Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
French Tiktok ban makes VPN usage soar in New Caledonia (www.techradar.com)
Aid arriving in Gaza via US-made pier but distribution blocked, says US aid chief (www.theguardian.com)
Pigs Riot at U.C. Irvine (clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org)
A young child in Ontario has died of measles (www.thestar.com)
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave (theintercept.com)
Remaining health care workers won’t leave European Hospital in Khan Younis until Israel stops blocking entry of new medical personnel....
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping: No longer a partnership of equals (www.bbc.com)
The Owner of a Mine in Yorkshire is Supplying White Phosphorus to Israel (www.thecanary.co)
Estonia ‘seriously’ discussing sending troops to ‘rear’ jobs in Ukraine, official says (breakingdefense.com)
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"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...
Climate activists glue themselves to Munich airport runway (www.euronews.com)
Climate activists from Last Generation disrupted Munich airport by gluing themselves to a runway, leading to flight cancellations and delays over a busy weekend....
Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Gender stereotypes at home may hamper female students’ ability to progress in the classroom, research suggests...
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach (www.reuters.com)
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains....
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report (www.theguardian.com)
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found...
Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 50 after heavy rain brings devastation (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of homes and farming land damaged in Ghor province, a week after over 300 killed in flash floods...
The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. (theintercept.com)
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza....
New Caledonia: French marines deployed amid deadly unrest (www.dw.com)
Violence in New Caledonia turned deadly once again as clashes between protesters and security forces continue in the French Pacific territory....
Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them (www.cbc.ca)
Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan (www.reuters.com)
Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters....