JNF UK's charity status helps fund Israel's settler enterprise (www.newarab.com)
The Jewish National Fund’s charity status allows it to use UK taxpayer money to fund green colonialism, illegal settlements, and militias, writes Tayab Ali....
Major rescue under way in Channel after boat carrying migrants capsizes - French media (news.sky.com)
Civil society organisations call for EU spyware ban. (www.euractiv.com)
Venezuelan judge issues arrest warrant for opposition’s former presidential candidate (apnews.com)
A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of a disputed election....
‘Moving in the Dark’: Hamas Documents Show Tunnel Battle Strategy (www.nytimes.com)
Hamas’s handbook for underground combat describes, in meticulous detail, how to navigate in darkness, move stealthily beneath Gaza and fire automatic weapons in confined spaces for maximum lethality....
Russia Hits Ukraine With Wave of Strikes as School Year Opens (www.nytimes.com)
Russia carried out its third large-scale bombardment of Ukraine in a week on Monday, with explosions ringing out early in the morning in Kyiv and several other cities after a volley of missiles was fired on the first day of the school year....
US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic (edition.cnn.com)
UK housing portal Rightmove surges as Murdoch's REA considers bid (www.reuters.com)
REA Group, the property listings company majority owned by News Corp, is considering buying Rightmove to create a global real estate company, the Australian firm said on Monday, sending the British housing portal’s shares soaring....
New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement split in two after controversial Congress (www.rnz.co.nz)
However, the meeting spokesperson has denied any "breakup" within the FLNKS.
How Italy’s largest fossil fuel company uses sustainability-linked bonds as a loophole to keep financing hydrocarbons. (voxeurop.eu)
Misleading media coverage and a lack of regulatory oversight are contributing to a huge climate blind spot: that both private and institutional investors have poured billions into Eni’s “green-labelled” bonds, under terms and conditions which give them the freedom to continue to fund carbon-emitting activities.
Israel’s West Bank Attacks Fuel Its Annexation Plans (theintercept.com)
DURING A TRIP to the West Bank to conduct research and visit her family in Nablus in 2022, Yara Asi remembered the moments when Israel’s military besieged the city, a major economic hub for the region, in an effort to weed out militants living there....
Fires at Russian energy plants after Ukraine drone attacks (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine has launched a wave of overnight drone attacks on Russia, causing fires at two Russian energy facilities....
Frustration deepens two years after UN report on China abuses (www.reuters.com)
Human-rights groups and the United Nations are using Saturday’s two-year anniversary of a landmark U.N. report to call for action on the document which said that China may have committed crimes against humanity in the Xinjiang region....
Taiwan's 3rd-largest political party head arrested over corruption scandal (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Germany warns over incendiary devices in freight: report (www.dw.com)
German security agencies say “unconventional incendiary devices” are being sent in parcels to recipients in several European countries, DPA news agency reports. The agencies say the packages are catching fire en route.
Modi's populism after India election reversal puts public finances at risk (www.reuters.com)
After reverses in the general election and facing possible losses in state polls this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition has stepped up cash handouts, debt waivers and other freebies, although he has previously criticised the policy....
Kılıçdaroğlu to stand trial for ‘praising’ PKK/YPG terrorism (www.dailysabah.com)
Gaza: Israel Kills Dozens More, Increases Forced Evacuations, Attacks Aid (www.democracynow.org)
We get an update from Gaza, where at least 68 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours as Israel continues its relentless assault on the territory. After nearly 11 months of war, the official Gaza death toll now stands at over 40,600, although the true figure is estimated to be much higher....
China’s international use of renminbi surges to record highs (www.ft.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/40941785...
Israel launches largest raids in occupied West Bank in at least 20 years (www.nbcnews.com)
Maduro regime accused of kidnapping lawyer as Venezuela braces for protests (www.theguardian.com)
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has accused Nicolás Maduro’s regime of “kidnapping” one of her key allies as the country braced for protests marking one month since the allegedly stolen presidential election and a cabinet reshuffle left government opponents fearing an upsurge in repression....
South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography after thousands found to be spreading images (www.theguardian.com)
One Telegram channel had 220,000 members creating and sharing doctored images and videos, with the president saying many of the victims and perpetrators are minors...
China Closes Border to Pressure Myanmar Ethnic Armies Into Peace Talks (www.irrawaddy.com)
Putin’s war is raising risk of another Chernobyl, says historian who inspired hit TV show (www.theguardian.com)
Serhii Plokhy, the celebrated Harvard historian, is the author of the definitive account not only of the genesis of the current war but also of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (for which he won the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction in 2018, and which was one source for the fabulous HBO drama of the disaster the following year)....