Biometric data collection avoided in Ukraine aid delivery over human rights concerns (www.biometricupdate.com)
Poland: A new report examines the PKN Orlen takeover of Polska Press (europeanjournalists.org)
Media capture in Poland: the ruling party has significantly increased its ability to influence and control news and opinion across the country.
Russia reports intercepting a missile over annexed Crimea and briefly halts traffic on key bridge (abcnews.go.com)
Colombia, Brazil presidents pledge cooperation to protect Amazon (www.reuters.com)
China’s BRI: Toward a Hybrid International Order with Socialist Characteristics? (dissidentvoice.org)
‘Direct attacks on Indian mission completely unacceptable’: UK foreign secretary (www.hindustantimes.com)
Bulgarian defense minister ‘regrets’ Zelenskyy visit leak (www.politico.eu)
What Sweden and Finland bring to NATO | Reuters Video (www.reuters.com)
Money spent by EU on migration policy becoming 'complex' to track - expert (www.euronews.com)
SAS chiefs ‘destroyed evidence of murders in war crime cover-up’ (archive.is)
Activists spurred by affirmative action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard (apnews.com)
Massive mineral deposit discovery could meet global battery and solar panel demand ‘for next 100 years’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Turkey, a NATO member-state, has launched an invasion of Iraq. Not a word from NATO and EU representatives who have been screaming about Ukraine for the past two months. (www.pbs.org)
First day on job, Yoon-appointed head of KBS drops programming critical of administration (www.hani.co.kr)
China Pushes Myanmar Junta for BRI Progress Amid Resistance Offensive (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/8792992...
How Telegram Became a Terrifying Weapon in the Israel-Hamas War | WIRED (www.wired.com)
No ceasefire agreement at Cairo summit with Israel, senior U.S. officials absent (news.cgtn.com)
Romania seeking to postpone shutdown of lignite power plants (uk.finance.yahoo.com)
…to build solar parks and gas-fired power plants as part of Romania’s energy shift....
How a DC Think Tank Helped Cause the Gaza 'Deluge' (consortiumnews.com)
Western diplomats are walking an impossible tightrope with Israel - FT (www.ft.com)
“We may be about to see massive ethnic cleansing,” says one EU diplomat. Another senior Brussels official says that the EU should already have lined up with the UN secretary-general’s calls for Israel to respect international humanitarian law....
‘Rustin’ review: A vital spotlight on an overlooked and complex civil rights hero (www.peoplesworld.org)
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/798651...
J.P.Morgan released a small summary of yesterday's manufacturing business activity indices. (lemmygrad.ml)
source pmi.spglobal.com/…/b7141fc969fc4475bd6e1e2d4e1660…
Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union (inthesetimes.com)
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