A hard-right party gathers strength in Poland, pushing a new, less friendly course on Ukraine (apnews.com)
Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast (www.wsj.com)
PAYWALL...
Greta Thunberg brushes off interruption at massive Dutch climate march days before election (apnews.com)
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Samsung family sells $2B worth of shares to pay inheritance tax bill (www.theregister.com)
Israel's Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance (www.wired.com)
Europe could become energy self-sufficient in $2 trillion push, study says (www.reuters.com)
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to cheat (www.bbc.com)
Caste matters : South Asian activists’ hunger strike to ban caste discrimination reaches day 18 (www.nbcnews.com)
A group of caste equity leaders have been fasting for more than two weeks to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would make caste discrimination illegal in California.
Archaeologists find 500-year-old board game carved in ruins of Polish castle (arstechnica.com)
California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception (www.nytimes.com)
Murder, torture, sexual violence among thousands of Russian crimes against children (www.cnn.com)
Bisphenol A: Health experts drastically reduce safe intake limits of widespread plastic (english.elpais.com)
Man loads 12 kilos of dynamite into friend's cars, tells police it was a prank (yle.fi)
More Wagner fighters move closer to Polish border, Poland PM says (www.reuters.com)
A group of a hundred soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near the Polish border, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Saturday.
Russian teens forced into drone manufacturing slavery (mastodon.social)
This is all sorts of fucked up. Russia is even bringing in African teenaged girls into slavery.
Hamas official says they will repeat Oct. 7 attacks (news.yahoo.com)
Quote: “We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do it again and again. The Al-Aqsa Deluge [the name Hamas gave its 7 October onslaught - ed.] is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth. Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are ready to pay it. We are called a nation of martyrs, and we are...
Israel shows Hamas bodycam attack footage to journalists (www.bbc.com)
This article contains descriptions of violence which some readers may find distressing....
Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza (www.cnn.com)
The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible....
Egypt moves to prevent exodus of Palestinians from besieged Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Rafah crossing closed following Israeli bombardments...
People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories (www.npr.org)
Zelenskyy sends strong signals with choice for Ukraine’s new defense chief (www.politico.eu)
Rustem Umerov, the first Crimea native to get such a high post in Kyiv, is praised for his diplomatic and management skills....
How the US Drives Gun Exports and Fuels Violence Around the World (web.archive.org)
“The US Commerce Department has played booster and concierge to the firearm industry, even as America’s mass shootings horrify the world and gun-crime rates rise in many of the importing countries.”...
Stars leave Oppenheimer premiere as Hollywood actors' strike called (www.bbc.com)
Deadly quake strikes Nepal killing at least 129 people (edition.cnn.com)
At least 129 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday, police confirmed, as officials said multiple buildings have collapsed and warned that the death toll could rise....
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food | Japan | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
