Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Beijing is spending big in order to “de-risk” itself from Australia in a move that could cripple Aussies. (www.news.com.au)
Biden vows G7 response, ‘ironclad’ US support for Israel after Iran attacks (www.aljazeera.com)
US President Joe Biden has condemned Iranian attacks on military facilities in Israel, pledging a coordinated Group of Seven (G7) diplomatic response while highlighting the United States’s help in taking down “nearly all” of the attacking drones and missiles....
Thousands gather in Iran in show of support for attack on Israel (www.scmp.com)
Iran’s attack came in retaliation for an April 1 strike on the consular annexe of Iran’s embassy in Damascus and killed 7 Revolutionary Guards, 2 of them generals...
China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. military has shot down Iranian drones (www.nbcnews.com)
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Young Hong Kongers who defied Xi are now partying in China (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Iran launches attack against Israel with drones 'hours away' from Israeli soil (www.theguardian.com)
Argentine Unions Call Another General Strike for May 9th (peoplesdispatch.org)
Ukraine’s top commander says eastern frontline has ‘significantly worsened’. Outgunned forces struggle to halt multipronged and intensifying Russian offensive. (www.ft.com)
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In Ukraine’s West, Draft Dodgers Run, and Swim, to Avoid the War (www.nytimes.com)
Iran seizes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz after threats to close waterway (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look (www.bbc.com)
US sanctions on key Nvidia distributor in China could push more customers towards domestic replacements (www.scmp.com)
Sitonholy, which has been added to the US Entity List, is one of a few ‘elite-level’ Nvidia data centre product solutions providers in China...
Iran’s IRGC seizes ‘Israeli-linked’ ship near Strait of Hormuz (www.aljazeera.com)
Iranian armed forces have seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions across the region after a deadly Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria....
European diplomats in DC scramble to gain access to Trump allies for insights (edition.cnn.com)
Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed. (www.pewresearch.org)
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Meloni Seeks China Reset After Italy Ditches Belt and Road Pact (www.bloomberg.com)
This delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don’t meet quotas (restofworld.org)
The truth about organic milk: cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farms (www.theatlantic.com)
CNN Journalist and Others Wounded in IDF Strike on Gaza Refugee Camp (www.mediaite.com)
Seven journalists were among the wounded after Israeli forces attacked a refugee camp in Gaza, CNN reported on Friday.
Meet Claudia Sheinbaum, Who May Be Mexico’s First Woman President (www.thenation.com)
Germany cancels pro-Palestine event, bars entry to Gaza war witness (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel on edge for Iranian retaliation as Tehran views strike on embassy as an attack on its territory (www.scmp.com)
Tehran views the attack as equivalent to an attack on its own territory, so a direct response on Israeli soil by Iran itself is a serious possibility...