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New cargo rail service that connects Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and China kicks off (www.channelnewsasia.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17871459

Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say (www.theguardian.com)

Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images (www.theguardian.com)

Teenagers each given a year’s probation after creating and spreading faked images of female classmates in south-west Spain...

Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace (www.dw.com)

Taiwan reported an increase in Chinese airforce activity, detecting 66 Chinese planes around the island in a single-day record for this year....

Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years (abcnews.go.com)

Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph)....

Nato summit: Ukraine on 'irreversible path' to membership (www.bbc.com)

Nato members have pledged their support for an “irreversible path” to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid....

Journalist in Gaza Describes Last 24 Hours as the Deadliest in Months (truthout.org)

China accelerates green steel shift as EU levies loom, researchers say (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17862836

China is building two-thirds of new wind and solar globally, report says (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17862476

China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke (www.theguardian.com)

The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany (www.businessinsider.com)

The US announced deployments of new long-range fires weapons to Germany will start in 2026....

For First Time, NATO Accuses China of Supplying Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)

More than 40 sentenced to life in UAE for 'terror' offences (www.bbc.com)

Food safety scandal rocks China as report claims cooking oil carried in same trucks as fuel (www.cnn.com)

Public outrage is mounting in China over allegations that a major state-owned food company has been cutting costs by using the same tankers to carry fuel and cooking oil – without cleaning them in between....

Iran’s new president can only change the country so much (www.vox.com)

Russia bans Moscow Times newspaper (www.dw.com)

Russia has declared the English-language newspaper The Moscow Times an “undesirable organization.” Cooperating with the outlet can entail sentences of up to five years in prison...

Why are the US and IMF imposing draconian austerity measures on Kenya? (www.theguardian.com)

Widow of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi given death sentence by Iraqi court (www.theguardian.com)

Biden backs Starmer’s bid to renegotiate Brexit and bring UK closer to EU (www.independent.co.uk)

A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow, who lives abroad (www.npr.org)

A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school (www.theguardian.com)

The scene shows a moment of respite and relative calm in Gaza: a crowd of people watching a football match in a school playground. A player fails to control a long pass from a teammate. The opposing goalkeeper gathers the ball and looks to launch it back up the pitch....

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