Blinken calls out other countries for not demanding Hamas surrender and ‘stop hiding behind civilians’ (www.cnn.com)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called out other countries for not demanding Hamas surrender....
Houthi attack: Indian Navy denies US claim, says MV SAIBABA tanker not India-flagged; adds all 25 Indian crew members safe (aljazeera.co.in)
Polish president vows to veto spending bill in massive clash with new government (www.politico.eu)
On Wednesday, Poland’s new government moved to seize control of the country’s publicly owned television, radio and news agency from loyalists to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost power following the October 15 parliamentary election. Duda was a PiS member and is still loyal to the party.
Low-quality shells supplied to Russia by North Korea are injuring its own troops and damaging artillery, Ukraine says (www.businessinsider.com)
War on Gaza: Saudis overwhelmingly say Arab nations should cut ties with Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)
Zhu Ling: Woman dies decades after unsolved China poisoning - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Joe Biden warned 'no one takes him seriously' as EU brutally snubs US (www.express.co.uk)
Netherlands to supply Ukraine with 18 F-16 fighter jets (nltimes.nl)
The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with eighteen F-16 fighter jets, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte confirmed on Friday. He wrote on social media that he notified his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of the caretaker Cabinet’s decision during a phone call on Friday morning....
Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills 13 (apnews.com)
Doctors accuse Israeli troops of desecrating bodies and shooting civilians at hospital Israel says was Hamas ‘command center’ (edition.cnn.com)
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin responds to report Wagner boss was assassinated by Putin ally; Moscow threatens to seize western assets in retaliation (news.sky.com)
Moscow has warned it is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with Washington if the US confiscates frozen Russian assets. The Kremlin has called the Wall Street Journal’s report Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated by Putin’s ally “pulp fiction”....
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital (www.washingtonpost.com)
The evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the hospital as a command and control center, according to a Washington Post analysis of open-source visuals, satellite imagery and all of the publicly released IDF materials....
Cuba quietly authorizes euthanasia (www.reuters.com)
HAVANA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Cuba on Friday became the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean to authorize euthanasia, following Colombia....
About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe (apnews.com)
About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those aboard might be victims of human trafficking, authorities said....
U.N. Criticized Over Resolution Lacking Gaza Ceasefire Call (time.com)
How inflation stole Christmas across Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine says it downed three Russian Su-34 warplanes (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine’s military says it shot down three Russian fighter jets on Friday in the south of the country....
Captain Ancap is watching you! The election victory of self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei is being celebrated by right-wing libertarians around the world. (www.konicz.info)
The election victory of self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei is being celebrated by right-wing libertarians around the world. This neoliberal extremism is successful because other ways of tackling the worsening crisis have failed – not just in Argentina.
US intelligence suggests Iran involved in planning attacks in Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
The US on Friday released newly declassified intelligence that suggests Iran has been “deeply involved in planning the operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told CNN....
Weak heart, happier American (lemmy.today)
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Moldova Plans to Fully Withdraw From Moscow-led Bloc by 2024 (www.kyivpost.com)
Moldova plans to withdraw from all agreements – totaling around 330 – signed within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by the end of 2024....
FOUND A NEW PEDO (lemmy.today)
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Japan approves record $56 billion military spending (www.dw.com)
Japan has approved record levels of defense spending in a major shift from its postwar approach to military spending. Japan will also loosened arms export controls for the first time in nearly a decade....
Travellers crossing Channel at Dover face long queues during Christmas getaway (www.theguardian.com)
Russia warns US and Europe over reports Ukraine may get its seized assets (www.theguardian.com)
Kremlin threatens ‘serious consequences’ if there is an unprecedented seizure of Russian assets held abroad...
