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2024 France election live updates: Prime Minister Attal plans to resign as projections show leftists lead (apnews.com)

Cambodia welcomes the Met’s repatriation of centuries-old statues looted during past turmoil (apnews.com)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday....

A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return (apnews.com)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January....

Argentine President Milei heads to CPAC in Brazil, snubbing Lula and escalating a political feud (apnews.com)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Given the choice between a far-right convention to bash his enemies and a presidential summit to discuss regional trade policy, Argentine President Javier Milei preferred the stadium packed with cheering fans....

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (apnews.com)

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....

Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections (apnews.com)

PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000....

French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)

Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met (www.reuters.com)

Iranian Warship Sahand Capsizes And Sinks (www.navalnews.com)

"Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" (archive.is)

IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive....

Julian Assange's sexual assault accuser is "happy" he's free (www.bbc.com)

Swedish human rights activist Anna Ardin is glad Julian Assange is free....

Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint (www.theguardian.com)

Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....

Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)

Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....

French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government (www.theguardian.com)

In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (www.nytimes.com)

After Deadly Protests, Kenyans Tell of Brutal Abductions (www.nytimes.com)

Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine war: Russian air strike leaves 100,000 with no power (www.bbc.com)

The ‘tricky balancing act’: Jordan’s dilemma on Israel and Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

How Taiwan Conquered U.S. Politics — and Showed Europe How It’s Done (www.politico.com)

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso junta chiefs 'turn their backs' on West Africa bloc Ecowas (www.bbc.com)

Russian Wrestlers Refuse Olympic Invite to Participate Under Neutral Flag (www.thedailybeast.com)

Israeli attack on UN school used as shelter in Gaza kills at least 16 (www.aljazeera.com)

At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Government Media Office said, as Israel continues to pound the besieged coastal territory....

Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)

Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...