Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)
Biden calls China a 'ticking time bomb' due to economic troubles (ground.news)
Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week (www.reuters.com)
New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn (www.independent.co.uk)
‘We Cannot Win’ Says Top Russian Commander (www.kyivpost.com)
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Eating meat creates four times more greenhouse gases than being vegan, landmark study finds (www.independent.co.uk)
McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud....
Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
'I am a Zionist,' says Biden at Hanukkah event, promises continued military assistance to Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)
Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along (www.mintpressnews.com)
The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeks (lemmy.world)
Schools in France send dozens of Muslim girls home for wearing abayas (www.aljazeera.com)
Schoolgirls who refused to change out of the loose-fitting robes have been sent home with a letter to parents on secularism....
Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org)
Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin....
Israel's siege of Gaza is illegal, EU says (euobserver.com)
US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China (www.cnn.com)
Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.
Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation (news.sky.com)
Biden asks Congress for $40 billion to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid and bolster border (apnews.com)
Women in China are telling each other to bring their boyfriends to see 'Barbie' — and to use it as a litmus test for their thoughts on feminism and patriarchy (www.insider.com)
For some women in China, “Barbie” is more than just a movie — it’s also a litmus test for their partner’s views on feminism and patriarchy....
‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
Rescuers recover more than 260 bodies at music festival attacked by Hamas (www.independent.co.uk)
The Israeli rescue service Zaka says its paramedics removed more than 260 bodies from a music festival that came under attack by Hamas militants....
Ukraine to fire all regional military recruitment chiefs (www.reuters.com)
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France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said....
