'More Unhinged by the Minute': Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran (www.commondreams.org)
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages (www.bangkokpost.com)
Congo Still Fights to Control Its Own Resources 64 Years After Its Independence (truthout.org)
Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest (www.theguardian.com)
The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China....
Pentagon removes Gaza pier again, no clear date on reinstallation (thehill.com)
UK Doctor: 'Media actively obscuring Gaza reality' (zeteo.com)
Smith, who has been to the enclave twice since the war began, most recently worked in Rafah and central Gaza for two months, including at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah and Al-Awada Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp. “It was carnage,” he says. They were “the most horrific scenes that I have ever seen as an...
China hands over lavish new presidential palace to Vanuatu, ahead of PM's visit to Beijing (www.abc.net.au)
China’s bribery campaign across Oceania continues.
Thirteen people killed and dozens wounded in Kenya as police open fire on protesters (www.sbs.com.au)
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland (www.theguardian.com)
Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades (apnews.com)
Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza....
Protests continue in Kenya as some are now calling for the president to step down (abcnews.go.com)
Nine killed in Seoul after car hits pedestrians (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17525307
‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right (www.theguardian.com)
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ (www.theguardian.com)
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat (www.reuters.com)
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter....
Hamas accuses Israel of trying to evade negotiations (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
A member of the Hamas political bureau has accused Israel of trying to evade negotiations for a ceasefire and prisoner exchange. Husam Badran added on Wednesday that the occupation regime is trying to distract attention from this obvious fact....
Britain’s election could be historic. Here’s what to know. (www.nbcnews.com)
Bangkok Post - Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages (www.bangkokpost.com)
Discord servers and their problem
The Discord app is the most popular chatting app....
West Bank: More wounded Palestinians tell BBC the Israeli army forced them on to jeep (www.bbc.com)
Two more Palestinian men, injured during a military operation in the occupied West Bank last week, have told the BBC that Israeli soldiers forced them on to the bonnet of an army jeep and drove them – sometimes at speed – along village roads....
Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/23130161...
ICC decision on Netanyahu arrest warrant may be delayed by UK (www.theguardian.com)
Turkey: Human rights report shows increasing torture against Kurds and LGBTQI+ (ifex.org)
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
