Global News 04/11/2024

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India’s Modi urges peace at China border; Walls close in on Netanyahu over Rafah invasion; Poland rejects EU migrant reallocation law; France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas

1. India’s Modi urges peace at China border (BBC)

2. Walls close in on Netanyahu over Rafah invasion (The Hill)

3. Poland rejects EU migrant reallocation law (TRT World)

4. France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas (POLITICO)

5. Israel’s military says it is constructing new northern crossing for aid to reach Gaza (Voice of America)

6. North Korea’s Kim says ‘now is time to be prepared for war’: State media (Al Jazeera)

7. Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine parliament passes law to boost conscripts and fill army ranks (AP)

8. Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (The Guardian)

9. South Korea election: Prime minister offers to resign after election defeat (AP)

10. Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud (BBC)

11. Cambodia’s Hun Sen hits back at criticism about Funan Techo canal (Radio Free Asia)

12. Russia-Ukraine war: 'They aren't ready to die' - the smuggler charging thousands to escape army conscription (Sky News)

13. Myanmar troops retreat to Thai border bridge after days of fighting (Al Jazeera)

14. One of the world’s highest cities starts rationing water as reservoirs fall to critical levels (CNN)

15. Global Failures on Healthcare Funding (Human Rights Watch)

Global News 04/10/2024

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Eid 2024: Muslims celebrate with family reunions, new clothes, treats and prayers; Arizona court rules 1864 law banning abortion can be enforced; Biden says he’s exploring whether he has power to shut border; Ten years on: The women of Chibok speak out

• Eid 2024: Muslims celebrate with family reunions, new clothes, treats and prayers (AP)

• Arizona court rules 1864 law banning abortion can be enforced (Euronews)

• Biden says he’s exploring whether he has power to shut border (The Hill)

• Ten years on: The women of Chibok speak out (Amnesty International)

• Iran reiterates promise to retaliate against Israel over killings of generals (AP)

• ‘No good evidence’ for gender care for youth over long-term, review finds (Al Jazeera)

• Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire (CNN)

• ‘Zombie drug’ kills 11 after being found in pot vapes and knockoff pills in UK (POLITICO)

• Quebec separation talk resurrected amid decline of current government (The Guardian)

• US President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese leader Fumio Kishida for official state visit (Voice of America)

• Scotland’s new hate crime law was meant to protect against prejudice. It ended up sowing further division (CNN)

• Chinese Organized Crime Now Targeting Gift Cards in U.S. (ProPublica)

• Russia and Kazakhstan floods: More than 100,000 people evacuated in worst flooding in decades (Sky News)

• Thailand: Court Ruling Could Subvert Democratic Rule (Human Rights Watch)

• After Imprisoning Patients, Idaho OKs New Mental Health Facility (ProPublica)

Global News 04/09/2024

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European Parliament urges inquiry after Al Jazeera Senegal investigation; Gaza: Benjamin Netanyahu sets date for Rafah offensive as pressure grows; Report: US must enhance critical minerals strategy in Africa; Gaza: Israel’s Imposed Starvation Deadly for Children

• European Parliament urges inquiry after Al Jazeera Senegal investigation (Al Jazeera)

• Gaza: Benjamin Netanyahu sets date for Rafah offensive as pressure grows (BBC)

• Report: US must enhance critical minerals strategy in Africa (Voice of America)

• Gaza: Israel’s Imposed Starvation Deadly for Children (Human Rights Watch)

• Russia’s migrants and ethnic minorities shiver at new Putin terror crackdown (POLITICO)

• UN atomic watchdog says status of Ukrainian nuclear plant occupied by Russia is 'extremely serious' (AP)

• Louisiana advances bill to allow local authorities to enforce immigration laws (The Guardian)

• Indigenous people in Philippines’s north ‘ready to fight’ as tensions rise (Al Jazeera)

• Children left to rely on ‘instinct’ to protect themselves from online harm, new study finds (Euronews)

• Kenya in tricky balancing act on Algeria amid Moroccan onslaught (EastAfrican)

• Arrest of ex-intelligence officer reveals new evidence of Russian infiltration across Europe (Euronews)

• The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortions, in Moyle v. United States (Vox)

• Survivors of Guatemala genocide recount horrors at  trial (TRT World)

• Swiss women win landmark climate change ruling (Axios)

• Russia flooding: Anger boils over for some in Ural region (CNN)

Global News 04/08/2024

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Solar eclipse: As huge crowds wait, could clouds spoil the view; Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe; Israel withdraws almost all troops from southern Gaza; Where will America's Civil War be fought?

• Solar eclipse: As huge crowds wait, could clouds spoil the view? (Euronews)

• Viktor Orbán’s plan for Europe (POLITICO)

• Israel withdraws almost all troops from southern Gaza (Sky News)

• Where will America's Civil War be fought? (UnHerd)

• Vatican blasts sex change surgery, surrogacy and gender theory (AP)

• Top UN court opening hearings in case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel's Gaza conflict (Voice of America)

• At least 94 dead in Mozambique after ferry boat capsizes (Al Jazeera)

• Palestinians return to Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal and find an unrecognizable city (AP

• Ukraine war: UN body urges restraint after Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant hit (BBC)

• Anti-coup forces claim control of key Myanmar border town (Al Jazeera)

• South Korea launches second spy satellite in orbit (TRT World)

• New Zealand tightens visa rules after migration hits ‘unsustainable’ levels (The Guardian)

• Sextortion case: Two arrested in Nigeria after Australian boy's suicide (BBC)

• Philippines, US and allies join show of force in South China Sea (Radio Free Asia)

• New Utah Law Prioritizes Child Safety in Custody Courts (ProPublica)

Global News 04/05/2024

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Indigenous survivors pursue justice at genocide trial in Guatemala; Israel is braced for a second war; Ukraine war: Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv; New Rwanda mass graves reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts

• Indigenous survivors pursue justice at genocide trial in Guatemala (Al Jazeera)

• Israel is braced for a second war (UnHerd)

• Ukraine war: Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv (BBC)

• New Rwanda mass graves reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts (TRT World)

• Israel dismisses 2 officers for strikes in Gaza that killed World Central Kitchen aid workers (AP)

• Togo arrests opposition members over campaign against new constitution (EastAfrican)

• Slovakia prepares for an election that could change its relationship with Europe (Euronews)

• EU launches €270M plan to bring Armenia into the Western fold (POLITICO)

• Miscarriages and stillbirths on the rise in war-torn Myanmar (Christian Post)

• Fears of violence grow as Somalia scraps power-sharing system (The Guardian)

• Taiwan earthquake: Island shaken but unbowed as biggest quake in 25 years spotlights preparedness — and lessons learned (CNN)

• Russia: In Wake of Concert Attack, Central Asians at Risk (Human Rights Watch)

• China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns (The Guardian)

• Did Oregon pull the plug too soon on drug decriminalization? (The Hill)

• What to Know About the Debate Over U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates (ProPublica)