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Myanmar rebels say they have repelled junta push to take back border town (www.reuters.com)

BBC News - Sydney: Bishop stabbed during sermon - reports (www.bbc.co.uk)

Seems to be Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel who has clips of his sermons go viral online

Argentine Unions Call Another General Strike for May 9th (peoplesdispatch.org)

European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights (edition.cnn.com)

Palestine Action Take Drastic Measures to Stop Elbit - Crashing Cars into its Factory (www.thecanary.co)

Top IDF commander in aid strike wanted to block humanitarian supplies into Gaza (www.telegraph.co.uk)

The most senior IDF commander dismissed for his role in the drone strike which killed seven aid workers in Gaza is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid, The Telegraph can reveal....

What the U.S. really means by overcapacity (news.cgtn.com)

No UNSC 'consensus' on Palestine's full UN membership (www.trtworld.com)

China Is Taking Countermeasures Against General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems (www.mfa.gov.cn)

South Korean prime minister offers to resign after parliamentary election defeat (www.nbcnews.com)

Schwarzenegger and Stallone express support for Israel (lemmygrad.ml)

cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/4236554...

Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists (www.theguardian.com)

China's top coal province Shanxi to cut output for first time in seven years (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14229239...

New Zealand tightens visa rules after migration hits ‘unsustainable’ levels (www.theguardian.com)

Nicaragua to ICJ: End Germany’s support of Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito (apnews.com)

María Dolores Miño, director of Ecuador’s independent Law and Justice Observatory and a law professor at the International University of Ecuador, said the raid was not only “extremely embarrassing” for Ecuador but also opens up the possibility of serious repercussions....

Israel reduces troops in south Gaza, Egypt to host new talks (www.reuters.com)

Trudeau announces $2.4 billion package to "secure Canada's AI advantage" (www.pm.gc.ca)

Palestinians Undergo 'Routine' Amputations for Handcuff Injuries, Says Israeli Doctor (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

Learn about the troubling conditions at Sde Teiman field hospital: routine amputations and healthcare violations impacting Palestinian detainees

After Killing of US Aid Worker in Gaza, the US Doubles Down on Military Aid to Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)

McDonald's to buy back Israeli restaurants after boycotts (www.bbc.co.uk)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13936577

U.S. envoy says a diplomatic solution for Yemen will have to be found (www.reuters.com)

I’m guessing trying to bomb Yemen into submission isn’t going as planned.

Pakistani judges say intelligence agency threatened them over Imran Khan (www.theguardian.com)

U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes (www.washingtonpost.com)

The State Department approved the transfer of more than 1,000 MK82 500-pound bombs, over 1,000 small-diameter bombs, and fuses for MK80 bombs, all from authorizations granted by Congress several years before the latest hostilities between Israel and Hamas began, said the U.S. officials, who like others spoke on the condition of...