Police Crackdown on Students Sparks Outrage Across Italy (peoplesdispatch.org)
US GDP "Grew" $334 Billion In Q4.... That Growth Cost $834 Billion In Debt (www.zerohedge.com)
Euro-Med Monitor today documented Israeli bulldozers running over a prisoner east of Gaza City (twitter.com)
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Chinese Chipmaker Cleared in US Criminal Trade Secrets Case (www.bloomberg.com)
The Economist: Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention (www.economist.com)
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Scholz and Macron feud over arms for Ukraine – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
As Ukraine runs short on ammunition, the German and French leaders are at odds over military aid.
Gaza's warring enemies cautious over truce talks after Biden says deal nearing (www.reuters.com)
Universities are Increasingly in Cahoots with the Arms Industry - Normalising War for Profit (www.thecanary.co)
US slammed for providing Israel with ‘license to kill’ Palestinians in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Israeli police break up ultra-Orthodox Jews’ military service protest (www.aljazeera.com)
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HUR Chief Budanov Says Seems Navalny Died of Detached Blood Clot (www.kyivpost.com)
India's stance on data transfers at WTO spooks chip giants (www.reuters.com)
Indian Farmers Escalate Protests After Death of Young Farmworker, Social Media Censorship (www.democracynow.org)
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Doctors Without Borders Condemns US “Complicity” in “Unimaginable Suffering” in Gaza (truthout.org)
US intelligence casts doubt on Israeli claims of UNRWA-Hamas links, report says (www.theguardian.com)
US Charges Yakuza Leader Over Conspiring to Sell Nuclear Material from Myanmar (www.irrawaddy.com)
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Colombia, Bolivia back Brazil’s Lula in Israel row over Gaza war comments (www.aljazeera.com)
Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)
‘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)
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....
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...
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 West was ‘overly optimistic’ about Russia's war against Ukraine in 2023 - NATO admiral (news.yahoo.com)
Sinking feeling: Is the AUKUS plan feasible? (www.theaustralian.com.au)
AUKUS is something of a phenomenon. The bombshell announcement at 7am on September 15, 2021, must rank as one of the most spectacular policy coups in Australia’s history. Though details were scarce, it was immediately and almost universally acclaimed as a triumph. Internationally, too, it has been a sensation, seen as...