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US blocks British court from British territory (www.bbc.com)

Greece defends new six-day working week legislation, says it's an 'exceptional measure' (www.cnbc.com)

The Greek government has defended its new six-day working week policy, saying it is an “exceptional measure” that would only be applied in “specific circumstances.”...

Russian court finds playwright and director duo guilty over Isis wives play (www.independent.co.uk)

A military court in Moscow convicted a Russian playwright and a theatre director for “justifying terrorism” in a play about Isis brides and sentenced them to six years in prison each....

A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that (apnews.com)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)

Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....

Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men (www.lgbtqnation.com)

China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)

State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.

Israeli Generals, Low on Munitions, Want a Truce in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)

Israel’s top generals want to begin a cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for the time being, widening a rift between the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has opposed a truce that would allow Hamas to survive the war....

Ukraine war briefing: Thousands of Ukrainian convicts join fight against Russian forces (www.theguardian.com)

Squatters take London’s housing crisis into their own hands (www.reuters.com)

In the shopping streets and housing estates of the south London town of Croydon, some once-derelict buildings are slowly coming back to life....

FT: Ukraine, US, Israel in talks to send up to 8 Patriot systems to Kyiv (kyivindependent.com)

Turkey attacked Kurdistan Region over 800 times this year: Monitor (www.rudaw.net)

Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change (apnews.com)

The Norwegian government on Tuesday signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary....

Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs (www.reuters.com)

Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices, has been excluding female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant because they are married. Both companies’ codes of conduct state that workers shouldn’t be discriminated against on the basis of marital status....

Netanyahu walks back proposal for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal endorsed by Biden (www.axios.com)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he is interested in a “partial deal” with Hamas that will free “some of the hostages” held in Gaza and allow Israel to continue fighting in the enclave....

Veronika Slowikowska worked toward making it as an actor for years. Then she went viral (apnews.com)

When Veronika Slowikowska graduated from college in 2015, she did what conventional wisdom says aspiring actors should do: Work odd jobs to pay the bills while auditioning for commercials and background roles, hoping you eventually make it....

Iran's water crisis leads to alarming ground collapse (www.dw.com)

A drought in Iran is causing the ground to subside, threatening Tehran and hundreds of other towns....

BBC.com: Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (www.bbc.com)

Aer Lingus begins contacting up to 40,000 passengers to be affected by flight cancellations from next week (m.independent.ie)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16769411...

640 Palestinian children detained in West Bank since October 7 (www.newarab.com)

The Israeli army has arrested and beaten children as young as seven in the West Bank amid its indiscriminate war on Gaza....

Israel Has “Systematically Violated” Laws Regarding Civilian Harm, UN Finds (truthout.org)

Israeli forces have demonstrated a pattern of systematically targeting densely populated civilian areas across hundreds of attacks in Gaza that likely violate international wartime laws, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) found in a report released Wednesday....

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