestinian protesters splash red paint on US consulate, MFAT buildings in Auckland (www.rnz.co.nz)
UK judges double down on mandate to pull infant off life support, denies parents' appeal to take baby to Italy (www.foxnews.com)
If you live in the USA, this has Terri Schiavo-energy all around. It’s different, I know. Terri was alive and braindead. This infant is gonna die. The court is sparing the infant pain....
Inside a Gaza bedroom, soldiers searching for tunnels find how low Hamas can go (www.timesofisrael.com)
Belgium wants sanctions against Israel for Gaza bombings - deputy PM (www.reuters.com)
Putin looks set to run for president in 2024 — and there's no one who can oppose him right now (www.cnbc.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly decided to run in the March 2024 presidential election and he’s likely to win another six-year term in office, essentially because there’s no one that can oppose him....
Ireland’s criticism of Israel has made it an outlier in the EU. What lies behind it? | Una Mullaly (www.theguardian.com)
Spain wants to cut its workweek to 37.5 hours with unemployment reaching a 15-year low of 11.6% (fortune.com)
This is an investiture agreement pact between the leading PSOE and its partner Sumar, with PSOE’s leader Pedro Sanchez being expected to be re-elected prime minister by the Parliament this month, meaning that, while there is a relatively clear agreement that these parties are about to continue leading the government and have...
Hindu nationalist leader apologizes for accidentally dehumanizing Sikhs instead of Muslims. (maktoobmedia.com)
Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for failing to prevent Hamas attack, instead blaming others (apnews.com)
A growing list of Israeli officials have accepted responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli communities during the Oct. 7 incursion that triggered the current Israel-Hamas war. Conspicuously absent from that roll call is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn (apnews.com)
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics....
