Netanyahu Blasts Biden Admin For ‘Withholding’ Weapons From Israel In Harshest Criticism Yet: ‘Inconceivable’ ( www.forbes.com )
Pope told by student to stop using anti-LGBTQ language ( www.bbc.com )
Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to "stop using offensive language" against LGBTQ people....
Julian Assange's sexual assault accuser is "happy" he's free ( www.bbc.com )
Swedish human rights activist Anna Ardin is glad Julian Assange is free....
China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups ( www.theguardian.com )
NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table ( apnews.com )
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....
Coup attempt in Bolivia reportedly under way as army and police storm palace ( www.ctvnews.ca )
U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why. ( foreignpolicy.com )
In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained...
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years ( www.theguardian.com )
Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war...
Greece wildfire: Anger after yacht fireworks spark blaze ( www.bbc.com )
Fireworks launched from a yacht in Greece sparked a forest fire on the island of Hydra on Friday, the local firefighting authority has said....
Another One Of Russia’s Nuclear-Proof Transports Just Got Blown Up In Ukraine ( www.forbes.com )
Jordanian reporter gets one year in prison under draconian new cybercrime law ( rsf.org )
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war ( www.theguardian.com )
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba ( apnews.com )
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean....
Israeli soldiers who drove with wounded Palestinian tied to their vehicle 'violated orders', military says ( www.abc.net.au )
93 Nations Back ICC as Israel Faces Charges for War Crimes in Gaza ( www.commondreams.org )
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Trying And Failing To Cross A River In Vovchansk, 400 Russian Troops Got Cut Off. Now They’re Surrendering. ( www.forbes.com )
Russia’s northern offensive isn’t going well....
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Arturo Casadevall is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has spent four decades investigating how fungi can both improve and devastate life as we know it. His new book, What If Fungi Win?, charts how we might overcome the rising threat....
FAA investigates counterfeit titanium used in some Boeing and Airbus jets ( ground.news )
New German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to exist ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Chinese Ship Suspected of Raiding World War II Wrecks Detained ( news.usni.org )
TIL that a Chinese barge spent much of 2022-2023 illegally pillaging scrap metal from WW2 war graves in Malaysian waters....
Israeli army strapped wounded Palestinian to jeep ( www.bbc.com )
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan ( www.japantimes.co.jp )
A disease caused by a rare tissue-damaging bacteria is spreading in Japan after the country relaxed COVID-era restrictions....
UN Report Finds Israel Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza ( truthout.org )
In a report released on Wednesday by the UN Commission of Inquiry that covers the period from October 7 to the end of 2023, the commission found that Israel has committed a large range of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza....
Global concern rises over bird flu as experts warn of potential human pandemic ( www.irishstar.com )
Israeli army knew of Hamas plot to take hostages before 7 Oct ( www.newarab.com )
The Israeli military had advanced notice about a plan by Hamas to raid southern Israel including accurate predictions about the number of hostages the group would seize, a new report has found....
