Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister....
Israeli airstrike on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza kills boy, 4, and his sister, 2 (www.cnn.com)
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah city late Tuesday killed two young children and injured several other people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza and the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah....
Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners against military contractor (abcnews.go.com)
Gazprom slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with Europe hit (www.theguardian.com)
The company made a net loss of 629bn roubles (£5.5bn) in 2023 amid dwindling gas trade with Europe, once Gazprom’s main sales market, as a result of sanctions and the throttling of pipelines to the continent.
Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first (www.cnn.com)
Argentina’s Monthly CPI to Fall Below 10% in April, Milei Says (www.bloomberg.com)
Javier Milei Fuels Wild Rally That Makes Peso No. 1 in World (www.bloomberg.com)
Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols (apnews.com)
Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest said Thursday they reserve the right to remove any Palestinian flags and pro-Palestinian symbols at the show next week in Sweden....
India starts deporting Myanmar refugees (www.bangkokpost.com)
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Italy can reclaim 2,000-year-old Greek statue from Getty Museum, ECHR rules (www.theguardian.com)
China continues to export its digital authoritarianism playbook across the Indo-Pacific, a new report reveals (www.article19.org)
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David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar junta bans conscription-age men from leaving country for work (myanmar-now.org)
Biden calls U.S. ally Japan 'xenophobic,' along with China and Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
Death toll rises to 48 in China highway collapse (www.nbcnews.com)
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are within reach (theconversation.com)
EU unveils €1-billion aid package for Lebanon to curb refugee flows (www.euronews.com)
The European Union will provide €1 billion in financial aid to Lebanon over three years to prop up the country’s economy and help prevent a surge in refugees leaving for Europe....
The fight for full press freedom in Ukraine: ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kyiv Independent’s Olga Rudenko is set on telling the truth in wartime, despite clumsy instances of state harassment...
Soviet-era attitudes to disability hinder Ukrainian fighters’ recovery (www.politico.eu)
Injured soldiers face social stigma … and their numbers have soared....
South Africa's apartheid victims demand reparations (www.dw.com)
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, dozens of South Africans have set up a protest camp outside the Constitutional Court. They are demanding reparations for human rights abuses suffered under white minority rule....
Philippines summons Chinese envoy over water cannon attack (www.dw.com)
The Philippines summoned a Chinese Embassy official to protest the “harassment of Philippine vessels” as tensions flare up in the South China Sea....
West Bank: Israel Defense Forces accused of possible war crime (www.bbc.com)
In the early afternoon of 29 November last year, several Palestinian boys descended on to their street in the occupied West Bank, where they often played together....
Claims PSNI spied on ex BBC journalist to find sources (www.bbc.co.uk)
'Every single day, I've watched small children die': American nurse shares heartbreaking work in Gaza (abcnews.go.com)
"Every single day, I've watched small children die."...