Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election (www.politico.eu)
SpaceX Wins $843-Million NASA Contract to Destroy the International Space Station (www.scientificamerican.com)
China calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the US (apnews.com)
[META] State of the lemmy.ml worldnews Community
I think it’s important to discuss the state of the community every now and then - feedback for mod behaviour, what’s going wrong, what’s going right, what news is interesting, what news is boring, what should there be more of, what should there be less of....
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (www.theguardian.com)
The US has sent at least 14,000 of its massive, highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs to Israel since October 7, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Arab League ceases labeling Hezbollah ‘terrorist organization’ (www.aa.com.tr)
Panama Papers: Court acquits all 28 charged with money laundering (www.bbc.com)
Russia says U.S. is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea (www.reuters.com)
America’s Frozen Housing Market Is Warping the Economy (www.wsj.com)
Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats (www.cnn.com)
Beware the criminalisation of environmental protest in Australia (www.aljazeera.com)
US sends land-attack missile system to Philippines for exercises in apparent message to China (edition.cnn.com)
After unilaterally withdrawing from the INF treaty in 2019, US is the first country to develop and now deploy weapons prohibited under the treaty in the Philippines this year. It’s now clear the US sought to withdraw so it could develop and deploy prohibited weapons against China.
Hungarian PM's office demands recognition of all of Ukraine's Zakarpattia as ''traditionally Hungarian'' (www.pravda.com.ua)
New Polling Shows Significant Ukrainian Support for Diplomacy to End the War (www.thenation.com)
China spots US military aircraft deploying submarine detector in South China Sea (www.globaltimes.cn)
Human rights groups accuse Peru’s president of crimes against humanity in submission to ICC | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine war: Marine reveals struggle of defending Kharkiv (www.bbc.com)
ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK (www.theguardian.com)
A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat (apnews.com)
After a couple of hours, Israeli soldiers found him. He says they struck his head and face and in the areas where he had been shot. Then they dragged him by his legs, lifted him by his hands and feet and threw him onto the hood of the military jeep....
Assange Agreed to Destroy Unpublished Classified Material (scheerpost.com)
US soldier charged in Okinawa for rape of minor (www.bbc.com)
Japan firm says probing 76 more deaths in supplement scare (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Racial justice, free speech groups join fight against potential TikTok ban (apnews.com)
US Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning Chevron decision (apnews.com)
