Japanese hospitality wears thin as overtourism takes toll (www.thetimes.com)
From one point of view, it is a remarkable success story. In 2000 Japan had 4.7 million foreign tourists a year. The government of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe set an ambitious goal of 20 million foreign visitors a year by 2020, and achieved it five years ahead of schedule....
China could lead the world to net zero (www.pv-magazine.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17669528
World Bank Upgrades Russia to ‘High-Income’ Country (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Israel threatens to 'take Lebanon back to the stone age' (www.telegraph.co.uk)
North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says (www.businessinsider.com)
Italy’s Meloni denounces ‘ideological madness’ of EU ban on gas and diesel cars (www.politico.eu)
US to Hezbollah: Don’t count on us to stop an Israeli attack (www.politico.com)
Julian Assange Free on Bail, Departs UK for Australia! (twitter.com)
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE...
"There are not and cannot be any "beaches", "tourist zones" and other fictitious signs of "peaceful life" in #Crimea" - Mikhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President (x.com)
In a single hour, Israeli snipers killed seven bystanders at the Jenin refugee camp (www.haaretz.com)
Jenin has endured plenty of rough days lately, but May 21 outdid them all. In the course of one hour in the morning, snipers killed seven of the city's residents, all of them innocent passersby, even though the streets were quiet and the soldiers had no cause to open fire....
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17595046
U.S. puts Japan back on currency manipulator watch list after 1 year (english.kyodonews.net)
Sir lan McKellen falls off stage at Noel Coward Theatre in London during Player Kings performance (news.sky.com)
Protesters who occupied Stanford University president's office receive felony charges (stanforddaily.com)
Hungarian PM's office demands recognition of all of Ukraine's Zakarpattia as ''traditionally Hungarian'' (www.pravda.com.ua)
How light can vaporize water without the need for heat | MIT (news.mit.edu)
English language in Ukraine to receive a new status: Zelensky's bill already in the Parliament (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact (apnews.com)
Spain seeks to avert trade war after China announces pork anti-dumping probe (www.reuters.com)
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen (apnews.com)
Germany seizes record 35 tons of cocaine, street value was several billion euros (www.aa.com.tr)
It looks like Turkey will give up on the European Union (www.eurotopics.net)
