thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

2023 wasn’t only the hottest year in recorded history, it was the hottest year in the last two millennia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/16/world/officially-hotter-since-jesus/ #commentary #worldnews #globalwarming #climatechange #pollution

byteseu, 7 days ago to worldnews

‘He needs a lobotomy!’ Donald Trump’s former aide raises cognitive health alarm https://www.byteseu.com/112198/ #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

verdantsquare, 7 days ago to worldnews

Israel-Gaza war live: US completes floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza; five killed in Israeli friendly fire incident https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/16/israel-gaza-war-rafah-middle-east-floating-pier-aid-hamas-latest?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/putin-china-partnership-xi/ #worldnews #politics #xijinping #russia #china #vladimirputin

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been publicly challenged about post-war plans for the Gaza Strip by his own defense chief, who vowed to oppose any long-term military rule by Israel over the ravaged Palestinian enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/israeli-defense-chief-netanyahu-gaza/ #worldnews #politics #yoavgallant #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

An increasing number of foreign actors beyond Russia and China are seeking to influence U.S. elections, officials told a Senate committee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/foreign-attempts-us-elections/ #worldnews #politics #us #russia #china #iran #cuba #venezuela #hacking #deepfakes #misinformation #electioninterference

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted there was no "humanitarian catastrophe" in Rafah, even as hundreds of thousands fled the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/israel-humanitarian-crisis-rafah/ #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #refugees #rafah

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young Indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/new-caledonia-riots-france/ #worldnews #newcaledonia #france #riots

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage amid a shadow war between Iran and Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/jordan-arms-plot-iran-israel/ #worldnews #politics #jordan #iran #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

China's measured response to the U.S. hiking tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods suggests relations between the world's two largest economies face more frost rather than a fresh firefight over trade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/china-new-us-tariffs/ #worldnews #politics #us #trade #china #joebiden #donaldtrump

thejapantimes, 7 days ago to worldnews

Shooting of Slovak premier brutally exposes political divide https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/world/politics/shooting-slovak-premier-political/ #worldnews #politics #robertfico #slovakia #russia #eu

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Sam Altman is giving the world’s biggest chatbot a flirty personality. Expect some unintended consequences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/15/world/new-chatgpt-can-flirt/ #commentary #worldnews #chatgpt #ai #artificialintelligence #gpt4o

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

The most important lesson for China concerns the “financialization of innovation,” whereby technology investment is funded by risk capital from the stock market rather than the banking system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/15/world/china-should-emulate-taiwan/ #commentary #worldnews #taiwan #taiwaneseeconomy #technology #china

byteseu, 8 days ago to worldnews

Trump ‘plans to send kill teams to Mexico to take out drug lords’ | Former president is reportedly yet to announce the full details such as how many US troops would be sent to capture cartel bosses https://www.byteseu.com/110333/ #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Students are right to be distressed over the suffering of Palestinians. But are they applying cognitive empathy to understand the other side, too? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/15/world/gaza-university-campus-protests-japan/ #commentary #worldnews #gaza #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #palestinians #universities #education #students #middleeast

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Incomplete information about some 10,000 people killed during Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has led to their exclusion from an official tally of women and children casualties, statistics seen as an important indication of civilians deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/gaza-dead-women-children/ #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

byteseu, 8 days ago to worldnews

Stormy Daniels’ husband says couple will ‘vacate’ US if Donald Trump is found not guilty https://www.byteseu.com/109742/ #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Michael Cohen faced a fierce cross-examination on Tuesday afternoon in the criminal trial of Donald Trump, as the defense tried to tear down the prosecution’s key witness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/crime-legal/cohen-takeaways-trump-criminal-trial/ #worldnews #crimelegal #michaelcohen #us #donaldtrump

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

India and Iran signed a 10-year agreement on Monday to develop and equip Iran's strategic Chabahar port, aiming to boost India's trade in west and central Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/india-iran-port-project/ #worldnews #politics #india #iran #trade

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Diplomats are focusing on a narrow set of goals ahead of a summit on Ukraine’s peace plan in Switzerland next month to ensure China and other nations of the so-called Global South attend the meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/ukraine-summit-global-south/ #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #globalsouth

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Relations between Russia and Western nations have been in the deep freeze since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but Norway has been keen to keep some limited cooperation alive. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/west-russia-cooperation-arctic/ #worldnews #politics #us #europe #russia #nato #norway

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Hong Kong leader John Lee has called for full information from British authorities on the arrests of three men, including a manager at a Hong Kong government office in the U.K., who were charged with assisting Hong Kong's foreign intelligence service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/uk-arrest-hong-kong-official/ #worldnews #politics #hongkong #china #uk #johnlee #espionage

verdantsquare, 8 days ago to worldnews

Ex-Capitol officer Harry Dunn loses congressional primary in Maryland https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/capitol-officer-harry-dunn-maryland-congressional-primary?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

The U.S. will stand by Ukraine until its security sovereignty is guaranteed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a visit to Kyiv at a time when Russia is mounting fresh attacks in the country's east. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/politics/blinken-kyiv-us-russian-attacks/ #worldnews #politics #us #antonyblinken #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to worldnews

Israeli tanks reached some residential areas in Rafah, where more than a million people had sought shelter, and its forces pounded the enclave's north in some of the fiercest attacks in months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/world/israeli-tanks-rafah-gaza/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu