Spain to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel (www.politico.eu)
The EU has largely remained silent on the case before the International Court of Justice....
Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war (www.npr.org)
A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza’s children as they wither away without healthcare.
Israel Carrying Out “Unprecedented Bloodshed” in West Bank Amid Gaza Genocide (truthout.org)
Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens at Gaza School-Turned-Shelter (time.com)
The strike came after the military said it was launching new air and ground operations in central Gaza in an apparent widening of its nearly eight-month offensive, launched after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. An international medical charity had reported soaring casualties even before Thursday’s strike....
IEA: Clean energy investment to reach $2 trillion in 2024 (www.dw.com)
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), more money is being invested in solar power than in all other sources of electricity combined....
WHO confirms first death in Mexico from bird flu never seen in humans (www.nbcnews.com)
The 59-year-old was the first lab-confirmed human case of infection with A(H5N2) subtype of the virus which has been reported in poultry in the country....
Israel reportedly used fake social media accounts to influence US lawmakers (www.theverge.com)
I’m absolutely shocked that Israel would stoop so low. /s
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet....
Why Canadians are angry with their biggest supermarket (www.bbc.com)
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Children Among Dozens Killed in 'Appalling' Israeli Attack on UNRWA School (www.commondreams.org)
“This is not war, it is destruction that words are unable to express,” said the father of two children killed in the Israeli strike.
Several killed in Czech train crash, dozens injured (www.dw.com)
At least four people were killed when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice, according to rescue services....
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting 'Death to Arabs' (apnews.com)
Chinese nationals ran cybercrime syndicate from Zambia (www.bbc.com)
Twenty-two Chinese nationals have pleaded guilty to committing cyber-related crimes in Zambia....
German officials regret not lifting ban on Ukraine striking targets in Russia sooner (www.pravda.com.ua)
German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck has said he regrets that the government led by Olaf Scholz did not allow Ukraine to deploy Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russia sooner....
Mexico’s Political Revolution (www.compactmag.com)
Russia issues stark US statement as relations hit new low, declares US 'an enemy' state for first time (www.newsweek.com)
Europe’s rapidly rising right: Hard-right forces are gaining ground ahead of next month’s European Parliament election (www.politico.eu)
The longstanding effort to keep extremist forces out of government in Europe is officially over....
Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification (www.theguardian.com)
Third of world’s ocean surface particularly vulnerable to threats driven by burning fossil fuel and deforestation, new research finds...
Japan's real wages fall for record 25th straight month in April (japantoday.com)
House passes GOP bill to sanction ICC as it seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu (abcnews.go.com)
UN Chief Calls for Global Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising (www.commondreams.org)
Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security (www.reuters.com)
A New Chinese Exclusion Act (www.thenation.com)
Starvation already causing many deaths and lasting harm in Gaza, agencies say (www.theguardian.com)
Israel phasing out use of desert detention camp after CNN investigation detailing abuses | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Israel has transferred hundreds of Palestinian detainees out of the shadowy detention facility of Sde Teiman in Israel’s Negev desert, a state attorney told Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday during a first-ever hearing about the facility where prisoners from Gaza have allegedly been held under conditions of extreme abuse....
