China condemns US veto of call for immediate ceasefire at UN (www.bbc.com)
Excess protein consumption in western societies can lead to cardiovascular risks (www.nature.com)
Activists Occupy Royal Courts of Justice Over Assange, XR, Climate Trials, and Protesters' Legal Rights (www.thecanary.co)
Thousands Hits the Streets in Zagreb in a Massive Anti-Government Protest (peoplesdispatch.org)
Poland starts process of exiting EU’s "Article 7" rule-of-law procedure (notesfrompoland.com)
US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution urging Gaza war ceasefire (www.aljazeera.com)
A 'Christian' family moved to Russia to escape 'LGBTQ, trans,' but now they're 'ready' to 'get out' (www.dailykos.com)
Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who defected to Ukraine 'shot dead' in Spain (www.bbc.com)
Russian military industry – Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (raport.valisluureamet.ee)
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
Eurovision confirms Israel can compete (www.newarab.com)
Artists and musicians in Sweden, Iceland and Finland had petitioned the European Broadcasting Union to exclude Israel over its atrocities in Gaza...
Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)
Venezuela to be part of BRICS soon: Maduro (en.mehrnews.com)
UK mobile users had slowest 5G download speeds in G7 in 2023 (www.ft.com)
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont (apnews.com)
Norway awards 62 oil and gas production permits in latest licensing round (www.enerdata.net)
Which countries are still funding UNRWA amid Israel’s war on Gaza? (www.lemkininstitute.com)
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), visited Ireland this week following the country’s decision to pledge 20 million euros (just under $21.5m) in support for the crisis-hit agency....
What the Ukraine War, Taiwan, and Gaza Have in Common (nationalinterest.org)
Exclusive: ADL pushed BMG to drop Roger Waters by threatening to weaponize company’s Nazi past - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
Beijing criticizes proposed US sanctions — RT World News (www.rt.com)
”China has the right to conduct normal cooperation with countries around the world. We have always opposed unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ that have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council,” Chinese FM spokeswoman Mao Ning said in response to Washington’s...
‘De-dollarization is happening’: Are countries ditching the USD in favor of China’s yuan? FXC analysts share ‘true picture’ of what is really happening — and how that might impact you (moneywise.com)
US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call (www.reuters.com)
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Committed Blatant Election Fraud (jacobin.com)
This month, incumbent Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele seemed poised to easily win reelection and sweep the legislature with his New Ideas party. But when his legislative supermajority appeared in doubt, Bukele and his supporters resorted to outright fraud....