Settlers Burn Through West Bank Village Under Army Protection (thecradle.co)
ECOWAS prepares to lift sanctions against Niger ‘before Ramadan’ (www.theafricareport.com)
The West was ‘overly optimistic’ about Russia's war against Ukraine in 2023 - NATO admiral (news.yahoo.com)
Hundreds of Ukrainian Troops Feared Captured or Missing in Chaotic Retreat (www.nytimes.com)
China agrees to lift ban on Spanish beef imports (www.france24.com)
Poverty in Argentina hits 57%, highest number in 20 years, report says (buenosairesherald.com)
'China has a lot more to lose': U.S. considering sanctioning Chinese firms aiding Russia's war (www.cnbc.com)
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Indian union refuses to load Israel-bound weapons shipments (thecradle.co)
An Indian trade union that operates at multiple ports across the nation has refused to load or offload ships carrying weapons to Israel, days after the announcement of New Delhi sending Hermes 900 “killer” drones to Tel Aviv.
Ukraine Says Local Law-Enforcers Behind Maidan Protester Deaths in 2014 (www.bloomberg.com)
More than 29,000 Palestinians killed in 136 days of Israel’s war on Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Why oil autocracies and private equity bullies are coming for the NBA next (www.theguardian.com)
As the NBA has emerged as the first professional league in the US to cozy up to global sport’s burgeoning class of nation-state investors, the shape of its guiding dualism under Silver is starting to become crisper: lip service to social justice issues at home, a studied obliviousness to human rights violations abroad. In the...
The Kremlin has never been richer – thanks to a US strategic partner (www.cnn.com)
Assange’s health condition keeps him away from attending his extradition trial (intlmonitor.com)
Brazil’s Lula compares Israel’s war on Gaza with the Holocaust (www.aljazeera.com)
German economy to keep shrinking, Bundesbank warns (www.ft.com)
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Admirers of the Russian leader may soon lead the world’s three largest democracies (www.ft.com)
Trump breaks silence on Navalny, casts no blame on Putin (www.reuters.com)
Netanyahu: Israel will maintain full security control over Gaza Strip, West Bank (www.jpost.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife (www.bbc.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants...
The idea of total Ukrainian victory is delusional (thehill.com)
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....