US and UK carry out fresh strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen (www.bbc.com)
The Pentagon says US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen - the fourth such joint operation by the allies....
Hungary blocks EU leaders’ statement pledging support for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
Statement offering support was instead sent by Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel and Roberta Metsola....
Saving Brazil’s rainforest starts with helping people and businesses make a living off cleared land (projects.apnews.com)
Poverty is killing the Amazon. Treating the soil and farmers better could help save what’s left.
Big Fat Missiles To Take Down Big Fat Russian Planes. How Ukraine Brought Back Its Massive S-200s. (www.forbes.com)
According to Ukrainian magazine Pravda, the missile the Ukrainian air force used to shoot down a rare Russian air force A-50 radar plane on Friday wasn’t an American-made Patriot, as many observers assumed....
China says it aims to 'contain' foreign interference over Taiwan this year (www.reuters.com)
China aims to “contain” foreign interference over Taiwan and “resolutely combat” any efforts towards the island’s formal independence this year, which is the sensitive 75th anniversary of the founding of communist China, state media said on Friday....
Six gold plated Comanchero bikes destroyed by police | 1News NZ (www.1news.co.nz)
Italian police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Houthi strike on British-owned ship causes huge oil leak in Red Sea, U.S. says (www.haaretz.com)
MFBC...
UK Conservatives suspend MP for saying London's mayor was under the control of Islamists (www.france24.com)
‘Putin must lose everything’: defiant Zelenskiy hosts western leaders in Kyiv to mark two years of war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president met the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium in a show of unity after recent battlefield defeats...
Africa’s Donkeys Are Coveted by China. Can the Continent Protect Them? (www.nytimes.com)
Governments are seeking to curb donkey skin exports to China, where demand for traditional medicine and other products is threatening animals that rural households need....
Mexican president defends disclosing a reporter's phone number, saying the law doesn't apply to him (apnews.com)
Mexico’s president on Friday defended his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from releasing personal information doesn’t apply to him....
India confirms citizens have joined Russian military (www.dw.com)
New Delhi has confirmed that some of India’s citizens have signed up for “support jobs” with the Russian army. The Indian government says it is working with Moscow to secure their discharge....
More Than Half the World Faces High Risk of Measles Outbreaks Following 'Big Gaps' in Immunizations, WHO Says (people.com)
More than half the world will be at a “high or very high risk” of measles outbreaks by the end of 2024, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)....
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse (www.newyorker.com)
The politics behind a new Auschwitz exhibition for a country that no longer exists (www.haaretz.com)
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Rafah Attack Escalates “Most Transparent Genocide of All Time,” Scholar Says (truthout.org)
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Pope Francis cancels a meeting with Rome deacons because of mild flu, the Vatican says (apnews.com)
Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled for Saturday as a precaution after coming down with mild flu, the Vatican press office said in a short statement, without adding further details....
Taliban execute two men by gunfire in packed Afghanistan stadium (www.independent.co.uk)
Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says (www.bbc.com)
The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokesperson says....
Germany: Berlin schools asked to distribute leaflet describing the 1948 Nakba as a 'myth' (www.middleeasteye.net)
Germany’s leading Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the opposition Christian Democratic Party (CDU) have ordered high schools in Berlin’s borough of Neukolln to distribute brochures titled The Myth of Israel #1948....
‘House of horrors’ rabbi takes cushy deal after pleading guilty to enslaving 30 women: reports (www.msn.com)
Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise (apnews.com)
‘It was an execution’: family mourns boy shot dead by Israeli forces (www.theguardian.com)
Nihal Abu Ayash, 16, was reportedly the 100th Palestinian child to be killed in the West Bank since Hamas’s 7 October attack...
WWII-era bomb safely detonated at sea after one of the largest peacetime evacuations in UK history (apnews.com)
A World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday....
