Climate activists glue themselves to Munich airport runway (www.euronews.com)
Climate activists from Last Generation disrupted Munich airport by gluing themselves to a runway, leading to flight cancellations and delays over a busy weekend....
‘Not genocide’ says Biden after ICC warrants sought (www.google.com)
Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups - BBC World Service Documentaries (youtu.be)
UK defence minister says intelligence has evidence of Chinese lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
British defence minister Grant Shapps accused China on Wednesday of providing or preparing to provide Russia with lethal aid for use by Moscow in its war against Ukraine....
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....
China has a point about Taiwan’s new leader (www.ft.com)
America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is. (www.motherjones.com)
Japan protests over Chinese ambassador's "extremely inappropriate" comment about Japanese people who would be "dragged into the fire" if they support Taiwan's independence (www.reuters.com)
Japan has lodged a protest against the Chinese ambassador’s “extremely inappropriate” comments about Taiwan, chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday....
More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus (www.theguardian.com)
Report links rise in birds trapped for human consumption to cuts in anti-poaching resources in area of British military base...
High Court Rules that Tory Government Xrackdown on Protests is Illegal (www.thecanary.co)
The End of Nordic Neutrality (www.foreignaffairs.com)
[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...
Ireland and Spain have followed Norway in announcing their recognition of a Palestinian state (www.dw.com)
Norway, Spain, and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian state as of May 28....
China: Mass Relocations of Tibetans Coerced by Extreme Pressure and Misleading Information, Rights Group says (www.hrw.org)
- The Chinese government is using extreme forms of pressure to coerce Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages.- Chinese officials misleadingly claim that relocation will lead to improved employment and higher incomes.- The Chinese government should suspend relocations in Tibet and conform with Chinese laws and...
Syria: protests against HTS face repression in Idlib (countervortex.org)
Mexico's presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist (apnews.com)
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? (www.theguardian.com)
Macron Calls State of Emergency Over Protests in the Colony of New Caledonia (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
Israeli Military Censor Bans Highest Number of Articles in Over a Decade (www.972mag.com)
Amal Clooney, a key figure in the request for Netanyahu’s arrest by the International Criminal Court (english.elpais.com)
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...
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...
Norway, Ireland, Spain to recognise Palestinian state (www.aljazeera.com)
