Pope criticised for saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Treason charges after $50 for Ukraine: desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The 10-year-old boy who has become the face of starvation in Gaza (www.smh.com.au)
The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (www.theatlantic.com)
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Israeli government officials slam chief rabbi's threat of haredi exodus (www.jpost.com)
Historic Portrait of Lord Balfour Slashed by Pro-Palestine Protestors (news.artnet.com)
A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action....
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
Hamas could be expelled from Qatar if deal not reached - WSJ report (www.jpost.com)
Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross the line into hate, harassment (www.cbc.ca)
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women (apnews.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
Canada Sanctions Iranian Officials Over Women’s Repression (www.iranintl.com)
Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
A new surge of settler outposts is terrorizing Palestinians off their land (www.972mag.com)
Since late December, Palestinians living in the village of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have been cut off from significant portions of their land. A group of Israeli settlers simply arrived in the area one day — which UNESCO has designated as a world heritage site — and set up a new outpost, with a...
Ceasefire deal in Gaza before Ramadan 'looking tough', Biden says - after US denies causing airdrop deaths (news.sky.com)
US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”....
Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UN (www.scmp.com)
BLOOD BORDERS: THE FUTURE MAP OF ASIA POST US CHINA COLD WAR - WHY CHINA WILL BE THE WINNER? (a.co)
There is a serious cold war going on between the U.S. and the China and its getting intense day by day. However, there are many unanswered questions regarding this war which needs discussion such as : How and when U.S. China cold war started since both the countries used to be strong allies against the Soviet Union during the...
Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Report Accuses Israel of Torturing Agency Staff (www.commondreams.org)
The governments of Canada and Sweden have announced they will resume funding for the United Nation’s agency that provides humanitarian aide and protection to Palestinians living in Gaza and elsewhere—a move that other powerful nations, including Israel’s most powerful ally the United States, continue to refuse....
Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Israel Accused of Torturing Agency Staff (truthout.org)
Biden’s plan to build floating port for Gaza aid could take 60 days (www.independent.co.uk)
Argentina inflation seen cooling as Milei austerity tempers food prices (www.reuters.com)
UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial was a pop culture obsession. Saudi trolls may have had a hand in that (www.cbc.ca)
As far as celebrity court battles go, the six-week legal row in 2022 between Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, was a pop culture juggernaut reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the 1990s....