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German museum in racism row over partial ban of white people (www.euronews.com)

The row centres around the exhibition 'This is Colonialism' and the museum's decision to restrict white people from entering a small section of the display...

Voters think Trump is a criminal, Biden is too old and DeSantis is a fascist: poll (www.independent.co.uk)

Voters want change, but still remain unsatisfied with their options

Global Covid-19 cases up 80% as new sub-variant emerges (www.straitstimes.com)

WHO warned that the reported number of cases and deaths do not reflect the true numbers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Aspartame a possible carcinogen, WHO cancer research agency expected to say (www.rnz.co.nz)

One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen....

White House cautiously opens the door to study blocking sun's rays to slow global warming (www.eenews.net)

The White House cautiously endorsed the idea of studying how to block sunlight from hitting Earth’s surface as a way to limit global warming in a congressionally mandated report that could help bring efforts once confined to science fiction into the realm of legitimate debate.

Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records, experts say (www.reuters.com)

The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals.

Clashes erupt in Swedish city Malmo after another Quran burning (www.euronews.com)

Clashes erupted in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to the Quran, police said Monday.

National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers (www.theguardian.com)

Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand sales

Gaza faces ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as power plant running out of fuel (www.aljazeera.com)

Gaza’s power authority has said the blockaded enclave’s sole power plant will run out of fuel within hours, leaving the Palestinian territory without electricity after Israel cut off supplies in retaliation to the recent attacks by Hamas, the armed group that runs Gaza....

Ukraine designates British conglomerate Unilever an “International Sponsor of War” (b4ukraine.org)

The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) adds the owner of Lipton, Rexona and Dove to the list of international sponsors of war

Hunger kills hundreds after US and UN pause food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region, officials say (apnews.com)

Local officials and researchers say hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and United Nations suspended food aid.

Australia gives Twitter 28 days to sort out ‘toxicity and hate’

Inman Grant, who once worked for Twitter, gave the company 28 days to show it was serious about tackling the problem or face fines of 700,000 Australian dollars ($476,000) for every day it missed the deadline....

Early Intelligence Suggests Prigozhin Was Assassinated, U.S. Officials Say (ground.news)

The plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner paramilitary group, crashed as the result of an assassination plot but doesn’t appear to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile, U.S. officials said.

16-year-old boy dies in accident at a Mississippi poultry plant (www.nbcnews.com)

It's the second time in two years that a worker has died from injuries sustained in an accident at the Mar-Jac poultry facility.

Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds (edition.cnn.com)

New research shows that persistent groundwater extraction over more than a decade has shifted the axis on which our planet rotates.

Israel's restrictions to Gaza aid may be war crime, says UN rights office (www.reuters.com)

Israel's restrictions on humanitarian aid for Gaza may amount to a starvation tactic that could be a war crime, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday. The stark appraisal followed a U.N.-backed report on Monday saying famine is likely by May without an end to fighting in the more than five-month war between...

Tucker Carlson to interview Vladimir Putin (thehill.com)

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said Tuesday he had secured an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he plans to publish in the near future.

Israel military begins pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels, report says (www.independent.co.uk)

Environmental experts caution pumping seawater into underground tunnels could result in long-lasting consequences for groundwater in Gaza Strip

Trump holding Israel antiquities missing for more than three years among items at Mar-a-Lago (www.jpost.com)

The Israel Antiquities Authority believes that a set of ancient ceramic oil lamps missing for more than three years are at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, according to Haaretz.

Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)

One mom said she cried for 10 days after hearing she was being removed from her daughter's birth certificate....

Hybrid-work trend may wipe out $800 billion from office property values by 2030, McKinsey study says (www.reuters.com)

A shift to remote working is likely to wipe off $800 billion from the value of office buildings in major global cities by 2030, according to a study published by consulting firm McKinsey on Thursday.

Don’t Turn Away From the Charges of Genocide Against Israel (www.nytimes.com)

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Joe Biden on Benjamin Netanyahu's Gaza war: ‘Israel starting to lose support’ (www.hindustantimes.com)

US president Joe Biden said that Israel is starting to lose support due to indiscriminate bombing in Gaza amid Hamas war. The comments come after Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted again that US is with Israel as Tel Aviv aims to destroy Hamas and recover hostages held in Gaza....