One of the world's richest women will support Trump if he promises to back Israel annexation of the West Bank (nymag.com)
More than 500 Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank: UN rights chief (news.un.org)
“Since the start of 2024, almost 200 Palestinians have been killed by the ISF, compared with 113 and 50 killed in the same periods in 2023 and 2022 respectively,” the statement from the UN rights chief’s office said....
Far-right AfD appears as strongest German party on TikTok (www.dw.com)
Politicians and figures linked to the far-right Alternative for Germany party use TikTok as a “parallel universe” to spread extremism, a study says. Meanwhile, other parties show “weak performance” on the platform....
Fake Tom Cruise Movie About the Paris Olympics Tied to Russian Disinformation (gizmodo.com)
Netherlands allows Ukraine to strike Russian territory with its F-16s (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
Cyber attack on London hospitals declared critical incident (www.bbc.com)
Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber attack led to operations being cancelled and emergency patients being diverted elsewhere....
Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists say calamities on same scale as disaster that has killed 169 will become more common if emissions not cut...
‘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...
Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europe’s far-right (abcnews.go.com)
Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Landslide Victory in Mexico Presidential Election (truthout.org)
Indonesia's Mt Ibu volcano erupts, spewing clouds of ash (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody (www.nbcnews.com)
Hong Kong detains artist on eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown (www.nbcnews.com)
Police in the Chinese territory took away Sanmu Chen on a street close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil to mourn the victims of the 1989 crackdown....
India’s early election results point to rebuke for Modi and his party (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say (apnews.com)
India Election Results Live: Modi ahead but markets plunge as landslide predictions fade (www.reuters.com)
"BJP and NDA’s seat share is lower-than-expected. There is only one state that has gone completely off the charts in our data: Uttar Pradesh. And that has pulled down the BJP’s own tally as well and this is the reason they are unable to touch the majority mark on their own at this point of time....
‘No one will hold Israel accountable’ as it targets medics in south Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
On March 26, a clear, brisk night, Abdullah Sharif Atwi, Abdulrahman al-Shaar, Ahmad al-Shaar, Baraa Abu Qais, Hussein al-Shaar, Muhammad al-Farouq Atwi and Muhammad Ragheed Hammoud were in the second-floor hangout....
Russia knows Putin's Crimea bridge is 'doomed,' Ukrainian official says (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia knows Putin’s Crimea bridge is “doomed,” a Ukrainian official told The Economist....
Portugal's new government tightens immigration rules (www.dw.com)
Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has vowed to put an end to the “wide-open doors” policy with new limitations on one of Europe’s most open immigration regimes....
Horizon IT scandal: BBC challenges former Post Office lawyer (www.bbc.co.uk)
Security tight in Hong Kong and China on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary (www.reuters.com)
The warring conmen at the heart of a €5bn carbon scam (www.theguardian.com)
Daphne and other scammers’ pillaging of Europe’s carbon market constitutes what the media have called “the fraud of the century” – billions of euros were stolen in a matter of months. The shadowy scheme attracted established crime rings and amateur hucksters alike, many of whom knew one another. Its web reached the...
Salman Rushdie’s alleged assailant seeks plea deal with US (www.semafor.com)
Hadi Matar, the man accused of nearly fatally stabbing British-American writer Salman Rushdie, is negotiating a plea agreement with both US state and federal prosecutors that could shed light on whether a foreign government or terrorist organization was involved in the attack, officials involved in the case told Semafor....
US-Made M270 and HIMARS Hammer Targets Inside Russia, First Cross-Border Strikes Since Biden Green Light (www.kyivpost.com)
Give 'em hell boys. President Biden sends his regards
Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female president of Mexico (english.elpais.com)
A woman will lead the country for the first time in history. President López Obrador’s successor has won a second term for the National Regeneration Movement and stifled the conservative coalition’s aspirations...