High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica (www.thepublica.com)
Britain pushes through controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (www.usatoday.com)
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn (www.theguardian.com)
The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history...
Russia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’ (thehill.com)
Global military spending soars to new record highs (www.dw.com)
The global defense budget saw its largest yearly increase in 14 years in 2023, according to the think tank SIPRI. Russia’s war in Ukraine, the China-Taiwan crisis and other global conflicts played a significant role....
US, Philippines kick off combat drills amid China tension (www.dw.com)
The joint drills include simulations of US and Filipino troops recapturing islands as Manila and Beijing contest maritime territory in the South China Sea....
Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Cut Off Aid to Israeli Military Unit (www.propublica.org)
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city (www.theguardian.com)
Lebanon’s economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and health...
UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world's workers (apnews.com)
The U.N. labor organization warned Monday that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides and other hazards that could lead to health problems including cancer....
Five rockets fired from Iraq towards U.S. military base in Syria (www.reuters.com)
A new report says Mexico has abandoned protection of loggerhead sea turtles (apnews.com)
‘Discomfort may increase’: Asia’s heat wave scorches hundreds of millions (www.nytimes.com)
April is typically hot in South and Southeast Asia, but temperatures this month have been unusually high....
Germany arrests 3 suspected China spies (www.dw.com)
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor has said three German citizens were arrested for alleged involvement in providing Chinese secret service with information on state-of-the-art machine parts for ship engines....
Italy arrests 13 prison guards over suspected torture of juvenile detainees (www.reuters.com)
Italian police arrested 13 prison guards on suspicion of torture and ill-treatment of juvenile detainees, Milan prosecutors said on Monday....
Nearly 200 bodies found in mass grave at hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis (www.aljazeera.com)
Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so far, Al Jazeera has learned, as Israel has continued bombardment of the devastated coastal enclave for more than six months....
Thais make peace broker offer to Myanmar junta, rebels in Myawaddy (www.bangkokpost.com)
Germany's industrial production expected to sink further (www.dw.com)
German industrial production is expected to fall further behind this year, after a dip in 2023. The usually strong manufacturing sector had already taken a hit because of higher energy prices....
Chinese warships in Cambodia fuel fresh concerns as Wang visits (www.bangkokpost.com)
Anti-Abortion Campaigns Are Gaining Traction in the UK – With Help From US Cash (truthout.org)
London police apologize after threatening to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man near pro-Palestinian protest (www.nbcnews.com)
London’s police force has been forced to issue two apologies after officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man if he refused to leave the area around a pro-Palestinian march because his presence risked provoking the demonstrators....
Russia recruiting female convicts into the military report says, as the role of women in the Ukraine war expands (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia is recruiting female convicts to boost its military forces, a Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson said....
Netanyahu's outraged response after report of pending US sanctions on IDF (www.newsweek.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement condemning sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after a report surfaced claiming that the Biden administration is set to blacklist a unit for alleged human rights violations in Gaza....
Sex offender banned from using AI tools in landmark UK case (www.theguardian.com)
A sex offender convicted of making more than 1,000 indecent images of children has been banned from using any “AI creating tools” for the next five years in the first known case of its kind....
Canada contacts Israel after aid agency says water truck bombed in 'targeted' attack (www.cbc.ca)
A Canadian humanitarian organization says its key water-aid truck was bombed in Gaza this week, and the federal government now says it has contacted the Israeli government for “more information” on the incident....
Zelenskyy thanks US after House passes aid bill (www.euronews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders have applauded the US for passing a vital €89 billion aid bill which has been struggling to make it through the House of Representatives for months....
