David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents ( www.bbc.com )
David McBride pleaded guilty to stealing and sharing military secrets on the eve of his trial last year, after legal rulings sunk his defence....
Switzerland’s Nemo is first nonbinary singer to win Eurovision Song Contest ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Israel’s ‘total victory’ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says ( www.politico.com )
Corrupt Real Estate Firms Are Displacing Indigenous Mexicans in New Colonialism ( truthout.org )
Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account ( qz.com )
Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor ( apnews.com )
American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life ( theintercept.com )
Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of the plight of two ill-fated medical missions....
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate ( www.npr.org )
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands ( theconversation.com )
Gaza ministry revises down figures for women and children confirmed killed ( www.theguardian.com )
Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health has revised down figures for the number of women and children confirmed killed in the conflict in the coastal strip....
‘What use is this court if it can’t stop the war?’ Gazans react to ICJ ruling ( www.972mag.com )
Far right cries censorship after exclusion from EU election debate ( www.politico.eu )
European Broadcasting Union says Anders Vistisen cannot debate because the far right does not endorse the Spitzenkandidat system....
French campaign urges men: 'Drive like a woman!' ( www.dw.com )
There is a perception in society that men are safer drivers than women, according to the Victims and Citizens association. But French road accident statistics suggest otherwise....
Russia's new Kharkiv offensive pushes Vovchansk to the brink of annihilation ( kyivindependent.com )
Vovchansk is ground zero of Russia’s new offensive into Kharkiv Oblast, the first time a serious push has been made to take territory across the border since the area was liberated from Russian occupation in Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive in September 2022....
UN says Gaza death toll still over 35,000 but not all bodies identified ( www.reuters.com )
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, May 13 (Reuters) - The death toll in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-Hamas war is still more than 35,000, but the enclave's Ministry of Health has updated its breakdown of the fatalities, the United Nations said on Monday after Israel questioned a sudden change in numbers....
Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli troops have continued their offensives across Gaza, deploying tank fire, artillery bombardment and airstrikes against Hamas militants in the most intensive round of fighting for weeks....
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s Minister of Chaos ( www.newyorker.com )
Feb. 2023 New Yorker profile unknowingly giving a prelude of what was to come....
'Like the war's first days': Israel unleashes heaviest Gaza bombing in months ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The Israeli military has launched a new wave of attacks across the Gaza Strip, similar in intensity to the peak of its seven-month war on the besieged Palestinian enclave....
Russian forces push deeper into northern Ukraine ( www.bangkokpost.com )
In the past three days, Russian troops, backed by fighter jets, artillery and lethal drones, have poured across Ukraine’s northeastern border and seized at least nine villages and settlements, and more territory per day than at almost any other point in the war, save the very beginning.
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians ( www.nytimes.com )
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times....
3 Dead, 59 Injured After Huge Billboard Falls During Mumbai Dust Storm ( www.ndtv.com )
UK will become dangerous under Keir Starmer, Says Rishi Sunak: vows to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP ( www.arktrek.shop )
Corporate real estate is on a 'cliff edge' as firms race to rethink communal spaces ( www.bbc.com )
As more employees work from home in the hybrid-work era, many companies are finding they need smaller offices. Compared to pre-pandemic floorplans designed to house as many workers as possible, more businesses are looking towards more compact but higher-quality spaces for the future....
Georgia protests: Riot police face off against foreign influence bill demonstrators ( www.bbc.com )
Protests in Georgia have continued in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passing of a controversial law....
Furious Brussels wants answers over ban on EU flags at Eurovision ( www.euronews.com )
The European Commission has expressed anger over a ban on EU flags at the Eurovision Song Contest and demands explanations....
