Thailand moves to legalise same-sex marriage (www.bbc.com)
Thailand has taken a historic step closer to marriage equality after the lower house passed a bill giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage....
China calls for probe after five Chinese engineers killed in suicide attack in Pakistan (indianexpress.com)
Court ruling effectively outlaws Islamic schools in India’s most populous state (www.cnn.com)
Amit Soussana: Survivor of Hamas Abduction and Sexual Assault in Gaza (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Amit Soussana, an Israeli woman, bravely shares her story of surviving sexual assault and violence during her 55-day captivity following the Hamas-led
Weapon export rules eased to allow Japan to sell fighter jets (english.kyodonews.net)
Ukraine's Zelenskiy replaces top security official in new reshuffle (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Finds Israel in Compliance With Biden's Demands on International Law, Humanitarian Aid (www.haaretz.com)
The U.S. has deemed Israel in compliance with U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security memorandum stipulating that recipients of U.S. weapons must be in compliance with international law, nor may they block the provision of humanitarian assistance....
CIA Used Chinese Social Media In Covert Influence Operation Against Xi Jinping's Government (www.reuters.com)
Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. Three former officials...
In recent interactions with the Danish state, such as applying for residency permits, a Taiwanese’s nationality would be listed as “China.” (www.taipeitimes.com)
Israeli Propagandist Behind Hamas ‘Mass Rape’ Narrative Exposed as Fraud (scheerpost.com)
This Is Not ISIS – Rossiya Segodnya Editor-In-Chief on Moscow Concert Hall Attack (orinocotribune.com)
Israel Cancels Rafah Talks in US Following UNSC Abstention (thecradle.co)
China’s Tech Sector May Rival Property as Growth Driver, BE Says (www.bloomberg.com)
Baltimore bridge collapse sends vehicles tumbling into water (www.reuters.com)
Puerto Ricans take to the streets against Kamala Harris’s visit (peoplesdispatch.org)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (www.ohchr.org)
After five months of military operations, Israel has destroyed Gaza. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 13,000 children. Over 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000 injured, many with life-changing mutilations. Seventy percent of residential areas have been destroyed. Eighty percent of the whole...
America has no Ukraine Plan B except more war (asiatimes.com)
West acting out of self-interest in Ukraine: Borrell (english.almayadeen.net)
British High Court rules Julian Assange won’t be immediately extradited; next appeal hearing will be May 20 (www.aljazeera.com)
The court’s ruling today is here: www.judiciary.uk/…/Assange-Order-6.pdf
Biden knew Israel was bombing indiscriminately – WaPo (www.globalvillagespace.com)
On October 27, three weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Biden’s top foreign policy officials told a small group at the White House that “Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets,” the newspaper wrote, citing three sources familiar with the meeting....
Israeli Soldier’s Video Undercuts Medic’s Account of Sexual Assault (www.nytimes.com)
Australia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade (www.theguardian.com)
CCTV exposes 8 million RMB solar farm built on prime farmland, leads to plummeting rice yields (news.cctv.com)
Gaza war: Gate 96, the new crossing where aid struggles to get in | BBC (www.bbc.com)
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