President Petro Says Colombia to Cut Diplomatic Ties With Israel (www.bloomberg.com)
‘Where Is the Palestinian Gandhi?’ (www.nytimes.com)
On Oct. 7, as the Israeli military deployed across the country to combat Hamas, a group of soldiers waited on an ancient hill called Tel Rumeida in Hebron, a city in the West Bank. Their target was a burly Palestinian man, then 43, named Issa Amro. As Amro approached the soldiers through an olive grove, they moved in and struck...
PHOTOS: May Day protests mark turbulent times (www.pbs.org)
Colombia President Petro says will break diplomatic relations with Israel (www.reuters.com)
At least 10,000 Gazans trapped under neighborhood ruins (thecradle.co)
Court hands Kivimäki 6-year prison sentence in historic hacking case | Yle News | Yle (yle.fi)
Highway collapse in China's southern Guangdong province leaves at least 24 dead (apnews.com)
The ground beneath the highway appeared to have caved in, along with the section of the road that had broken off....
Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine (foreignpolicy.com)
Moscow clearly believes that Rosatom will continue to get a free pass and is now using the company as a Trojan horse to circumvent Western sanctions. According to Rosatom Director-General Alexey Likhachev, the company’s military contracting has grown significantly. In January 2023, the Washington Post published information...
Daughter of prominent Palestinian poet killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
Shaima Refaat Alareer, the daughter of a prominent Palestinian poet, was killed alongside her family in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Gaza City on Friday, according to multiple sources, four months after her father died in a similar attack....
What would ICC arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu mean for Israel? | Inside Story (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15110900...
The Latest | Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people (apnews.com)
Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials said. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old....
Workers and activists across Asia hold May Day rallies to call for greater labor rights (apnews.com)
Workers, activists and others in Asian capitals took to the streets on Wednesday to mark May Day with protests over rising prices and governments’ labor polices and calls for greater labor rights....
State Secrets Law tightens grip on China social media giants (www.bbc.com)
New rules that tighten Chinese government restrictions on the country’s internet companies have come into effect today, raising concerns about how they will be applied....
South Korea mulls participation in AUKUS: defense minister (www.dw.com)
South Korea has held talks about joining a landmark defense technology pact between Australia, the United States and Britain....
Nineteen dead after highway collapses in southern China (www.dw.com)
Nineteen people have died after part of a highway collapsed in China’s southern Guangdong province, according to state media...
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
German far right’s eastern stronghold has clear view on spy allegation: ‘It’s a witch hunt’ (www.politico.eu)
Alternative for Germany’s core supporters are sticking with the party despite allegations of dodgy links to Russia and China....
MetaMask extension for Chrome (sh.itjust.works)
Are you a Chrome user looking to explore the world of cryptocurrencies? The MetaMask extension for Chrome might just be what you need. This handy tool allows you to access decentralized applications and store your digital assets securely within your browser.With MetaMask for Chrome, you can seamlessly interact with...
Massive pro-Palestinian student protests hit universities in the US, Europe and Australia (morningstaronline.co.uk)
Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive month in February (english.hani.co.kr)
Fewer than 20,000 babies were born in Korea in February, a record low for the month...
Catholic priest allegedly spends $40K of parish money on Candy Crush, slot machine apps (local12.com)
A Catholic priest allegedly spent $40,000 of church money on Candy Crush and slot machine apps....
Putin’s fuel problem: How Ukraine is sapping Russia’s diesel and gasoline (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine is taking out oil refineries inside Russia, cratering Moscow’s supplies and sending local prices soaring....
Homelessness jumps 16% in England, laying bare scale of housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly 45,000 households had nowhere to live in the three months to December last year, official figures show...
Russia Issues Arrest Warrant For Kasparov On Terrorist Charges (www.chess.com)
For anyone unaware of who Kasparov is, he’s a very famous chess World Champion from Russia who held the title for 15 years.
