Interesting Global News

Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website ( theintercept.com )

The students who run the Columbia Law Review sought out the Palestinian scholar Rabea Eghbariah, who was censored by Harvard Law Review last year....

New York magnet fisher catches safe full of soggy $100 bills, he says ( apnews.com )

Imran Khan Remains Imprisoned Over His Wife’s Menstrual Cycles. State Department Says That’s “Something For the Pakistani Courts to Decide.” ( theintercept.com )

Imran Khan remains imprisoned over his wife’s menstrual cycles. The State Department says it’s “something for the Pakistani courts to decide.”...

China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive ( apnews.com )

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Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over what Moscow says Beijing's unreasonable price demands in major blow for Putin ( www.reuters.com )

Here is the paywalled article...

USA | Delays, denials, debt and the growing privatization of Medicare ( www.theguardian.com )

Medicare Advantage enrollees report treatment denials and delays in payment, leading to harmful outcomes in healthcare...

Male birth control gel is safe and effective, new trial findings show ( www.nbcnews.com )

After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say....

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory ( www.theguardian.com )

Former Mexico City mayor’s Morena party also on track for possible two-thirds super majority in Congress...

Global pandemic treaty to be concluded by 2025, WHO says ( www.reuters.com )

Talks aimed at reaching a global agreement on how to better fight pandemics will be concluded by 2025 or earlier if possible, the World Health Organization said on Saturday....

USA | Students walk out of University of Chicago graduation over Israel policies ( www.theguardian.com )

Pro-Palestinian students staged the walkout as school withheld degrees of four seniors pending disciplinary review over protests...

Tens of thousands of South Koreans celebrate Pride despite backlash ( www.rawstory.com )

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ South Koreans and their supporters gathered in central Seoul for annual Pride celebrations Saturday, despite the event's traditional venue being banned by authorities for the second consecutive year....

USA | Florida deputy who killed Black air force member in his own home fired ( www.theguardian.com )

Eddie Duran shot Roger Fortson within two seconds after the airman opened his door with his legally owned gun pointed down...

Israel’s opposition leader urges Netanyahu to accept ceasefire proposal ( www.theguardian.com )

Israeli PM says his country’s conditions for ending conflict have not changed after US president presented ceasefire planIsrael-Gaza war – live updates...

UK | James Cleverly suggests asylum seekers are lying about being suicidal ( www.theguardian.com )

Human rights charities condemn home secretary’s comments about MDP Wethersfield and say the site is ‘acutely harmful’...

Palestinians search Jabaliya refugee camp ruins after IDF pulls back ( www.euronews.com )

Families continue to stream out of Rafah in search of safer areas elsewhere in Gaza with the UN estimating around 900,000 people have fled the city since the start of Israel’s 'limited' military operation....

No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licences, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )

Researchers say world has enough fossil fuel projects planned to meet demand forecasts to 2050 if net zero is reached...

US state department falsified report absolving Israel on Gaza aid – ex-official ( www.theguardian.com )

Stacy Gilbert, who quit post as senior adviser on Tuesday, says report went against consensus of experts...

Biden changes stance to allow Ukraine to fire US-supplied weapons into Russia ( www.theguardian.com )

US official says policy change relates to ‘counter-fire purposes’ and prohibits long-range attacks inside of Russia...

New Zealand: Thousands rally in support of Māori rights ( www.bbc.com )

Demonstrators say recent government policies seek to disadvantage indigenous people....

Orcas are still smashing up boats – and we've finally worked out why ( newatlas.com )

Orcas just want to have fun...

Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control ( www.latimes.com )

Israeli journalist says he was threatened by senior intelligence officials if he reported on attempts by the country's spy chief to intimidate ex-prosecutor ( www.theguardian.com )

- An investigative reporter with Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the international criminal court....