Why Russia’s glide bomb assault is changing the war in Ukraine (www.thetimes.co.uk)
CIA Used Chinese Social Media In Covert Influence Operation Against Xi Jinping's Government (www.reuters.com)
Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. Three former officials...
America has no Ukraine Plan B except more war (asiatimes.com)
A State Department official warns Israel of 'major' reputational damage in Gaza war (www.npr.org)
‘Women in Gaza are being raped and this is not being investigated or reported’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Emily Harding, former CIA operative: if we find a way to make the Russian population at home understand the costs of this conflict to them in their hometowns. (www.csis.org)
The sentiment in Washington before the Moscow attack was that Russians needed to experience firsthand the impact of the war in Ukraine. This attitude intensified as US sanctions proved ineffective, Russian advancements in Ukraine quickened, and President Putin received a high level of support from the Russian population during...
‘Justification of dictatorship’: outcry as Milei rewrites Argentina’s history (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan donates NT$15.9 million to Israel (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
Schools should prep students for war, German minister says (www.dw.com)
The minister also called for developing a “relaxed” relationship between school students and the armed forces. She suggested that military officers visit schools to explain what “the Bundeswehr does for our security.”
Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian space corporation says Moscow, Beijing plan nuclear power plant on moon (www.aa.com.tr)
Traffic shut down on Crimean Bridge amid reports of explosions (kyivindependent.com)
Ex-ISIS chief appointed as commander of US-backed militia in Syria (thecradle.co)
France's Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out (www.reuters.com)
Six Times More Children and Women Killed in Palestine in Five Months Than in Ukraine in Two years (orinocotribune.com)
The United States was on course to eliminate syphilis. Now it’s surging (www.sciencenews.org)
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Britain Wants To Ban Boycotts Of Israel. Does That Mean They’re Working? (znetwork.org)
The Tories want to stop public bodies engaging in ‘BDS’ campaigns – but that’s unlikely to stop grassroots organisers...
China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. (www.businessinsider.com)
Arabs put to vote a UN resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire, knowing US will veto it (apnews.com)
The idea of total Ukrainian victory is delusional (thehill.com)
China Revives Socialist Ideas to Fix Its Real-Estate Crisis (www.wsj.com)
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A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’ (www.nytimes.com)
‘It Is Suffocating’: A Top Liberal University Is Under Attack in India (www.nytimes.com)
Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office (www.theguardian.com)
Use of Coal-Fired Power Plants Increases amid Transition to Green Energy (hungarytoday.hu)
It is necessary to find cost-effective ways to replace coal with renewables or to be able to use coal and lignite in a climate-friendly way (clean coal technologies, methanol economy, carbon capture, storage, and recycling) to make decarbonization not only an alternative for rich countries, but a truly global option.
