I believe in another Israel – one not defined by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cronies (www.theguardian.com)
The Israel that I meet every day is made up of people who want to forge a path towards peace and security for all...
She Was Kidnapped a Decade Ago With 275 Girls. Finally, She Escaped. (www.nytimes.com)
Kidnapped from their dormitory exactly 10 years ago, the 276 captives known as the Chibok Girls were catapulted to fame by Michelle Obama, by churches that took up the mostly Christian students’ cause and by campaigners using the slogan “Bring Back Our Girls.”...
A Russian pacifist helped Ukrainians flee the country. Then the Kremlin caught him (www.theguardian.com)
Since the start of the war over two years ago, a discreet network of unofficial Russian volunteers like Demidenko has sprung up that have helped tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war to get out of Russia. Many of the Ukrainians were forcibly deported to Russia or ended up in the country after finding no...
A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farm (electrek.co)
Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze (lemmy.world)
It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area....
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
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Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers (www.bbc.com)
For Many Western Allies, Sending Weapons to Israel Gets Dicey (www.nytimes.com)
The governments of Germany and the United States remain the backbone of international military support for Israel, accounting for 95 percent of major weapons systems sent to Israel, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which tracks the global weapons trade. So far, the pressure has not swayed them...
Unequipped and outgunned, Ukrainian military often can’t evacuate its wounded (kyivindependent.com)
The main reason for the absence of medical evacuation is simple and gruesome: The fighting is just too intense....
Turkey cable car accident: 174 people stranded in air rescued (www.euronews.com)
One cable car hit a pole on Friday afternoon, sending its passengers plummeting to the mountainside below....
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....
Brussels venue withdraws from Orbán conference (www.politico.eu)
Concert Noble will no longer host NatCon conference next week....
The Online Speech Given by Yanis Varoufakis After German Police Raid Palestine Congress [Brett Wilkins | Apr 12, 2024 | Common Dreams] (www.commondreams.org)
“Friends, we are here because vengeance is a lazy form of grief. We are here to promote not vengeance but peace and coexistence across Israel-Palestine.”
Government of Venezuela Rejects Any Form of Interference (www.telesurenglish.net)
Heat wave causes havoc in Mali, kills 100 people (africanperceptions.org)
Iran’s IRGC Seizes Israel-Linked Container Ship Near Hormuz (www.bloomberg.com)
The vessel’s beneficial owner is Zodiac Maritime Ltd., part of Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. No one responded to a call to Zodiac’s office in London, outside of normal business hours....
South Korea’s population dips below 50M (www.chosun.com)
Elderly set to exceed 30% by 2034...
Iranian attack on Israel expected ‘sooner rather than later’, says Joe Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has said he expects an Iranian attack on Israel “sooner rather than later” and issued a last-ditch message to Tehran: “Don’t.”...
Threat of Iranian attack on Israel is 'real and credible', says White House (www.bbc.com)
Tensions are high over the possibility Iran will retaliate for an air strike that killed senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago....
Russia says it conducts successful intercontinental ballistic missile test launch (www.reuters.com)
UN refugee chief says outflow of Gazans into Egypt would make conflict resolution impossible (www.reuters.com)
UNHCR chief warns that a potential assault on Rafah could lead to a refugee crisis, making the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible....
Five people killed in stabbing attack at Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction, alleged offender shot dead (www.abc.net.au)
With U.S. aid still stalled and its army at a breaking point, Ukraine warns: We will lose (www.nbcnews.com)
Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started (www.theguardian.com)
However, truck owners involved in the food deliveries, mostly Egyptian hauliers, are reluctant to let their vehicles be used inside Gaza for fear of them bombed or ransacked by starving Gazans. There is also a shortage of willing drivers after repeated incidents of aid trucks coming under fire, of which the WCK bombing has been...
Colombians told to shower with a friend as drought hits capital water supplies (www.theguardian.com)
Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two months...
