China Gives Six Patrol Boats to Myanmar Junta (www.irrawaddy.com)
Biden’s Israel policy may hasten Trump’s rise, US allies fear (www.politico.com)
As the president begins his last international trip before the election, the fear in the crowd is that conflict in Gaza is tripping him up.
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada (apnews.com)
The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society....
How the far-right gained traction with Europe's youth (www.reuters.com)
From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU election - as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube....
Hezbollah and Hamas flags waved during pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York (today.lorientlejour.com)
UNHCR report says nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, the twelfth year in a row that the figure has risen. (www.npr.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/nearly-120-million-people-were-…
Italy’s parliament erupts into violence over government bill (tvpworld.com)
Italy’s parliament erupted into violence on Wednesday when a lawmaker was attacked while trying to hand an Italian flag to another MP over a local government bill....
The fracturing of South African politics, explained (www.vox.com)
India's Rajasthan finds some MDH and Everest spices unsafe for consumption (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/26625068archive.is/MrM5W...
ECJ fines Hungary €200 million for breaking asylum rules (www.dw.com)
The ECJ fines Hungary €200 million for violating European Union asylum rules. Hungary must comply with EU migration policies and pay €1 million per day until it does....
Record 120 million people displaced globally — UN report (www.dw.com)
A UN report reveals that 120 million people were forcibly displaced globally in 2024 due to conflict and violence. This marks a record high, affecting 1.5% of the world’s population....
World Bank Financing Arm Rejects Calls to Directly Compensate Victims of Harm at Kenya Schools (theintercept.com)
Israel reportedly hits Gaza safe zone as ceasefire discussions persist (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israel has launched land, sea and air strikes on al-Mawasi, a designated safe zone in Gaza, according to Palestine’s Wafa news agency....
The climate crisis is solvable, but human rights must trump profits (www.nature.com)
French left agrees to form new 'Popular Front' in parliamentary elections (www.lemonde.fr)
List of the coalition’s members on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Popular_Front#Members
Saudi Arabia's petro-dollar exit: A global finance paradigm shift (www.tbsnews.net)
Migrants dying in unprecedented numbers on Canary Islands route, NGO says (www.reuters.com)
An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group Walking Borders on Wednesday....
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency warns against apathy and inaction, amid spike forced displacement. (www.unhcr.org)
The rise in overall forced displacement – to 120 million by May 2024 – was the 12th consecutive annual increase and reflects both new and mutating conflicts and a failure to resolve long-standing crises. The figure would make the global displaced population equivalent to the 12th largest country in the world, around the size...
Cases of deadly disease caused by ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria hit record high in Japan (www.straitstimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16815561
Hamas Wants Guarantees Ceasefire Will Actually Happen, While US Says Hamas Is Rejecting the Proposal (truthout.org)
Following the UN Security Council vote to approve a three-phase ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. officials and other international allies of Israel are cynically placing blame on Hamas for a stall in current ceasefire negotiations — even as Israel has insisted on indefinitely continuing its massacre in Gaza and Hamas has said its main...
At least 41 dead as fire engulfs building housing migrant workers in Kuwait (www.independent.co.uk)
At least 41 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a high-rise building housing migrant workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait on Wednesday....