Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach (theconversation.com)
West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed (www.bbc.com)
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while treating people who had been injured by Israeli settlers....
EU’s Michel tells Trump ‘get the facts straight’ on Ukraine funding (www.politico.eu)
“Don’t be intimidated by Putin. We aren’t,” Charles Michel said in message for Republican front-runner....
It's been called Israel's 'Guantanamo'. A doctor who worked in the secretive facility is now speaking out (www.abc.net.au)
Argentina Monthly Inflation Slowed More Than Expected in March (www.bloomberg.com)
Argentina keeps dropping the inflation numbers, good news for the country!
Some "evil elite" believers are now willing to use violence - DutchNews.nl (www.dutchnews.nl)
Some of the tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands, who believe in the concept of an “evil elite” and refuse to recognise the state or the rule of law, are prepared to use violence, the Dutch counter terrorism unit NCTV warned on Tuesday....
‘If you don’t have money to go to Europe by boat, you try to get there by starting a relationship with a tourist’: Sex tourism plagues Gambia (english.elpais.com)
Economic inequality is driving European tourists to the African country who come seeking sun, but also sex. Its government’s plans to attract ‘quality tourism’ have failed to take off...
Laura Kuenssberg: West facing 'authoritarian' alliance, says Nato chief (www.bbc.com)
An “alliance of authoritarian powers” is working more closely together against Western democracies, the head of Nato has warned....
What's behind China's gold-buying spree? (www.dw.com)
For more than a year, China’s central bank has been buying up large amounts of gold. The move, along with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, have helped spike the price of the precious metal to new highs....
President Macron says France and its allies 'could have stopped' the 1994 Rwanda genocide (apnews.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so, a strong declaration ahead of the African country’s 30th anniversary of the slaughter that left over 800,000 people dead....
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
Formally, the Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets. The sources told +972 and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, the army almost completely relied on Lavender,...
The ‘NYTimes’ is ignoring Israel’s crackdown in the West Bank (mondoweiss.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13941336...
‘Our beautiful sister’: Friends pay tribute to Australian aid worker killed in Gaza (www.smh.com.au)
US congressional delegation pledges continued defense support for Taiwan (apnews.com)
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that’s claimed by China....
Japan nappy maker shifts from babies to adults (www.bbc.com)
Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack (www.msn.com)
Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack (www.businessinsider.com)
Gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100....
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu Assails Schumer, Dramatizing Partisan Split Over Israel (www.nytimes.com)
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia glitch lets customers withdraw millions (www.bbc.com)
CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)
It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say experts...