Israeli Newspaper Confirms IDF Employed 'Hannibal Directive' on October 7 ( www.commondreams.org )
With Argentina’s president skipping Mercosur, the future of the trade alliance looks doubtful ( apnews.com )
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — The most notable thing about the Mercosur trade bloc’s meetings on Sunday in Paraguay was an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei....
Russian-linked cybercampaigns put a bull’s-eye on France. Their focus? The Olympics and elections ( apnews.com )
PARIS (AP) — Photos of blood-red hands on a Holocaust memorial. Caskets at the Eiffel Tower. A fake French military recruitment drive calling for soldiers in Ukraine, and major French news sites improbably registered in an obscure Pacific territory, population 15,000....
US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China ( apnews.com )
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. ...
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala ( apnews.com )
DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday....
Ten die during a fire in nursing home in Uruguay ( www.reuters.com )
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Putin calls Taliban Russia's 'ally' in combating terrorism | The Express Tribune ( tribune.com.pk )
Top Vatican Official Accused of Lying Over €350 Million Real Estate Deal ( www.bloomberg.com )
A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return ( apnews.com )
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January....
Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes ( truthout.org )
Iranian Warship Sahand Capsizes And Sinks ( www.navalnews.com )
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas ( apnews.com )
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
Poop in the Seine, Packed Trains, Convoluted QR Codes -- Is Paris Ready for the Olympics? ( www.rollingstone.com )
Israeli attack on UN school used as shelter in Gaza kills at least 16 ( www.aljazeera.com )
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack on a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the Gaza Government Media Office said, as Israel continues to pound the besieged coastal territory....
"Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" ( archive.is )
IDF Ordered Hannibal Directive on October 7 to Prevent Hamas Taking Soldiers Captive....
Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support ( www.bbc.com )
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape ( www.theguardian.com )
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint ( www.theguardian.com )
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....
UK Gets Its Future Back" Labour's Keir Starmer In Victory Speech ( ptv-news.com.pk )
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour ( www.theguardian.com )
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
Paris Olympics organizers unveil backup plans for triathlon and marathon swimming in Seine ( apnews.com )
The organizing committee for the Paris Olympics has unveiled backup plans for open-water events if the Seine River is deemed unsuitable for swimming....
