England in biggest Covid wave in well over a year - and it's only just begun (christinapagel.substack.com)
PISA ranking 2023 is announced and the results are concerning for the west (dataconomy.com)
Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed (abcnews.go.com)
Journalist who broke story on decomposing babies in Gaza is shot, injured (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Killings of Palestinian children are soaring in the West Bank. Advocates say it happens with impunity (www.cbc.ca)
Casualties Rise in Gaza: 70% of Killed Women and Children (www.financial-world.org)
Gaza is currently experiencing its longest communication blackout since the Israeli operation began in October....
Disturbing information on summary killings of at least 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family members in Al Remal neighbourhood. (twitter.com)
Full article by UN OCHA - reliefweb.int/…/un-human-rights-office-opt-unlawf…
First US molten salt reactor in over 50 years to be built (www.businessinsider.com)
One study suggested that the reactors could produce more nuclear waste than current systems and that they “will use highly corrosive and pyrophoric fuels and coolants that, following irradiation, will become highly radioactive.”
'The Wedding': Iranian spy plot to kill two news presenters in London uncovered by double agent (www.itv.com)
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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Security Council searching for Gaza resolution that U.S. won't veto (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived link: archive.is/…/israel-gaza-united-nations-ceasefire…
Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza (Human Rights Watch) (www.hrw.org)
Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza...
What’s Up With Germany’s Pro-Israel ‘Left’? | Novara Media (novaramedia.com)
Jeffrey Epstein Never Stopped Abusing Women—and His VIP Circle Helped Make It Possible (www.msn.com)
Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand Leaning to Controversial AUKUS Alliance (consortiumnews.com)
Storied US Steel to be acquired for more than $14 billion by Nippon Steel (apnews.com)
The US has released an ally of Venezuela's president in a swap for jailed Americans (apnews.com)
Assange gets court date for last-gasp bid to avoid extradition to US (www.businesspost.ie)
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Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan uses AI to give speech ahead of general election | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has delivered a rousing speech to his supporters from behind bars, using artificial intelligence (AI) to create a voice clone that has allowed the jailed politician to campaign for his party months ahead of an expected general election....
25MW turbines for third gigawatt-scale Swedish offshore wind farm (www.windpowermonthly.com)
Swedish developer Eolus Vind has announced plans to develop an offshore wind farm in Sweden’s Gulf of Bothnia with a capacity of up to 1.7GW.
Before they kill me (youtu.be)
[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)
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