Mexico elects first female president with Claudia Sheinbaum as projected winner (www.nbcnews.com)
Continued Israeli Assault Forces 1 Million Palestinians From Rafah (truthout.org)
The assault on Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, has left the displaced in “unspeakable” conditions, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media. Approximately 1.7 million displaced people are now in Khan Younis and “Gaza Middle Areas,” according...
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake (apnews.com)
Why North Korea dumped trash on South Korea (www.vox.com)
India elections: exit polls show Narendra Modi expected to win historic third term (www.theguardian.com)
China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary (theconversation.com)
Dutch tourist accused of defacing ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum (www.reuters.com)
A Dutch tourist has defaced a frescoed wall in an ancient Roman house in Herculaneum, near Naples, damaging a building that survived the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, Italian police said on Monday....
Suspect detained in Romania after throwing petrol bomb outside Israeli embassy (www.reuters.com)
A foreign citizen was detained in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Monday after throwing a Molotov cocktail outside the Israeli embassy, causing no damage or casualties, police said....
Zelenskiy: Trump risks being ‘loser president’ if he imposes bad deal on Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
A Former President’s Daughter Used X to Bombard South Africa With Conspiracy Theories (www.wired.com)
Israel confirms 4 hostages killed in Gaza, military investigating circumstances of deaths | CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr warns China against 'acts of war' (www.bbc.com)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate....
German tanks and troops in Lithuania have one goal: Scare off Russia (www.politico.eu)
Lithuania is busy digging up a remote forest to host German troops....
Excerpts from Texas Letters, an ongoing anthology featuring writers in solitary confinement (texasobserver.social)
An inquiry has recommended Australia legislate a Human Rights Act (mastodon.au)
Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over Beijing's price demands, Financial Times reports (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s attempts to conclude a major gas pipeline deal with China have run aground over what Moscow sees as Beijing’s unreasonable demands on price and supply levels, the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing three people familiar with the matter....
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza (apnews.com)
Three teenagers rescued on WA's Mid West coast after pilots spot help message in sand (www.abc.net.au)
Ukraine can strike Russian targets with Dutch F-16s (www.politico.eu)
The Dutch position contrasts with Belgian policy, under which donated F-16s cannot be used by Kyiv to hit targets inside Russia....
Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16260179...
Crimean students’ grades lowered for not writing 'thank you letters' to Russian soldiers invading Ukraine (khpg.org)
Dozens of Civilians Killed as Myanmar Junta Jet Bombs Wedding in Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
Two far-right Israeli ministers threaten to topple the government if it accepts Biden peace plan (www.cnn.com)
The Atlas Network, France and the EU (multinationales.org)
The influence of the Atlas Network – a web of libertarian and ultraconservative think tanks funded by billionaires such as the Kochs – has been well documented in the US, the UK, and more recently Argentina following the election of Javier Milei. Its growing presence in the EU has been less examined. But the next EU...
German police officer injured in Mannheim knife attack dies – DW – 06/02/2024 (www.dw.com)
