President Xi Jinping Speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Phone (www.fmprc.gov.cn)
Palestine Solidarity Protesters Attacked by Police in Toronto (peoplesdispatch.org)
IDF Allowed 100 Civilian Deaths for Every Hamas Official Targeted by Error-Prone AI System (scheerpost.com)
Tropical Deforestation Still Surging, as Ten Football Fields Worth Cleared Every Minute in 2023 (www.thecanary.co)
Over 150 elementary schools have no 1st graders: Korean ministry (www.koreaherald.com)
The US and its allies refuse to condemn Israeli attacks on Iranian consulate in Syria (peoplesdispatch.org)
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea says Kim Jong Un oversaw test of new hypersonic weapon (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime (www.hrw.org)
Between January and March 2024, Human Rights Watch spoke by phone with 16 people about the October 31 attack on the residential Engineers’ Building, and the death of their relatives and others. Human Rights Watch analyzed satellite imagery, 35 photographs, and 45 videos of the attack’s aftermath, as well as other relevant...
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The Rise and Fall of China's LGFVs (www.cogitations.co)
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free ski passes (www.semafor.com)
Swiss federal ministers are giving up their free annual ski passes worth around $4,000....
Tensions with China Drive Investors Towards Vietnam (www.ipsnews.net)
HO CHI MINH CITY, Apr 3 2024 (IPS) - In recent months, several European representatives embarked on trade missions to Vietnam. German President Steinmeier visited Hanoi in January. The Netherlands sent Prime Minister Mark Rutte, with the Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, soon to follow suit. Notably,...
Report: Israeli Army Uses AI to Mass-Produce Palestinian Targets for Assassination (truthout.org)
The Israeli army is making heavy use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that mass-generates assassination targets in Gaza in order to reach certain thresholds of killing of Palestinians every day, a new explosive report finds. This AI generated information is used by the military to kill targets as soon as they step into...
Chinese GDP will be more than double that of the US in under a decade, if recent growth rates persist. (www.worldeconomics.com)
Zimbabwe Declares National Disaster due to Drought While Pakistan is Running Out of Water for Crops (www.thecanary.co)
The US and Allies Refuse to Condemn Israeli Attacks on Iranian Consulate in Syria (peoplesdispatch.org)
US May Revoke Houthi Terrorist Label If They Stop Red Sea Ship Attacks (www.bloomberg.com)
In case y’all wondering how the whole operation Prosperity Guardian is going.
Cambodia getting a China-backed, game-changing canal (asiatimes.com)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
Formally, the Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets. The sources told +972 and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, the army almost completely relied on Lavender,...