Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups - BBC World Service Documentaries (youtu.be)
Northland kaumātua's vow to stay on Moturua Island: 'I have a job to do' (www.rnz.co.nz)
US sea route for Gaza aid isn't working, say Pentagon and UN (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Only five of 16 aid trucks leaving the Gaza pier on Saturday had arrived at the warehouse with their cargo, said a UN World Food Program spokesman. The deliveries had to be suspended for two days after the trucks were intercepted by a crowd. The entire project is estimated to cost $320 million, and the pier was only...
‘Not genocide’ says Biden after ICC warrants sought (www.google.com)
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide (www.reuters.com)
Amal Clooney, a key figure in the request for Netanyahu’s arrest by the International Criminal Court (english.elpais.com)
Federal judge blocks Biden administration rule requiring dealers at gun shows to run background checks (fortune.com)
Mexico's presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist (apnews.com)
Israeli Military Censor Bans Highest Number of Articles in Over a Decade (www.972mag.com)
Gaza famine 'repellent' to Irish psyche - Taoiseach (www.rte.ie)
The Taoiseach has said the Great Famine is a tragedy that "will never be forgotten" and the unfolding famine in Gaza "is repellent" to the Irish psyche. Speaking at the National Famine Commemoration in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford, Simon Harris described the famine in Gaza as a "tool of war" and called on Israel to "step back and...
[Opinion] Why is the west defending Israel after the ICC's request for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant? | Kenneth Roth (www.theguardian.com)
It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations was to defend Israel despite its war crimes...
Four hundred XL bullies put down in England and Wales since dog banned (www.theguardian.com)
Figures come as neighbour of London woman killed by her animals say they warned the dogs were dangerous...
First Jewish Biden Appointee to Publicly Resign Is “So Angry at the President” (truthout.org)
He is using my community as justification for the slaughter," says Lily Greenberg Call, who resigned on May 15....
Gaza: Israel shuts down Associated Press news agency live feed (www.bbc.com)
The AP decries the seizure of its camera, which Israel says was producing footage used by Al Jazeera....
Donald Trump removes video on Truth Social with ‘unified reich’ reference (www.theguardian.com)
Trump campaign said video using Nazi-era language was posted by staffer who didn’t see wording, yet it stayed up for 15 hours...
Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says (www.independent.co.uk)
Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas flew home from the annual Spring Storm military exercises, pleased to see NATO allies cooperating. But she later said that other types of warfare were on her mind....
Mexico: Authorities use criminal justice system to investigate and carry out surveillance on three women human rights defenders (www.amnesty.org)
New report reveals the cases of three defenders who were subject to espionage by the Mexican State....
Syria: protests against HTS face repression in Idlib (countervortex.org)
verdantsquare, to worldnews 
Norway, Ireland, Spain recognize Palestinian state, Israel recalls envoys https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/05/22/Noway-Ireland-Spain-recognize-Palestine/7481716366105/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #upi
Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of northern Gaza, citing new media law (apnews.com)
West Bank: Seven Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in Jenin (www.bbc.com)
The Palestinian health ministry says those killed include a doctor who was on his way to work....
Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Members of security forces giving settlers who intercept vital supplies information on location of convoys, group says...
thejapantimes, to worldwithoutus 
The youngest plaintiff in South Korea’s first youth-led climate lawsuit was only a 20-week-year embryo when he first participated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/baby-lawsuit-south-korea-climate/ #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #climatechange
NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus 
T-shirt weather out there this evening. #Nunavut #CabinLife #Arctic
British man, 73, dead and 8 Australians hospitalised after London-Singapore flight hits severe turbulence (www.abc.net.au)
In short: A 73-year-old British man has died after a flight from London to Singapore hit turbulence, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand....
