Kylian Mbappé Expresses Concerns Over European Soccer Schedule Expansion, Advocates for Player Welfare (www.usasocialite.com)
Singapore minister resigns after being charged with corruption in a first for the city state (www.cnn.com)
Singapore’s Transport Minister S. Iswaran has resigned after being charged with corruption on Thursday, the prime minister’s office said, confirming a historic development for a city state that prides itself on having a squeaky-clean government....
Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster than scientists previously estimated, according to a study released Wednesday in the journal Nature, with the loss believed to be 20% worse than previously reported....
Russia's foreign minister rejects a US proposal to resume talks on nuclear arms control (apnews.com)
Russia’s top diplomat dismissed the United States proposal to resume a dialogue on nuclear arms control, saying Thursday that it’s impossible while Washington offers military support to Ukraine....
India to ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief , An interview with B.C. Pathak on India’s nuclear power plans and strategy (www.thehindu.com)
Frustrations between Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu mount (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden administration officials are laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu government....
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France ramps up weapons production for Ukraine and says Russia is scrutinizing the West's mettle (apnews.com)
French manufacturers have reduced the manufacturing times for some of the weapons systems they supply to Ukraine by half or more, as France increasingly switches away from its previous policy of dipping into its own military stocks to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion, France’s defense minister said in an...
French police protest for better pay and conditions during Paris Olympics (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza 100 days on: Stop the War on Children (plan-international.org)
The killing of 10,000 children. Blasts leading to amputation—sometimes carried out without anaesthetics—and lifelong disabilities. Entire populations, including pregnant women and children, facing hunger, a quarter of them (576,600 people) at catastrophic levels, – that means at the risk of starvation and death. Warnings...
How cyberscams are drawing China into Myanmar’s civil war (www.vox.com)
Last fall, a coalition of rebel groups known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance launched a rapid-fire offensive across Myanmar’s northern Shan state, quickly overrunning more than 100 military outposts and seizing several key towns along the country’s border with China....
Chaotic wave of attacks and reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war (apnews.com)
A barrage of U.S., coalition and militant attacks in the Middle East over the last five days are compounding U.S. fears that Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza could expand, as massive military strikes failed to stall the assault on Red Sea shipping by Yemen-based Houthis....
Pakistan conducts retaliatory strikes inside Iran amid fears of widening conflict (www.independent.co.uk)
Iran says at least seven people, including four children, have been killed in missile strikes by Pakistan on Iranian soil, two days after Iran launched its own strikes in Pakistan....
Hamas’ philosophy: All civilians, all children are tools of war (nypost.com)
Major Y [an American who went to Israel to fight] and other people on the ground I have spoken with say that they estimate about one in every two or three [civilian] homes in Gaza they go into has military weaponry, including AK47s, grenades and rocket launchers. And they routinely find entrances to Hamas’s terror tunnels...
EU adds Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar to terrorist list (www.euronews.com)
The move allows the bloc to freeze Sinwar’s funds and other financial assets in EU member states, and to prohibit EU-based operators from making economic resources available to him. The sanctions aim to stifle Hamas’ financial resources and prevent its militants from orchestrating further attacks....
China starts publishing youth jobless data again, with a new method and a lower number (apnews.com)
Pakistan launches strikes into Iran two days after missile strike (www.bbc.com)
Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into neighbouring Iran, two days after an Iranian attack inflamed relations between the two states....
Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV station shot and killed (www.theguardian.com)
César Suárez killed in brazen daylight attack in Guayaquil as country shaken by dramatic recent surge in violence...
A drought has forced authorities to further slash traffic in Panama Canal, disrupting global trade (apnews.com)
A severe drought that began last year has forced authorities to slash ship crossings by 36% in the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important trade routes....
U.S. launches fourth round of strikes in a week against Houthi targets in Yemen (www.cbsnews.com)
Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China (www.politico.com)
A draft copy of the new National Defense Industrial Strategy says American companies can’t build weapons fast enough to meet global demand....
Major human rights violations at Del Monte farm in Kenya, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Secret WhatsApp messages show co-ordinated campaign to oust Antoinette Lattouf from ABC (www.smh.com.au)
The ABC sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after a high-level and co-ordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists that directly targeted the corporation's chair, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson....
Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Russian republic of Bashkortostan (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds – and possibly thousands – of Alsynov’s supporters initially gathered in front of the courthouse on Monday when closing arguments were delivered in the case. The Russian independent news outlet Agentstvo reported that it was one of the biggest protests in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, which has brought...