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- Palestine Humanitarian Crisis Megathread IV
Jack. @lemmy.ml FeaturedThis is the fourth megathread for discussion regarding the situation in Palestine.
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Megathread 1 : https://lemmy.ml/post/6536435
Megathread 2 : https://lemmy.ml/post/7249170
Megathread 3: https://lemmy.ml/post/9765601
- Joe Biden Is Shipping Weapons to Israel Every 36 Hoursjacobin.com Joe Biden Is Shipping Weapons to Israel Every 36 Hours
The Biden administration has been able to maintain a low profile by spreading arms provision to Israel across more than 100 smaller munitions sales — allowing the president to posture as a peacekeeper while US weapons wipe Gaza off the map.
- Dead Florida dolphin was infected with highly pathogenic bird fluwww.wfla.com Dead Florida dolphin was infected with highly pathogenic bird flu
The dolphin is the first cetacean ever recorded with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the United States.
- Several Americans and a British man were part of the group involved in a coup attempt in DR Congouk.news.yahoo.com DR Congo thwarts Kinshasa 'coup attempt': army
The DR Congo military said it had thwarted an "attempted coup" near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving "foreigners and Congolese".The US ambassador to Kinshasa said she was "shocked" by the events while the African Union said it "strongly condemns" the attempted putsch.
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press]apnews.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces what could be his final court hearing in England over whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15602407
> WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] > > >“Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of war crimes committed by the U.S. government,” his wife, Stella Assange, said. “Reporting a crime is never a crime.”
- Musk Confirms Twitter Has Become X.comwww.ibtimes.co.uk Musk Confirms Twitter Has Become X.com
The social network formerly known as Twitter has fully migrated over to X.com, owner Elon Musk said on Friday.
- Ukraine war: what we know about the secret deal that could have ended the conflict in April 2022www.leparisien.fr Guerre en Ukraine : ce que l’on sait de l’accord secret qui aurait pu mettre fin au conflit en avril 2022
Kiev et Moscou s’étaient quasiment mis d’accord sur un cessez-le-feu en avril 2022, quelques semaines après l’invasion russe de l’Ukraine. M
> "It was the best deal we could have had." Two years later, a Ukrainian negotiator is still bitter: unveiled by the German daily Die Welt, in an article spotted by Le Figaro on Monday, the deal could have ended the war just weeks after the Russian invasion.
- Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files revealwww.middleeasteye.net Egypt has destroyed more than 2,000 Gaza tunnels, secret files reveal
Exclusive: Military documents reveal scale of Egyptian operations in border city of Rafah – and plans for a canal along the border
- Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, police investigation concludeswww.cbsnews.com Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, police investigation concludes
Police released what they say was a suicide note left by Boeing whistleblower John Barnett.
- Robbers made off with 'several million euros' of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’www.cp24.com Robbers made off with 'several million euros' of jewels in armed heist of ‘Jeweler to the Stars’
Armed robbers who used a motorbike as a battering ram made off with “several million euros'” (dollars) worth of valuables in a heist of the luxury Paris boutique of self-declared “Jeweler to the Stars" Harry Winston, the French prosecutor’s office overseeing the police probe said.
- Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistanwww.bbc.com Three Spanish tourists killed by gunmen in central Afghanistan
Seven others including four foreigners were injured, Afghan officials say.
- Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alertabcnews.go.com Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert
Parts of northwest India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country
- UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gazawww.aljazeera.com UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza
Israel says it recovered remains of one captive while Hamas claims several attacks against Israeli troops across Gaza.
- The Global South in the Arctic North: Indigenous nations struggle for sovereigntygeopoliticaleconomy.com The Global South in the Arctic North: Indigenous nations struggle for sovereignty
Indigenous nations fight for sovereignty in the Arctic regions of North America and Europe. Connecting their struggle to Palestine, they are resisting NATO militarization -- as the US Army pledges to
- Canada's CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand.breachmedia.ca CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand ⋆ The Breach
Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who speak out
- Ukraine was a magnet for foreign fighters. After 2 bruising years, many are disillusioned or dead.www.businessinsider.com Ukraine was a magnet for foreign fighters. After 2 bruising years, many are disillusioned or dead.
Foreign volunteers have been fighting in Ukraine since February 2022. Since then, many have returned home or been killed.
- Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israelwww.bbc.com Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel
The weapons transfer comes as Israeli tanks were spotted advancing deeper into residential areas of Rafah.
- Aid arriving in Gaza via US-made pier but distribution blocked, says US aid chiefwww.theguardian.com Supplies arrive in Gaza via new pier but land routes essential, says US aid chief
Samantha Power says barely 100 trucks of aid a day enter Gaza, far less than 600 needed to address threat of famine
- French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledoniawww.techradar.com French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledonia
Proton confirms a 2500% spike in VPN sign-ups since May 15
- Coalition of the dissatisfied? Why China and Russia are winning friends in Africawww.scmp.com Coalition of the dissatisfied? Why China and Russia are winning friends in Africa
Beijing and Moscow are doing some things right but bigger picture forces are at play, analyst says.
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- See chaotic brawl in Taiwan Parliament over chamber reformswww.cnn.com See chaotic brawl in Taiwan Parliament over chamber reforms | CNN
Taiwanese lawmakers brawled in Parliament amid a dispute about chamber reforms, Reuters reports. Taiwan’s opposition Party, the Kuomintang (KMT), along with the Taiwan People’s Party, wants Parliament to have greater scrutiny over the government. However the ruling Democratic Progressive Party have ...
- Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats showwww.washingtonpost.com Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show
A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on New York Mayor Eric Adams and their work to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza war.
- UK Zoos Breaching Basic Animal Welfare Standards as Investigation Shows Standards Not Fit for Purposewww.thecanary.co UK zoos breaching basic animal welfare standards as investigation shows standards not fit for purpose
UK zoos have come under the spotlight, as an investigations has found repeated and multiple breaches of animal welfare standards
- Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental sufferingwww.theguardian.com Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering
Zoraya ter Beek, who has chronic depression, anxiety, trauma and unspecified personality disorder, expected to end her life soon
- China is burning all its bridges with Israelasia.nikkei.com China is burning all its bridges with Israel
Desire to be seen as champion of Global South drives policy tilt
- Israel Doubles Down on Mass Incarcerationstephensemler.substack.com Israel doubles down on mass incarceration
Speaking Security Newsletter | Note n°247 | 17 May 2024
- The Owner of a Mine in Yorkshire is Supplying White Phosphorus to Israelwww.thecanary.co The owner of a mine in Yorkshire is supplying white phosphorus to Israel
Israel Chemicals LTD (ICL) own Boulby mine in Loftus, North Yorkshire. The very same company is supplying Israel with white phosphorus.
- Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israelwww.theguardian.com Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel
Foreign ministry says it will reject all such stopovers because ‘the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace’
cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/6656708
> Spain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, its foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday. > > “This is the first time we have done this because it is the first time we have detected a ship carrying a shipment of arms to Israel that wants to call at a Spanish port,” he told reporters in Brussels. > > “This will be a consistent policy with any ship carrying arms to Israel that wants to call at Spanish ports. The foreign ministry will systematically reject such stopovers for one obvious reason: the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace.”
- The Central Bank of China will use $42 billion to buy back unsold new buildings, which will then be converted into affordable housing.www.caixinglobal.com PBOC to Provide $42 Billion Cheap Loans for Program to Buy up Unsold Homes - Caixin Global
PBOC to Provide $42 Billion Cheap Loans for Program to Buy up Unsold Homes - Banks to pass on lending to local state-owned enterprises to buy unsold properties and resell or lease them as affordable housing
- Gaza Strip pier project is completed, U.S. military sayswww.pbs.org Gaza Strip pier project is completed, U.S. military says
Officials are poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war.
- World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in perilwww.nbcnews.com World's oceans have gone 'crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril
Conditions last year were so unusually warm in some waters that heat stress levels were literally off the charts of NOAA's alert system.
- Pigs Riot at U.C. Irvineclarion.unity-struggle-unity.org Pigs Riot at U.C. Irvine
On May 15 a pig army ran rampant at California’s UC Irvine…. $32 billion USD of the UC Irvine endowment is invested in zionist-allied or zionist-operated companies. This money supports the co…
- China continues to strengthen its relations with socialist Cuba in practical wayssocialistchina.org China continues to strengthen its relations with socialist Cuba in practical ways - Friends of Socialist China
China is continuing to strengthen its relations with socialist Cuba in practical ways. On April 8, Radio Havana reported that: “The advance of a rice donation and the completion, with Chinese help, of the deepest oil well ever drilled in Cuba, illustrated in recent weeks the scope and relevance of ...
