Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy | Jonathan Freedland (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s pillage’: thirsty Uruguayans decry Google’s plan to exploit water supply (www.theguardian.com)
How young Argentines might put a far-right libertarian into power (www.vox.com)
Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse (www.972mag.com)
Japan’s ever-faithful dog Hachiko – an avatar for love and loyalty – turns 100 | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Airstrike Decimates U.S.-Funded Children’s Hospital in Gaza: Reports (www.thedailybeast.com)
Jewish man succumbs to wounds day after altercation at pro-Palestinian protest in LA (www.timesofisrael.com)
“An autopsy was performed on November 6th and the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death homicide.”
Israel-Palestine war: Sara Netanyahu's adviser calls for torture of Gaza residents involved in killing Israelis (www.middleeasteye.net)
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US and Vietnam set to expand ties as China worries grow (www.channelnewsasia.com)
US President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday (Sep 10) to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China’s growing ambitions in the region....
Armenia to exercise with US troops next week, Russia voices concern (www.reuters.com)
Armenia said on Wednesday it would host a joint military exercise with the United States next week, a development that Russia said was cause for concern....
CEO Pay Jumps in UK But Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels. Top British bosses earned an average of £3.91 million in 2022. Chiefs were paid 118 times as much as the average worker. (www.bloomberg.com)
EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint (www.reuters.com)
Hungary Bans Minors From Visiting Prestigious Photo Exhibition Over LGBT Display (time.com)
Hamas didn't expect large US involvement amid war with Israel - report (www.jpost.com)
Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel....
Israel shows footage of Hamas killings ‘to counter denial of atrocities' (www.theguardian.com)
Russia launched ‘renewed offensive’ against Ukraine, Kirby says (www.politico.com)
Russia appears to have launched a “renewed offensive” against Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country as the war inches closer to entering its second winter, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday....
Israel Attack: Hamas Militants Parade Naked Body Of Israeli Woman In Open Truck; Disturbing Video Surfaces (www.freepressjournal.in)
In a shocking incident, horrific visuals are surfacing on the internet in which it can be seen that the Hamas militants are taking a semi-naked dead body of an Israeli woman on an open truck and parading in the city. It is said that the militants after attacking Israel are killing and taking the civilians as hostage. The...
US shoots down Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria (apnews.com)
The U.S. military on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in Hasakah, Syria, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. One official said the drone was armed....
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines (www.theguardian.com)
Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports...
Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping last week’s attack on Black Sea Fleet headquarters (www.pbs.org)
Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters on the annexed Crimean Peninsula....
We can’t rely on Russia to protect us anymore, Armenian PM says (www.politico.eu)
Russia’s catastrophic invasion of Ukraine means Armenia can no longer rely on Moscow as a guarantor of its security, even as fears grow of a return to open conflict with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told POLITICO in an interview....
EU says slavery inflicted 'untold suffering', hints at reparations (www.reuters.com)
July 18 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) said on Tuesday that Europe’s slave-trading past inflicted “untold suffering” on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a “crime against humanity”....
Mexico City imposes severe, monthslong water restrictions as drought dries up reservoirs (apnews.com)
Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
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