Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
U.S. military fails to reconnect Gaza pier, says mission will end soon ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, a spokesman, said in a statement that U.S. troops tried to reconnect the floating pier to the shoreline Wednesday but were unable to do so because of “technical and weather-related issues.” The pier and its support vessels were taken back to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where they had sheltered amid...
The sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet' revealed by AI ( www.bbc.com )
Sperm whales communicate with each other using rhythmic sequences of clicks, called codas. It was previously thought that sperm whales had just 21 coda types. However, after studying almost 9,000 recordings, the Ceti researchers identified 156 distinct codas. They also noticed the basic building blocks of these codas which they...
Norway to give Ukraine $93 mln to boost air defences, PM says ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/14709660
Russian plot to kill European weapons chief foiled by US and Germany ( www.politico.eu )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24848057
US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine ( www.cnn.com )
China constructs secret Tajikistan military base amid fears of Taliban ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images ( www.theguardian.com )
Teenagers each given a year’s probation after creating and spreading faked images of female classmates in south-west Spain...
Taiwan sees single-day record of Chinese planes in airspace ( www.dw.com )
Taiwan reported an increase in Chinese airforce activity, detecting 66 Chinese planes around the island in a single-day record for this year....
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Drunken driver who snapped photo going 141 mph before deadly collision imprisoned for 17 years ( abcnews.go.com )
Darryl Anderson was drunk behind the wheel of his Audi SUV, had his accelerator pressed to the floor and was barreling toward a car ahead of him when he snapped a photo of his speedometer. The picture showed a car in the foreground, a collision warning light on his dashboard and a speed of 141 mph (227 kph)....
Nato summit: Ukraine on 'irreversible path' to membership ( www.bbc.com )
Nato members have pledged their support for an "irreversible path" to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid....
Journalist in Gaza Describes Last 24 Hours as the Deadliest in Months ( truthout.org )
China accelerates green steel shift as EU levies loom, researchers say ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17862836
China is building two-thirds of new wind and solar globally, report says ( www.reuters.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17862476
Ukraine seizes cargo ship, detains captain for exporting 'looted' grain ( www.reuters.com )
Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday....
China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke ( www.theguardian.com )
BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....
The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany ( www.businessinsider.com )
The US announced deployments of new long-range fires weapons to Germany will start in 2026....
Indian arrested in Canada for ‘groping spree’ at public water park, victims include minors ( theprint.in )
For First Time, NATO Accuses China of Supplying Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine ( www.nytimes.com )
More than 40 sentenced to life in UAE for 'terror' offences ( www.bbc.com )
Food safety scandal rocks China as report claims cooking oil carried in same trucks as fuel ( www.cnn.com )
Public outrage is mounting in China over allegations that a major state-owned food company has been cutting costs by using the same tankers to carry fuel and cooking oil – without cleaning them in between....
Iran’s new president can only change the country so much ( www.vox.com )
