Calls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surges (www.aljazeera.com)
Riots in France have already cost businesses more than $1 billion | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/17713638...
Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust (www.aljazeera.com)
CBC says killing of 22,600 Palestinians doesn’t merit terms ‘murderous,’ ‘brutal’ (breachmedia.ca)
Chinese celebrity chef offends China with egg fried rice video (www.theguardian.com)
Cluster bombs: Ukraine using munitions 'effectively', says US (www.bbc.com)
The White House has confirmed that Ukraine is using US cluster bombs against Russian forces in the country....
Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East? (www.theguardian.com)
If Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration last week, he must be sadly disappointed. Less than 12 hours after Pezeshkian was sworn in, an explosion, reportedly caused by a remotely controlled bomb, shook an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound in...
Prepare for Putin pivot to invade us, say Baltic states (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Diplomats say Putin’s brutalisation of Ukraine has brought back darkest memories of occupation under Stalin...
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
In a rare move, Pope Francis forcibly removed a Texas bishop who had called him too progressive (apnews.com)
Pope Francis on Saturday forcibly removed the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a firebrand conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the U.S. Catholic hierarchy....
Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’ (theguardian.com)
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has described rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” while defending her decision to restrict the use of tents by homeless people on the streets of Britain....
Israel says Islamic Jihad rocket misfire caused blast near Gaza hospital (www.timesofisrael.com)
Full IDF Spokesperson statement:...
Israeli strikes flatten buildings, mosques in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 313 Palestinians have been killed as Israel struck 426 targets in Gaza, its military said, flattening residential buildings in giant explosions....
Denmark to seek legal means to prevent Quran burnings (www.aljazeera.com)
The Danish government will try to find legal means that will enable authorities to prevent the burning of copies of the Quran in front of other countries’ embassies in Denmark, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has said....
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
World's richest 1% gained $40 tn in a decade: Oxfam (www.france24.com)
Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir (www.independent.co.uk)
How to fix Korea's birthrate? Put girls in school earlier, controversial report argues (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
“Notably, Chang’s report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and...
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' (abcnews.go.com)
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah (www.commondreams.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15001340...
Israeli minister Ben Gvir calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding (www.middleeasteye.net)
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
Gaza: Children killed as Israeli strike on playground leaves 11 dead (www.thenational.scot)
At least 11 people, including children, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, it has been reported....
Israel's defence against Iran attack overnight 'likely cost over $1bn' (www.middleeasteye.net)
It cost Israel more than $1bn to activate its defence systems that intercepted Iran’s massive drone and missile attack overnight, according to a former financial adviser to Israel’s military....
