Japan plans to release Fukushima water as early as August 24th (apnews.com)
‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say (www.vice.com)
How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
An analysis of battlefield videos released by Hamas and interviews with three Hamas members and scores of Israeli soldiers...
Putin threatens to arm North Korea, warns U.S. ally South against 'big mistake' (www.nbcnews.com)
The Russian president said Friday that his country will continue to develop its nuclear arsenal, days after signing a new mutual defense pact with Kim Jong Un....
Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads in Japan (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/26713045...
A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe (www.nature.com)
Gaza: After ICJ order to halt attacks on Rafah, Israel launches over 60 air raids on the city in 48 hours (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - Israel continues to ignore orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), including the Court’s most recent ruling. This ruling requires Israel to halt its military assault on the Rafah Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip and reopen the Rafah border crossing to facilitate the movement of...
Putin has ‘both eyes’ on Gotland, warns Sweden’s army chief (www.politico.eu)
After being demilitarized in 2005, Sweden re-introduced permanent troops to Gotland in 2016, following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Sweden also became NATO’s newest member in March — meaning it is covered by the alliance’s Article 5 guarantee that all other members come to each other’s...
Egypt changed terms of Gaza ceasefire deal presented to Hamas, surprising negotiators, sources say (www.cnn.com)
Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and set a pathway to temporarily end the fighting in Gaza, according to three people familiar with the...
"That is madness": Pope Francis condemns Texas migrant crackdown, rejects "conservative" Catholicism (www.salon.com)
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
“We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good,” the head of lran’s Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war (www.middleeasteye.net)
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare “total victory” so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration (www.politico.eu)
Vladimir Putin is not on the guest list, but Russian representatives have been invited to take part in WWII anniversary ceremony....
Gunman Who Shot Slovak PM Linked to Pro-Russian Extremist Group (www.kyivpost.com)
The State Department said that Israel's military campaign in Gaza may have violated international law. (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has violated international law, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday....
Barcelona is parched — and angry at quenched tourists (www.politico.eu)
The yawning gap between locals’ and visitors’ consumption is stoking long-standing resentments ahead of an election....
Attacks on German politicians stir memories of Nazi past (www.politico.eu)
Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history....
Gaza mass grave: Almost 400 bodies have been found, says Palestinian Civil Defense | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14905603...
M'sia finds parasitic worms in China canned sardine (tnp.straitstimes.com)
EU sets TikTok ultimatum over 'addictive' new app feature (www.dw.com)
The European Commission is threatening to suspend the TikTok Lite rewards programme, unless the Chinese-owned app provides answers within 24 hours....
Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft (www.bloomberg.com)
Russia to Hire Contract Soldiers in Bid to Avoid Unpopular Draft. Russia is preparing to enlist more contract soldiers as it presses its invasion of Ukraine, aiming to avoid at least for now another mass call-up that could undermine popular support for the war
Three killed after high winds pull them out of their apartments in China (www.cnn.com)
Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled them out through their apartment windows in southern China, as extreme weather battered the region over the past week....
Images suggest Israel ran over Palestinian detainee with armoured vehicle (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israeli forces in Gaza destroyed the body of a Palestinian man by running him over either using a tank or a bulldozer, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said on Friday....
US Blocks Security Council Statement Condemning IDF Killing of Gazans Seeking Aid (www.commondreams.org)
Canada to start airdropping aid into Gaza within days (www.cbc.ca)
The Canadian government will begin airdropping aid into Gaza within the next week, a government source tells CBC News.