Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws (apnews.com)
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Why the far right is surging all over the world: The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment (www.vox.com)
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North Korea flies more balloons across border with South (www.dw.com)
South Korea is boosting its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at the border after North Korea floated more trash balloons southwards....
China talks of mending fractured relations but says it won’t tolerate Canadian criticism of its human-rights record (www.theglobeandmail.com)
China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan....
With prices soaring, 86.8% of Nicaraguans cannot afford to buy essentials (english.elpais.com)
In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia...
CrowdStrike IT outage affected 8.5 million Windows devices, Microsoft says (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft says it estimates that 8.5m computers around the world were disabled by the global IT outage....
Cuba admits to massive emigration wave: a million people left in two years amid crisis (www.miamiherald.com)
A stunning 10% of Cuba’s population — more than a million people — left the island between 2022 and 2023, the head of the country’s national statistics office said during a National Assembly session Friday, the largest migration wave in Cuban history....
‘Dismantled ... For Spare Parts.’ Russians Attack With Their Best Tanks And Worst War Bikes—And Run Into Heavily-Armed Ukrainian Paratroopers. (www.forbes.com)
Israeli attacked in Greece, assailants flee after seeing his cross (www.ynetnews.com)
Three assailants target Fahad Qubati after he gave Jewish tourists a ride and only fled after he proved he was an Arab-Christian
We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny (www.theguardian.com)
How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address....
Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears (www.theguardian.com)
The first “multibank” in London, distributing everything from basic foods to baby products and toiletries, will be officially launched this week, amid continued concerns about levels of poverty as the school summer holidays begin....
As Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws, its citizens describe a country on the brink (apnews.com)
Eka Gigauri is used to harsh words from officials about the anti-corruption work she does in Georgia. But seeing her face on posters, accusing her of being an agent of foreign influence, a traitor and a spy, rattled her....
Israeli settlers court Republican religious right after Hamas attacks (www.reuters.com)
Ruth Lieberman, a Jewish settler in the Israeli occupied West Bank, is determined to thwart international pressure for a sovereign Palestinian state. And her friendships with prominent U.S. Republicans from the party’s religious right are helping, she says....
Israel Jets Carry Out Long-Range Retaliation Strike On Houthi Oil Depot In Yemen (www.twz.com)
Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a 'shoot-on-sight-order' following deadly protests (www.npr.org)
How Ukrainian scouting culture thrives in the woods of western New York state (www.npr.org)
‘Drill, baby, drill’: America’s fossil fuel boom risks bust in Europe (www.politico.eu)
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U.S. Launches Effort to Stop Russia From Arming Houthis With Antiship Missiles (www.wsj.com)
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From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: baraza.africa/post/1757994
UK billionaire’s Israeli TV channel accused of axing show for Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Len Blavatnik, the second-richest man in Britain, is facing a series of protests in the UK after his Israeli television channel was accused of cancelling programmes to please Benjamin Netanyahu....
Slowly but surely, Israel tightens its grip on Gaza’s lifeline to Egypt (www.theguardian.com)
In the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt....
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million over data violations (www.dw.com)
Nigeria’s consumer protection watchdog accused US tech giant Meta of abusing market dominance and sharing personal data without permission. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp....
I have not forgiven Met officers who photographed dead daughters, mother says (www.theguardian.com)
Mina Smallman, the mother of two women murdered in a London park, has forgiven their killer but not the two Metropolitan police officers who took and shared photos of their bodies, she said....
