President Xi Jinping Speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Phone (www.fmprc.gov.cn)
Israel bombs Iran's embassy in Syria, kills commanders says Iran (www.reuters.com)
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war pitting Israel against its regional adversaries, and Tehran said the strike killed seven military advisers including three senior commanders....
After killing of US aid worker in Gaza, the US doubles down on military aid to Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)
Canadian family says their relative starved to death in Gaza waiting for a visa (www.cbc.ca)
Taiwan death toll rises and scores still missing after island's biggest earthquake in 25 years (www.nbcnews.com)
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime (www.hrw.org)
Between January and March 2024, Human Rights Watch spoke by phone with 16 people about the October 31 attack on the residential Engineers’ Building, and the death of their relatives and others. Human Rights Watch analyzed satellite imagery, 35 photographs, and 45 videos of the attack’s aftermath, as well as other relevant...
Egypt charges pro-Palestine protesters with 'spreading fake news' (www.middleeasteye.net)
Egyptian security forces on Thursday detained 10 young men who took part in a protest that denounced Egypt’s role in the siege on Gaza. They are facing charges of “collaborating with a terrorist group” and “spreading and publishing fake news”....
U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes (www.washingtonpost.com)
The State Department approved the transfer of more than 1,000 MK82 500-pound bombs, over 1,000 small-diameter bombs, and fuses for MK80 bombs, all from authorizations granted by Congress several years before the latest hostilities between Israel and Hamas began, said the U.S. officials, who like others spoke on the condition of...
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Tropical Deforestation Still Surging, as Ten Football Fields Worth Cleared Every Minute in 2023 (www.thecanary.co)
Report: Israeli Army Uses AI to Mass-Produce Palestinian Targets for Assassination (truthout.org)
The Israeli army is making heavy use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that mass-generates assassination targets in Gaza in order to reach certain thresholds of killing of Palestinians every day, a new explosive report finds. This AI generated information is used by the military to kill targets as soon as they step into...
New UN report outlines the ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’ in Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14006090...
The US and its allies refuse to condemn Israeli attacks on Iranian consulate in Syria (peoplesdispatch.org)
The US and Allies Refuse to Condemn Israeli Attacks on Iranian Consulate in Syria (peoplesdispatch.org)
North Korea says Kim Jong Un oversaw test of new hypersonic weapon (www.aljazeera.com)
Chinese GDP will be more than double that of the US in under a decade, if recent growth rates persist. (www.worldeconomics.com)
Cambodia getting a China-backed, game-changing canal (asiatimes.com)
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free ski passes (www.semafor.com)
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free annual ski passes worth around $4,000....
The Rise and Fall of China's LGFVs (www.cogitations.co)
Tensions with China Drive Investors Towards Vietnam (www.ipsnews.net)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Apr 3 2024 (IPS) - In recent months, several European representatives embarked on trade missions to Vietnam. German President Steinmeier visited Hanoi in January. The Netherlands sent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, with the Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, soon to follow suit. Notably,...