‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates...
Netanyahu labels US student protests ‘antisemitic’ and calls for them to end (www.theguardian.com)
Psychologist becomes first person in Peru to die by euthanasia after yearslong court fight (www.nbcnews.com)
Ana Estrada fought successfully in court to obtain the right to decide when to end her life with the help of medical professionals....
What $61bn US aid boost could mean for Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
A $61bn package of military aid for Ukraine could be signed off within days. So what weapons might it receive and what difference could they make in trying to stem Russian advances?...
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn (www.theguardian.com)
The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history...
The Jerusalem Post: "Netanyahu asks IDF to provide 'target options' for Iranian attack - report" (www.jpost.com)
According to the report, the targets include an Iranian facility in Tehran or a cyberattack....
13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip (euromedmonitor.org)
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor estimates that over 13,000 Palestinians are either missing under debris, buried in indiscriminate mass graves, or forcibly disappeared in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, where some have even been killed. The circumstances surrounding the deaths of these prisoners and detainees have not yet...
IDF shows journalists raw footage of the October 7 Hamas terror attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Why anyone would defend these people is beyond me call me a genocider cause I support my homeland and my religion I don’t care .
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West....
Ukraine: NATO membership a question of 'when, not if' (www.dw.com)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has reportedly floated a five-year, €100 billion package that allies are set to discuss in Brussels. Ahead of the meeting, he said Ukraine’s NATO membership was a question of “when, not if.”
Lured with promise of Russian bride & job, 2 tortured for refusing to join army | Times of India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
“No bobs or vagene for you. But avoid the army and you’ll face torture” perfectly sums up the state of orcland these days.
Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes (news.sky.com)
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists have protested by again blocking the entrances of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) office in Jerusalem and calling for the body’s closure....
Zelensky on Moscow shooting: Putin's attempts to link it to Ukraine 'absolutely predictable' (kyivindependent.com)
Boy's killing leads to scrutiny of Israel's use of deadly force against Palestinians (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground.
Gaza is getting less than half the humanitarian aid it needs to avoid famine (english.elpais.com)
[The] U.N. World Food Programme estimates that at least 300 trucks of food are needed every day to meet the basic needs of the population. During the first half of March, an average of 159 trucks a day have entered Gaza, representing 40% of the minimum amount required, according to U.N. data. Before the Israeli offensive, an...
Russia says it killed large number of Ukrainian soldiers with ‘vacuum bomb’ in claim Kyiv calls nonsense (www.cnn.com)
Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a destructive so-called “vacuum bomb” in a claim Ukraine swiftly called nonsense....
Nearly half of the planet suffers from a neurological disease (english.elpais.com)
The drastic drop in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has opened a gap for fentanyl in Europe (english.elpais.com)
Israel says it plans 'humanitarian islands' for Gaza displaced (www.bbc.com)
Israel’s military has said it plans to move displaced Palestinians in Gaza to what it called “humanitarian islands” in the middle of the strip, ahead of any offensive in Rafah....
China puts trust in AI to maintain largest high-speed rail network on Earth (www.scmp.com)
Britain faces an alarming rise in intimidation and threats of violence against those accused of Blasphemy, report warns (www.thetimes.co.uk)
US leads global oil production for sixth straight year: EIA (www.businesstimes.com.sg)
Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death (www.democracynow.org)
Exclusive: Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles (www.reuters.com)
