London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against an extradition order to the US (apnews.com)
Israel Gaza war: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders (www.bbc.com)
Israel’s prime minister and senior figures with the Palestinian group are wanted for war crimes....
Taiwan's new president calls on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy (www.bbc.com)
- Beijing dislikes Taiwan’s new President William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which they see as pro-independence. It has ramped up military incursions around Taiwan’s waters and airspace since his election win in January....
Chinese nationals are trying to get to Australia by boat over a weak economy and political oppression at home (www.abc.net.au)
As night fell over the Indian Ocean, Li thought he would die in his boat....
Prime Minister of Estonia: NATO troops training in Ukraine will not lead to an escalation of war (westobserver.com)
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Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention (www.theguardian.com)
During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’...
What do we know so far about the mysterious crash of the helicopter carrying Iran's president? (apnews.com)
Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars (www.theguardian.com)
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates...
Report Indicates Israel Uses WhatsApp Data in Targeted Killings of Palestinians (truthout.org)
By using WhatsApp, people are risking their lives," one human rights advocate said....
Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years (www.theguardian.com)
More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills...
The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end? (www.theguardian.com)
The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027...
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world....
Threat from Israeli operations preventing Rafah crossing aid deliveries, says Egypt (www.reuters.com)
The cessation of aid deliveries through the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip is connected to the threat posed to humanitarian work by Israel’s military operation in the area, Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday....
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports (www.nytimes.com)
Rescuers are trying to locate the helicopter on which President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian were traveling, state media reported. Their status is unknown.
UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds (www.reuters.com)
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry found on Monday....
Robbers made off with "several million euros" of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’ (apnews.com)
Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents (www.theguardian.com)
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics...
Ukraine's new controversial mobilisation law takes effect (www.euronews.com)
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city....
Home Office in threat to deport disabled man to Nigeria after 38 years in UK (www.theguardian.com)
Anthony Olubunmi George, 61, has been refused leave to remain despite living most of his adult life in Britain...
Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' (www.bbc.com)
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...
Israel launches strikes across Gaza as U.S. envoy visits region (www.reuters.com)
Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip overnight, residents said, as White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan travelled to the region amid U.S. calls for a more focused military campaign....
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors (www.theguardian.com)
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top...
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Taliban says four arrested over attack at Bamiyan heritage site that killed three Spanish visitors and an Afghan...
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces U.S. extradition judgment day (www.reuters.com)
A British court could give a final decision on Monday on whether WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, the culmination of 13 years of legal battles and detentions....
Estonian parliament adopts law allowing use of Russian frozen assets (www.riigikogu.ee)
Estonian MPs passed a law that enables the use of Russian assets frozen under international sanctions to compensate Ukraine for war damages....
