Large demonstration against right-wing extremism with 80,000 participants in Hamburg premature closed due to overcrowding. (www.dw.com)
Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
Washington to Israel: Turn the lights back on in Gaza (www.politico.com)
The Biden administration is pressing Israel to restore telecommunications access to Gaza amid a massive blackout that has stretched a record six days and left millions of Palestinians without power or internet....
Zelensky calls for seized Russian billions to rebuild Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
President Zelensky has called for some of the Russian billions seized by world banks to be sent to rebuild Ukraine....
Chinese scientists clone first rhesus monkey to live into adulthood (www.bangkokpost.com)
Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged (www.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting....
German government rejects protesting farmers' demands for more subsidies (www.abc.net.au)
Hamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes (www.theguardian.com)
Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes....
‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system (www.theguardian.com)
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages saying they'll learn 'fate' on Monday (www.standard.co.uk)
The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home....
Tories facing 1997-style general election wipeout (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Russian Orthodox priest faces expulsion for refusing to pray for victory over Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services...
Female saboteurs who poisoned 46 Russian soldiers in Crimea are on the run after shoot-out with police, say reports (www.businessinsider.com)
UN says all peacekeepers will leave DR Congo by end of 2024 (www.aljazeera.com)
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades, will completely withdraw from the country by December....
Colombia landslide kills 23 including many sheltering in house (www.bbc.com)
A landslide in north-west Colombia has killed at least 23 people and injured around 30 more, local authorities say....
Hamas terrorists disguised as civilians hide RPGs in blankets before blasting tanks as sick guerrilla method is revealed (www.thesun.co.uk)
The IDF claimed the uncovered footage provides further evidence of Hamas using the civilian population as human shields. Dressed in jeans and a casual grey shirt to look like a civilian, the man is seen later walking through the bomb-blitzed streets of Gaza with the missile hidden underneath a blanket....
Italian minister accused of possessing painting stolen from castle (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu: Let me be clear — Israel has no intention of displacing Gaza’s population (www.timesofisrael.com)
PM says IDF will also not permanently occupy the Strip; Likud MK: Netanyahu told me he’d like Gaza voluntary migration but is under US pressure...
Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization (www.cnn.com)
Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant....
Israel is starving Gaza (www.btselem.org)
Israel forces aid organizations to purchase food from Egypt and prevents them from buying it in Israel, which would allow for a more efficient and rapid transfer of goods. Israel also prohibits the private sector in Gaza from purchasing food, which could significantly increase supply. Although Israel recently allowed trucks in...
Canadians aren’t smoking enough to keep up with the supply (hightimes.com)
Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.
China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com)
Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
To Defend Israel as 'Moral Society,' Knesset Member Backs South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case (www.commondreams.org)
Australia bans Nazi salute, swastika, other hate symbols in public as antisemitism spikes (www.cbsnews.com)
Australian lawmakers have banned the performance of the Nazi salute in public and outlawed the display or sale of Nazi hate symbols such as the swastika in landmark legislation that went into effect in the country Monday. The new laws also make the act of glorifying OR praising acts of terrorism a criminal offense....
