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US, EU economic system struggling to 'survive' against China, US trade chief warns (www.euractiv.com)

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)

‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime? (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivable

China’s factory activity hits 1-year high, adding to signs economic recovery is picking up pace (www.scmp.com)

Official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rebounds to 50.8 in March, crossing into expansion territory after five months of contraction ⠀...

Lawmakers in Thailand overwhelmingly approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage (apnews.com)

British High Court rules Julian Assange won’t be immediately extradited; next appeal hearing will be May 20 (www.aljazeera.com)

The court’s ruling today is here: www.judiciary.uk/…/Assange-Order-6.pdf

Hungary’s Support for Israel Exposes Its Fake Pacifism (jacobin.com)

Far-right Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has claimed that his refusal to help Ukraine is a “pro-peace position.” Yet Hungary is also the only EU state that openly backs an Israeli attack on Rafah — showing the hypocrisy of Orbán’s supposed pacifism....

Russian authorities say at least 40 killed in Moscow concert hall shooting (www.aljazeera.com)

UN security council rejects US-led UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire by China and Russia veto (www.scmp.com)

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China’s words at top UN court could signal stronger support for Palestinians (www.scmp.com)

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"The United States is willing to engage in bilateral arms control discussions with Russia and China right now, without preconditions" - US Ambassador to UN (usun.usmission.gov)

U.S. Withdraws From Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty...

Niger breaks off military cooperation with US (punchng.com)

‘Overthrow the system’: Haiti gang leader Cherizier seeks revolution (www.aljazeera.com)

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Big Tech firms beat lawsuit from child laborers forced to work in cobalt mines (arstechnica.com)

Dutch government tries to stop ASML from moving out (www.euronews.com)

Malaysia's prime minister resists US pressure and says Malaysians don't have a problem with China (apnews.com)

Australian PM First Western Leader to Be Referred to ICC as 'Accessory to Genocide in Gaza' (www.commondreams.org)

[…] The 92-page document compiled by the legal team lays out a number of specific ways Albanese and other Australian officials have acted as an accessory to genocide, including:...

'Settlers are right': The kibbutz movement should break away from the left, leader says (www.haaretz.com)

“The settlers aren’t wrong. The right is correct: That is the way to seize and hold land, and their claim that, any place we Israelis leave, the Arabs will come in our place, is correct. The right is also correct in its path: It’s by settlement and only by settlement that sovereignty can be imposed. The debate is whether...

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