verdantsquare, 8 hours ago to worldnews

Paula Vennells ruled out Post Office review that ‘would be front-page news’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/23/paula-vennells-ruled-out-post-office-review-told-would-be-front-page-news?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

thejapantimes, 9 hours ago to worldnews

Biden’s tariffs on Chinese imports are strategic, aimed at protecting U.S. industries, preventing economic disruptions and ensuring the success of domestic green energy initiatives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/21/world/second-china-shock/ #commentary #worldnews #china #us #joebiden #trade #tariffs #chineseeconomy #useconomy

thejapantimes, 10 hours ago to worldnews

Much attention to date has focused on how India’s religious and caste divides have become political fodder. In fact, tensions between Indian states may be even more dangerous. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/23/world/indias-most-dangerous-divide/ #commentary #worldnews #india #elections #bjp #narendramodi #bharatiyajanataparty

thejapantimes, 11 hours ago to worldnews

International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's decision to request arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders may be one of the most contentious of his entire career. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/prosecutor-arrest-warrant-hamas-israel/ #worldnews #politics #yoavgallant #icc #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #karimkhan

verdantsquare, 12 hours ago to worldnews

Alarm as German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/23/alarm-as-german-climate-activists-charged-with-forming-a-criminal-organisation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

thejapantimes, 13 hours ago to worldnews

With Russia having opened a new front in its war on Ukraine, consensus in Washington over U.S. weapons supplies to Kyiv being conditional on them never being fired into Russian territory is beginning to fray. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/white-house-ukraine-us-weapons/ #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us

thejapantimes, 13 hours ago to worldnews

Spain, Norway and Ireland said on Wednesday that they would recognize an independent Palestinian state, a rebuke to Israel over its war in Gaza and its decades of occupation of Palestinian territories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/european-recognition-palestinian-statehood/ #worldnews #politics #europe #spain #ireland #norway #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians

thejapantimes, 14 hours ago to worldnews

Infighting among Europe's far-right parties is disrupting pre-election campaigning, as France's Le Pen's National Rally cuts ties with Germany's AfD, jeopardizing conservative gains in the European Parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/europe-far-right-disarray-elections/ #worldnews #politics #europe #eu #germany #hungary #france #spain

thejapantimes, 14 hours ago to worldnews

The European Uyghur Institute claims that Uyghurs in France face "intimidation and harassment" amounting to "repression" from China in a legal complaint filed Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/uyghur-chinese-repression-france/ #worldnews #politics #uyghurs #china #france

thejapantimes, 15 hours ago to worldnews

Signal scramblers that incapacitate drones have become a mainstay in recent months in Ukraine, used to neutralize the devices that now saturate the sky over battlefields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/drone-jammers-ukraine/ #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #drones

verdantsquare, 15 hours ago to worldnews

China warns 'Taiwan independence forces' will have 'heads broken and blood flowing' | AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIW7nXieeIE&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #afp

thejapantimes, 16 hours ago to worldnews

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a surprise U.K. general election for July 4, setting his Conservative Party up for a bruising six-week battle to try to stop Keir Starmer’s poll-leading opposition Labour Party from taking power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/sunka-uk-july-4-election/ #worldnews #politics #rishisunak #keirstarmer #uk #ukparliament #conservatives #labour

thejapantimes, 18 hours ago to worldnews

Top U.S. and Chinese officials held talks at a hotel on collectively managing their biggest fears around artificial intelligence while keeping up a cutthroat competition to dominate technology that promises to reshape the global economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/geneva-us-china-ai/ #worldnews #politics #china #us #ai #artificialintelligence

thejapantimes, 19 hours ago to worldnews

Already under global pressure over the mounting toll from the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel slipped further into international isolation on Wednesday after three European countries broke with their main EU partners and decided to recognize a Palestinian state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/european-recognition-palestine-israel-isolation/ #worldnews #politics #europe #norway #ireland #spain #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu

thejapantimes, 19 hours ago to worldnews

French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to keep police reinforcements in New Caledonia as long as required as he attempts to end deadly riots in the French-ruled Pacific island triggered by a contested electoral reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/macron-new-caledonia-talks/ #worldnews #politics #emmanuelmacron #france #newcaledonia

thejapantimes, 20 hours ago to worldnews

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to stake the Conservative Party’s future on a rare summer election was so secret that even his chancellor of the exchequer appeared surprised by the plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/politics/sunak-chancellor-uk-election/ #worldnews #politics #jeremyhunt #rishisunak #uk #tories

thejapantimes, 22 hours ago to worldnews

Russia has deployed what is likely a space weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, the Pentagon said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/russia-space-weapon-us-satellite/ #worldnews #pentagon #russia #space #us #satellites

thejapantimes, 22 hours ago to worldnews

A Michigan farmworker tested positive with bird flu, the second person to contract the potentially lethal virus that has run rampant in U.S. cattle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/science-health/human-bird-flu-michigan/ #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #birdflu #michigan

thejapantimes, 23 hours ago to worldnews

Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah during one of the most intense nights of bombardment there since Israel launched its offensive in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/world/israeli-forces-rafah-battle/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

Jurors hearing the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president could render their verdict in Donald Trump's hush money case as soon as next week, with potentially big implications for the 2024 White House race. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/trump-verdict-election-impact/ #worldnews #2024uspresidentialelection #us #donaldtrump #joebiden

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has created a diplomatic quandary for some key member states: How can they be supportive of both Israel and the ICC? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/israel-allies-icc-warrant/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #icc #warcrimes #humanrights

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

Beijing and Moscow's dynamic partnership impacts global diplomacy, regional stability and the international order, revealing mutual insecurities rather than consolidated power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/deepening-china-russian-ties/ #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #russianchineserelations #vladimirputin #xijinping #russiaukrainewar

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

Abroad as at home, in Gaza or The Hague, the United States can’t be for the rule of law only when it likes both the rules and the laws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/bidens-defense-netanyahu-icc/ #commentary #worldnews #benjaminnetanyahu #hamas #gaza #israel #icc #warcrimes

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

When regulating AI, we need to be as dynamic, innovative and creative as the pursuit of the technology itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/22/world/ai-for-good-governance-united-nations/ #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #un #tech #telecoms

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to worldnews

The United States hopes defense meetings in Riyadh on Wednesday will help advance a long-standing goal of building a regional missile shield. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/world/politics/israel-us-gulf-missile-shield/ #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #israelhamaswar #defense