Myanmar Junta sentences Photo journalist to 20 years in prison (myanmar-now.org)
Spain: Anarchists Assemble Picket Lines For Ikea Dispute (popularresistance.org)
The company is systematically exploiting its workforce with non-payment of overtime, insufficient Personal Protection Equipment, blocking staff from going to their specialist doctor during working hours, among other deficiencies. And this is not the most serious thing that characterises FOLDECO’s board of directors or their...
Wallace confirms resignation as UK defence minister in letter to PM Sunak (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/2137339...
Egypt Planning To Drill 35 New Natural Gas Wells (menafn.com)
…the Nargis-1 exploration well […] holds about 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas…...
UK ‘seeking to block ICJ ruling’ on Israeli occupation of Palestine (www.theguardian.com)
Six Tropes to Look Out For That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage (scheerpost.com)
Moscow Сourt Orders Sakharov Center's Dissolution - The Moscow Times (www.themoscowtimes.com)
A Russian court has ordered the closure of the Sakharov Center, one of the country’s oldest human rights groups, Interfax reported Friday....
Ukraine’s top Freedom Caucus ally gets cold feet (www.politico.com)
He [Rep. Andy Harris] said of Ukraine’s springtime offensive that was intended to turn the tide of the war: “I’ll be blunt, it’s failed.” And he was blunt, too, about the prospects for a victory ahead: “I’m not sure it’s winnable anymore.”
ROK police investigating claims pastor molested 8 North Korean defector students (www.nknews.org)
Seoul police are investigating a South Korean pastor who runs an alternative school for North Korean defectors on charges of sexually assaulting eight youth and child escapees from the DPRK....
Smoke from forest fires engulfs city in Russia's far east (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1253039...
Demand slump drags global manufacturing to financial crisis levels (asia.nikkei.com)
Chandrayaan-3: Historic India mission enters Moon orbit, aiming for south pole (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1091152...
Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (www.commondreams.org)
Insight: Rising domestic violence is a hidden front in Ukraine's war (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/994540...
Turkmen airline suspends Moscow flights over safety concerns (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/959961...
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
Opinion | Alexei Navalny, a voice of conscience, refuses to be silenced (wapo.st)
Manipur: The women facing the fire of the conflict (www.bbc.com)
More than 40 nations interested in joining BRICS, South Africa says (www.reuters.com)
More than 40 countries have expressed interested in joining the BRICS group of nations, South Africa's top diplomat in charge of relations with the bloc said on Thursday.
Ukraine: The Latest - Kyiv deploys cluster munitions "to great effect" (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Exclusive: Biden, Xi set to pledge ban on AI in drones, nuclear warhead control, sources say (www.scmp.com)
Potential dangers of AI expected to be major focus of Wednesday’s much-awaited bilateral meeting on margins of Apec summit in San Francisco.
Baidu placed AI chip order from Huawei in shift away from Nvidia (www.reuters.com)
The Subversive Truth: US Collective Gaslighting Will Be Defeated (venezuelanalysis.com)
They called Mandela a terrorist (www.dawn.com)
In the swirling darkness of Gaza, Netanyahu’s words from 2020 shine a light on his military campaign.
Brazil's Yanomami People are Facing Another Colonialist Threat - This Time From Ultra Processed Food (www.thecanary.co)
