The First Lady and the Dior Pouch: A Political Crisis Grips South Korea (www.nytimes.com)
A scandal involving the president’s spouse has become a major issue for his party ahead of a crucial parliamentary election....
US strikes in Iraq and Syria reportedly killed nearly 40 people (www.reuters.com)
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars (electrek.co)
India snow leopards: First-ever survey puts population at 718 (www.bbc.com)
Death and donations: Did the volunteer group handling the October 7 dead exploit its role? (www.haaretz.com)
In the first and critical days of the war, the IDF decided to forego the deployment of hundreds of soldiers specifically trained in the identification and collection of human remains in mass casualty incidents. Instead, the Home Front Command chose to use Zaka, a private organization, alongside soldiers in the Military...
US airstrikes in Iraq killed 16 including civilians -Iraqi PM's office (www.reuters.com)
Fresh strikes in southern Gaza as talks on two-month pause in fighting continue (www.theguardian.com)
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CIA Vault7 WikiLeaks source sentenced 40 years (convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material) (www.aljazeera.com)
Ex-CIA software engineer who leaked to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years...
More than 16,500 sheep and cows stuck on board ship off Australia after Red Sea sailing cancelled (www.thejournal.ie)
What the collapse of a company owing $300 billion means for the world (www.businessinsider.com)
A Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property developer....
More than 16,500 sheep and cows stuck on board ship off Australia after Red Sea sailing cancelled (www.thejournal.ie)
AUSTRALIAN WELFARE GROUPS are demanding the release of thousands of sheep and cattle stuck aboard a ship after their trip to the Middle East was diverted by Yemen’s Huthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea....
UK lawmakers are annoyed that Abramovich’s frozen Chelsea funds still haven’t been used for Ukraine (apnews.com)
U.K. lawmakers expressed frustration Wednesday that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to support Ukrainian war victims as had been promised nearly two years ago by the former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich....
Indigenous journalist facing charges after arrest covering story (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Northern Ireland government reconvenes after two-year DUP boycott (www.theguardian.com)
Northern Ireland’s devolved government has reconvened after a two-year boycott, with Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill due to make history by becoming the first nationalist first minister....
US Strikes Kill 18 Pro-Iran Fighters In Syria, New Toll Suggests (en.wenews.pk)
China is reportedly scrubbing the internet of negative coverage of its economy (www.businessinsider.com)
US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked (apnews.com)
The Justice Department announced Friday that it was seizing more than 500,000 barrels of internationally sanctioned Iranian fuel that officials said was illegally trafficked to provide funding for the country’s paramilitary force....
Dying man tells police he was on Japan’s most wanted list for 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
Now deceased man said he was Satoshi Kirishima who was allegedly member of radical group in 1970s that bombed Japanese firms...
Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is a list of the names we know, from more than 11,500 children killed during Israel’s war on Gaza. Even this is less than half of those killed.
Israel Signals Its Military Will Move Into a Gazan City Turned Refuge (www.nytimes.com)
Israel’s defense minister has signaled that ground forces will advance toward the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, which has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians pushed from their homes by nearly 13 weeks of war....
With Cenforce 200, you can eliminate issues with male erectile dysfunction (discuss.tchncs.de)
Cenforce 200 Black pill is the most popular generic medication of sildenafil citrate active ingredients. We are also known as the famous black Viagra pills. With the help of these generic pills, any man can treat erectile dysfunction problems easily. In the United States, most males use Cenforce 200 mg sildenafil citrate pills....
Hamas Divisions Over U.S.-Backed Cease-Fire Proposal Stall Negotiations (www.wsj.com)
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An Execution Binge in Iran (time.com)
Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born human rights activist, actress and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate. Roya Boroumand is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran....
Misinformation spreads in China on ‘civil war’ in Texas (www.bbc.com)
Russia finds ‘errors’ in paperwork of candidate hoping to stand against Putin (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s elections commission has said it found “dead souls” among the more than 100,000 signatures of support submitted by Boris Nadezhdin, the sole anti-war candidate in next month’s presidential election, in a sign that he could be disqualified from a carefully managed ballot meant to deliver victory for Vladimir...
