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Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Army Takes Journalists on Controlled Visit to Gaza Hospital (www.nytimes.com)

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Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards on rallies (www.theguardian.com)

Sold to Salafism: The millions for which Golf-pro Jon Rahm sold himself to Saudi Arabia hide tortured citizens, executed minors, women sentenced to perpetual confinement, and enslaved foreign workers (english.elpais.com)

They will tell us that they are just athletes chasing or hitting balls, but by agreeing to do so in exchange for the huge amounts of money paid to them by Saudi Arabia, they are becoming political actors in a regime that spreads its anti-democratic values throughout the world....

John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)

Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...

Venezuela-Guyana dispute: Maduro mobilizes the army and announces annexation of Essequibo (english.elpais.com)

The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza (www.thenation.com)

America’s media and political class is analyzing, debating, and shaping a narrative in Gaza that’s entirely different from the one being discussed in Israeli media and among Israeli political leaders. This gap, born from casual racism, deliberate credulity, and reflexive alignment with the US government’s party line, is...

Operation 1027 reshapes Myanmar’s post-coup war [IISS Myanmar Conflict Map] (myanmar.iiss.org)

The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (apnews.com)

Venice: Tourists flip gondola after refusing to stop taking selfies (news.sky.com)

5,500 women in Gaza set to give birth ‘in race against death’, UN official says (news.un.org)

Laila Baker, Regional Director for the Arab States at the sexual and reproductive health agency, said she fears for the fate of new mothers and their children amid the “loss of complete humanity” in Gaza....

Swiss bank will pay $122.9 million after helping U.S. citizens hide billions in assets (www.nbcnews.com)

Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty (www.newsweek.com)

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Israeli soldier makes video vandalising Palestinian shop in Gaza (www.youtube.com)

Australian navy divers injured after sonar pulses detected from Chinese warship (www.smh.com.au)

Paris police shoot woman at station after threats (www.bbc.com)

Cyber security analysts accuse China of attacking Cambodian government infrastructure as part of a "long-term espionage campaign" (feddit.de)

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Democracy ‘in trouble, stagnant at best, and declining in many places’ (www.aljazeera.com)

Romanian SMR Nuclear Plant Project with NuScale Technology Moves Forward Despite US Setback (www.romaniajournal.ro)

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Secret U.S. War in Lebanon Is Tinder for Escalation of Israel–Gaza Conflict (theintercept.com)

First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct (www.bbc.com)

If Israel invades Gaza it will be a disaster for both Palestinians and Israelis | Michael Barnett | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

EU negotiators agree on historic law to restore Europe’s nature (www.euractiv.com)

Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed on a landmark new law to restore at least 20% of Europe’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.

Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)

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Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 goes to Julian Assange for his work and disclosure of "illegal state actions, injustices, murders and war crimes" (www.adk.de)

The German Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) said that Assange’s work and positions have focused “our attention on illegal state actions, injustices, murders and war crimes – things that were meant to remain in the dark, concealed and obscured from the public view, from the citizens.”...