Canada's maple syrup reserve almost empty as sap season at risk of becoming another casualty of the winter that wasn't (www.thestar.com)
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem (www.theatlantic.com)
Hungary’s Support for Israel Exposes Its Fake Pacifism (jacobin.com)
Far-right Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has claimed that his refusal to help Ukraine is a “pro-peace position.” Yet Hungary is also the only EU state that openly backs an Israeli attack on Rafah — showing the hypocrisy of Orbán’s supposed pacifism....
Israeli Forces Assault 3 Gaza Hospitals in 1 Day, Committing Massacres (truthout.org)
The IDF reportedly ordered Palestinians to leave al-Amal Hospital “naked” and ran over survivors at al-Shifa with tanks....
China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers (www.ft.com)
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Rio Police Chief Arrested for Killing Marielle Franco (paydayreport.com)
At 5 A.M. on Palm Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio state auditor general Domingos Brazão, were all arrested by Brazilian federal police for plotting to assassinate Rio City Councilwoman Marielle Franco and her...
‘We scream, starve, and die alone’: Life in the ruins of Shuja’iya (www.972mag.com)
‘Women in Gaza are being raped and this is not being investigated or reported’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
India pharma quality lapses force U.S. to look to China for vital drugs (asia.nikkei.com)
As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
While the world’s attention is on Gaza, life for Palestinians in the West Bank is also growing increasingly precarious. There has been a surge in settler violence and a spike in unlawful lethal force from Israeli forces....
US official accused IDF of sexually abusing Palestinian women, general says (www.jpost.com)
IDF Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi met with the holder of the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio at the US State Department, who accused Israel of “systematically” sexually abusing Palestinian woman, the general explained in an interview on 103FM....
France's historical responsibility for Haiti (www.dw.com)
Violence by armed groups has escalated in Haiti, the poorest country in the Caribbean. The issues go back to the era in which Haiti was ruled by the colonizing power France.
White House Agrees To Ban Pride Flags At US Embassies In Spending Bill Deal (www.forbes.com)
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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...
Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy (apnews.com)
Organizing Aid to Gaza Led Me to a Harsh Truth: Biden Is on Board for Ethnic Cleansing (theintercept.com)
I have organized airlifts of women legislators, judges, and journalists out of Afghanistan as Kabul fell; delivered ongoing aid to Ukrainian front-line villages during Russia’s invasion; worked on efforts to build runways, roads, and highways to deliver aid to Rwandan refugees after the genocide; and delivered aid shipments to...
Moscow concert hall attack: Death toll rises to 133 (www.npr.org)
Trump or Biden, US foreign policy endangers the world (asiatimes.com)
Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group....
IDF General Confesses “War Impossible Without US” (scheerpost.com)
Video released of first interrogation of suspected terrorist in Russian concert attack (www.rt.com)
Moscow concert hall attack: Russia detains 11 as death toll rises to 133 (www.aljazeera.com)
Canadian students hunger-strike for college to divest from Israel-linked firms (www.theguardian.com)
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Suspect detained by Russian Special Forces says killings were for money (lbry.tv)
The suspect admits to shooting people at Crocus City Hall, that he was offered around $5,400 to shoot ‘anyone’ - and that the terrorist act was organized on Telegram with an unknown person who provided weapons....
‘Justification of dictatorship’: outcry as Milei rewrites Argentina’s history (www.theguardian.com)
