France is world's second biggest arms exporter, just ahead of Russia: report (www.rfi.fr)
Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world’s fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world’s second largest exporter behind the United States....
No crops, no brides: how rising seas are killing India’s coastal villages (www.theguardian.com)
As the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no future...
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Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving (www.politico.eu)
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France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections...
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9 dead, 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar’s Pemba Island (www.nbcnews.com)
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9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar's Pemba Island (apnews.com)
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Children in Haiti describe harrowing stories of survival as gangs rampage | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
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Italians forced to cut back on Mediterranean cooking staple as prices skyrocket (www.independent.co.uk)
Greece and Spain have both seen olive oil sales plummet...
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Plane veered off flight path after both pilots fell asleep, Indonesian authorities say (www.cnn.com)
Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni....
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Biden says he’ll sign bill that could ban TikTok if Congress passes it (thehill.com)
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Biden warns of ‘red line’ for Israel over Rafah (www.politico.eu)
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Biden backtracks on climate plans and ‘walks tightrope’ to court both young voters and moderates (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden, touted as the US’s first climate president, is presiding over the quiet weakening of his two most significant plans to slash planet-heating emissions, suggesting that tackling the climate crisis will take a back seat in a febrile election year....
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US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
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Myanmar General Arrested for Retreating as Ethnic Alliance Overran Northern Shan State (www.irrawaddy.com)
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Is the feared gang boss ‘Barbecue’ now the most powerful man in Haiti? (www.theguardian.com)
Jimmy Chérizier says he is leading Haiti’s poor against corrupt government forces but experts point to a dark and violent past...
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Seoul enhances infertility aid in response to 0.55 total fertility rate (www.chosun.com)
East Asia countries birth rate crisis continues. In response to total fertility rate of 0.55, Korea enhances infertility aid.
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Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s (www.theguardian.com)
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Saudi Arabia Joins Afghanistan And Iran As One of World's Leading Executioners (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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Saudi Arabia, UAE say Ramadan to begin Monday after moon sighting (english.alarabiya.net)
Annual core inflation hits 35.1% in February 2024: CBE - Dailynewsegypt (www.dailynewsegypt.com)
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Brazil's Move to Strengthen South America and Asia Trade (www.riotimesonline.com)
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Pope criticised for saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia (www.theguardian.com)
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Irish households save almost €17bn in 2023 but higher prices keeps pressure on (www.irishtimes.com)
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Treason charges after $50 for Ukraine: desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia (www.theguardian.com)
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