Myanmar risks breaking apart amid attacks by rebel militias: junta (www.bangkokpost.com)
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Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)
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Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago (www.reuters.com)
Canada PM Trudeau condemns violence after shots fired at Jewish schools (www.reuters.com)
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Philippines denounces China for 'unprovoked acts of coercion' to block resupply mission (www.reuters.com)
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
Tuvalu residents able to resettle in Australia as climate change 'threatens its existence' (www.abc.net.au)
Earth just had its hottest year on record — climate change is to blame (www.nature.com)
Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret | Optus | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Blinken denounces civilian toll in Gaza, says ‘far too many Palestinians have been killed’ (www.cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza and said more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”...
NATO member Romania pushes to buy 54 Abrams battle tanks from US (apnews.com)
Romania is pushing to buy 54 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment from the United States in a deal worth at least a billion dollars, the defense ministry said Friday....
Ukraine ready to compromise ahead of EU decision on launching membership talks (www.politico.eu)
The European Commission’s recommendation that Ukraine start formal talks to become a member of the EU afforded a rare moment of joy to a country fighting off an invasion by Russia, Olga Stefanishyna, Ukrainian deputy prime minister, said Thursday....
Two Jewish schools in Montreal hit by gunshots, police say (www.independent.co.uk)
Two Jewish schools in Montreal were hit overnight by gunshots, police said Thursday....
Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick (apnews.com)
Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days, officials said Thursday....
World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau (www.independent.co.uk)
The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the US Census Bureau said Thursday....
Bangladesh PM stands firm on pay rise amid deadly garment worker protests (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse (www.972mag.com)
Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
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El Niño is getting stronger and that's already making Earth hotter (www.axios.com)
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Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
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News organisations reject allegations of complicity in October 7 attacks (www.aljazeera.com)
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More protests in Bangladesh as garment workers reject pay increase (www.reuters.com)
Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea (www.bbc.com)
A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say.
Black Christian leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza (religionnews.com)
In recent weeks, a group of Black Christian faith leaders met with White House officials and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, voicing concern about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel’s ground assault into the region.
China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
