Rival Koreas race to launch first spy satellites this month (www.reuters.com)
The Ukraine war has been a 'great bargain' for US in the Black Sea (responsiblestatecraft.org)
While U.S. officials have been open about their intentions of using Ukraine to weaken Russia, they have been careful about claiming that they are making hardheaded geopolitical calculations. Typically, U.S. officials have remained sensitive to the Ukrainian position that the war is a matter of resisting Russia’s military...
Al-Shifa Hospital, Hamas’s Tunnels, and Israeli Propaganda (theintercept.com)
Trumped up charges may prevent Guatemala's newly elected reformist president from taking office (theworld.org)
In India, 40 workers are trapped in a tunnel for a 7th day as rescuers wait for a new drill (apnews.com)
Forty workers are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they can crawl to their freedom.
Probe Shows 126+ Civilians Killed By Israeli Airstrike Targeting ‘Just One Guy’ (scheerpost.com)
One Week Before the Elections in Argentina, Sergio Massa and Far-Right Javier Milei are Neck and Neck (peoplesdispatch.org)
Julian Assange: Sabotage is Solidarity Where Telling the Truth is Treason (www.thecanary.co)
Exclusive: Biden, Xi set to pledge ban on AI in drones, nuclear warhead control, sources say (www.scmp.com)
Potential dangers of AI expected to be major focus of Wednesday’s much-awaited bilateral meeting on margins of Apec summit in San Francisco.
Premature babies are dying at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital (www.aljazeera.com)
Columbia Suspends Pro-Palestine Student Groups Amid Crackdown on Free Speech (truthout.org)
“No one should participate in any Columbia events until SJP and JVP are reinstated,” one civil rights attorney wrote....
Australia offers to help South Pacific island residents escape rising seas (www.cbc.ca)
President’s War Against ‘Fake News’ Raises Alarms in South Korea (www.nytimes.com)
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Japan-led navy exercise starts with Philippines observing for first time (www.reuters.com)
The Japan-led Annualex exercise started on Friday with operations conducted by the naval forces of the United States, Australia and Canada, with the Philippines attending as an observer, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Vice Admiral Akira Saito told reporters.
Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)
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Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago (www.reuters.com)
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
Black Christian leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza (religionnews.com)
In recent weeks, a group of Black Christian faith leaders met with White House officials and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, voicing concern about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel’s ground assault into the region.
Israel increases attacks on health infrastructure in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
‘We live in a state of fear’: Jenin residents ‘terrified’ as IDF bombards West Bank and settler violence grows (www.independent.co.uk)
Terrified children and desperate mothers line the corridors of Jenin’s public hospital, taking shelter from Israeli soldiers as they raid a nearby refugee camp in the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera Censors Video of Critic Who Said Saudi–Israel Normalization Would Be “Suicide” for MBS (theintercept.com)
Yemen claims its air defenses shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone (bulgarianmilitary.com)
Airstrike Decimates U.S.-Funded Children’s Hospital in Gaza (www.thedailybeast.com)
An Israeli airstrike on Sunday caused “significant damage” to a pediatric hospital in Gaza City, wounding an unknown number of people and killing at least eight, authorities in the enclave said.
Britain's "loneliest sheep" rescued by group of farmers after being stuck on foot of cliff for at least 2 years (www.cbsnews.com)
Britain’s so-called “loneliest sheep,” which was stuck at the foot of a remote cliff in Scotland, has been rescued, according to a group of farmers who made it their mission to save the well-known sheep. Cammy Wilson, who led the rescue mission, said it was a risky one – and that’s why, despite past attempts by others,...
