Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th coup in the region led by U.S.-trained officers since 2008.
Wagner's chief (aka the only remotely good military over there) is moving against Putin. This being the same "elite military" branch that Putin basically sent out to die in Ukraine, so, um, I imagine they have grievances.
EDIT: The people replying to this are much smarter about tank-and-gun stuff than I am, so for better context of what's tanking and gunning over there please see replies, heh
"a military jet flew overhead, dropping an explosive that tore apart the new building and most of the people in it.
Moments after the blast, which shook buildings miles away, a helicopter gunship appeared over the building site, shooting methodically at those who remained alive. Dozens of people, many already injured, died trying to crawl to safety" #GiftArticlehttps://wapo.st/3Kr3Y1C
One of the country’s largest Sami – an indigenous ethnic group – organisations have been trying to arrange a meeting with the Swedish Minister for Culture and Sami Affairs, Parisa Liljestrand, since she took office last year, only to receive a negative reply from the minister’s office....
Joe Biden Has the Political Space To Push for a Cease-Fire in Gaza. He Just Doesn’t Want To.
Joe Biden’s steadfast support for Israel puts him in more political peril than calling for a cease-fire would. He either doesn’t realize there’s a new political reality or he simply doesn’t care.
Burials holding mummies with false heads have been discovered from the Wari Empire in Peru. Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the burials of at least 73 people dating to around 1,000 years ago, a few hundred years before the Inca took over parts of western South America. ...
The Kazakh government's recent announcement of a ban on wearing the hijab headscarf in educational institutions has sparked fierce debate in the country. Officials stress the need to preserve secularism. Some girls are dropping out of school in protest. 70% of Kazakhstan are Muslim, mixed reactions to ban....
Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians. Biden says he didn't request a cease-fire
“I did not ask for a cease-fire,” Biden said of the call. Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister “made clear that Israel would continue the war until achieving all its goals.”
"Israeli authorities have not said how many people they’ve detained, the legal grounds or where they’re being held, including whether in Gaza or in Israel. The Israel Defense Forces referred questions to the #ShinBet, Israel’s internal security service. The Shin Bet did not respond to requests for comment" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/09/gaza-civilians-detained-israel/
World Central Kitchen says it has 276 trucks with eight million meals ready and will resume distributing food in Gaza nearly a month after seven workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike. "Ultimately, we decided we must keep feeding," the charity said on Sunday. BBC News reports: https://flip.it/moViEt #News#WorldNews#Israel#Gaza#Hamas#Palestine
New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the Indigenous language in the public sector....
"In Dnipro, we visited an apartment building where at least 64 people had died in an earlier #Russian missile strike. Eerily enough, we could still see clothes hanging in a top-floor closet — visible because the entire front wall of the building was gone. Other Russian missiles have struck #hospitals, #schools & shopping malls in the area. These are targets of no military value whose destruction amounts to #crimes against humanity" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/12/ukraine-united-states-aid/
Obama calls out obsession with Titanic sub while migrant boat tragedy ignored (www.independent.co.uk)
Last week, a fishing boat packed with about 750 men, women and children capsized off the coast of Greece, with hundreds believed to have died
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.
I needed a world-news aggregator to help me get off that other site so I made one (fledd.it)
You can't sign up directly on !worldnews as registration is not enabled....
Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup (theintercept.com)
Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th coup in the region led by U.S.-trained officers since 2008.
Swedish Sami minister refuses to meet with the indigenous group this year (www.euractiv.com)
One of the country’s largest Sami – an indigenous ethnic group – organisations have been trying to arrange a meeting with the Swedish Minister for Culture and Sami Affairs, Parisa Liljestrand, since she took office last year, only to receive a negative reply from the minister’s office....
73 Pre-Incan Mummies, Some with 'False Heads,' Unearthed in Peru (www.scientificamerican.com)
Burials holding mummies with false heads have been discovered from the Wari Empire in Peru. Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the burials of at least 73 people dating to around 1,000 years ago, a few hundred years before the Inca took over parts of western South America. ...
China Turns the Tables on Wall Street (www.wsj.com)
Beijing is upending how the international financial system handles debt crises in the developing world. Wall Street isn’t happy.
Kazakhstan announces ban on hijabs in schools (www.dhakatribune.com)
The Kazakh government's recent announcement of a ban on wearing the hijab headscarf in educational institutions has sparked fierce debate in the country. Officials stress the need to preserve secularism. Some girls are dropping out of school in protest. 70% of Kazakhstan are Muslim, mixed reactions to ban....
I needed a world-news aggregator to help me get off that other site so I made one (kbin.social)
You may be able sign up directly on !worldnews...
Underwater mountain twice height of Burj Khalifa discovered off coast of Guatemala (www.independent.co.uk)
An underwater mountain taller than the world’s highest building has been discovered by scientists in Central America....
Moon's ice not as old as believed, study finds (interestingengineering.com)
A new study finds that the Moon's ice deposits are much younger than previously believed, altering plans for future lunar exploration.
New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use (www.reuters.com)
New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the Indigenous language in the public sector....