Russia illegally used facial recognition to arrest protestor, human rights court rules (www.politico.eu)
Super crops are coming: Is Europe ready for a new generation of gene-edited plants? (www.politico.eu)
Coatzacoalcos in Mexico breaks record with 59 degrees celsius thermic sensation (www.eldictamen.mx)
Twitter applies temporary reading limits for all users, Elon Musk announces (ground.news)
Spanish inflation now under 2%, at 2-year low (www.businesstimes.com.sg)
Pompeii archaeologists discover 'pizza' painting (www.bbc.com)
Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a painting which depicts what might be the precursor to the Italian pizza....
UK government considers preparing for scenario of unexpected collapse of Russian Federation (www.pravda.com.ua)
China is building a 100GW renewable capacity project by the Yalong river. This will power 100 million households, the equivalent of the entire US population. (www.scmp.com)
OceanGate listed job posting for ‘submersible pilot’ during doomed Titan rescue efforts (nypost.com)
UPDATE: Poland prevents Ukrainian bound South African delegation from disembarking for hours (mg.co.za)
US citizen detained on drug charges in Moscow identified as rock band manager Travis Leake (www.cnn.com)
Around 30 countries are applying to join BRICS (damijan.org)
South Africa reported that applications for joining the BRICS are received almost weekly....
Hit on Chinese balloon was F-22’s first air-to-air strike (www.afr.com)
How heroic, that surely paid off all those billions.
Operator Fears 'Sputtering of Radioactive Substances' at Ukraine Nuclear Plant (www.commondreams.org)
Ukraine’s state-run energy operator warned Saturday that “there are risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances” from the country’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as shelling in the Russian-occupied area continues, despite international pleas for a ceasefire....
Turkey, a NATO member-state, has launched an invasion of Iraq. Not a word from NATO and EU representatives who have been screaming about Ukraine for the past two months. (www.pbs.org)
U.K. Judge OKs Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S. (www.wsws.org)
A British judge has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces a 175-year sentence. The final decision on Assange’s extradition will now be made by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Amnesty International’s Simon Crowther spoke outside the courthouse prior to today’s...
Facing difficult frontline reality and the prospect of Trump in the White House, Zelensky hints at negotiations with Russia (www.cnn.com)
Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel Aviv (www.theguardian.com)
Years of miscalculations by U.S., NATO led to dire shell shortage in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Israeli PM blocks hospital for sick Gaza children in Israel (www.bbc.com)
Yemen Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one (www.npr.org)
Live: Global IT outage affecting banks, airlines, media outlets across the world - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Trump didn’t say he wouldn’t defend Taiwan. He said he can’t defend it, because the island is ’68 miles from China, a slight disadvantage’. (asiatimes.com)
The world’s power grids are failing as the planet warms (www.japantimes.co.jp)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18013671
US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region (www.theguardian.com)
