thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldnews

As South Africa heads into its tightest election since apartheid ended in 1994, the ANC is facing competition like never before. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/world/politics/south-africa-crunch-election/ #worldnews #politics #southafrica

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldnews

European Union member states are growing increasingly exasperated by Hungary’s stonewalling of more than €6.5 billion ($7.1 billion) of urgently needed aid for Ukraine as its military struggles to fend off Russian assaults. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/world/politics/eu-hungary-ukraine-aid/ #worldnews #politics #eu #hungary #ukraine #russiaukrainewar

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldnews

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Monday referred to the rise of the far right in European politics an "ill wind" during a state visit to Germany ahead of key European Union elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/world/politics/macron-far-right-europe/ #worldnews #politics #france #emmanuelmacron #viktororban #marinelepen #germany #farright

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to worldnews

Another Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, prompting an outcry from global leaders, who urged the implementation of a World Court order to halt Israel's assault. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/world/israeli-attack-rafah-tent-outcry/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

Feature: Myanmar: Young insurgents changing the course of a forgotten war (www.bbc.com)

The BBC's Quentin Sommerville spent a month with revolutionary forces at jungle bases and on front lines in Myanmar....Two loudspeakers, as big as the men carrying them, are brought to the rocky hilltop. Some 800m below, in the town of Hpasang, lies a sprawling Myanmar army base....

mostaurelius, 13 days ago to worldnews

Deadly strike on Rafah a tragic mishap, Netanyahu says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the strike which killed scores of displaced Palestinians in Rafah was a "tragic mishap".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjjj26d0eqxo

#WorldNews #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Rafah

byteseu, 13 days ago to worldnews

One last touch of my daughter’s hand… after Putin’s missiles pierced her tiny heart: Mother holds her four-year-old child as she is laid to rest in Ukraine after shrapnel struck her vital organs https://www.byteseu.com/140830/ #AnythingGoesNews #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #WorldNews

verdantsquare, 13 days ago to worldnews

‘You just have to roll’: Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race has international appeal https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/27/gloucestershire-cheese-rolling-race-coopers-hill-international-appeal?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

News Corp. just cut a deal with OpenAI, who is courting major media outlets to use their data. What about smaller publications? And publishers' ability to control their content? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/27/world/openai-journalism-offers-news-corp/ #commentary #worldnews #openai #chatgpt #rupertmurdoch #newscorp #artificialintelligence #ai #tech #journalism

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

Refusing to offer a clear timetable for Ukraine's accession to NATO would fuel further aggression and Putin's neoimperial ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/27/world/ukraine-why-nato-accession/ #commentary #worldnews #nato #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #china #nuclearweapons #sovietunion

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

U.S. and allied intelligence officials are tracking an increase in low-level sabotage operations in Europe that they say are part of a Russian campaign to undermine support for Ukraine’s war effort. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/world/politics/russia-sabotage-campaign-europe/ #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #europe

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

Many migrants who have flocked to South Africa since the end of apartheid are met with the colder side of the "Rainbow Nation," a name used by Nelson Mandela and others in the 1990s to describe the nation's aspirations to be a beacon of multicultural harmony. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/world/society/mandela-vision-south-africa-migrants/ #worldnews #society #southafrica #immigration #nelsonmandela

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

Two key opposition parties are hailing their alliance in Delhi and hoping they can deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third consecutive clean sweep of the region in the ongoing election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/world/politics/modi-rivals-unite-delhi/ #worldnews #politics #india #narendramodi #rahulgandhi

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

While Floyd’s death became a rally cry for racial equity and justice, four years later the journey toward comprehensive policing reform has been fraught with challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/world/crime-legal/four-years-george-floyd-police-reform/ #worldnews #crimelegal #georgefloyd #racism #discrimination

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to worldnews

At least 35 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a camp for displaced people in the southern city of Rafah late Sunday, the Hamas-run ministry of health said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/world/israel-strikes-tent-city-rafah/ #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

NewsDesk, 13 days ago to news

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 35 people on Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern city of Rafah, Palestinian health workers say. The report came hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv. AP reports: https://flip.it/fTMULA
#News #WorldNews #Israel #Gaza

byteseu, 13 days ago to worldnews

Israeli Knesset to vote on declaring UNRWA a terrorist organization https://www.byteseu.com/139310/ #BreakingNews #GlobalNews #LatestNews #News #World #WorldNews

ggrant, 14 days ago to worldnews

Rishi Sunak’s national service pledge is ‘bonkers’, says ex-military chief https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/26/rishi-sunaks-national-service-pledge-is-bonkers-says-ex-military-chief?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #guardian

NewsDesk, 14 days ago to news

Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal. AP reports: https://flip.it/Ipa7ku
#News #WorldNews #Asia #Bangladesh #India

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

If Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency, Richard Grenell hopes to be secretary of state. But his work raises questions, even from his former boss. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/world/politics/richard-grenell-donald-trump/ #worldnews #politics #richardgrenell #2020uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged U.S. President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping to attend a peace summit in Switzerland next month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/world/zelenskyy-biden-xi-peace-summit/ #worldnews #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #joebiden #china039s #xijinping #switzerland #russia #russiaukrainewar

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

A drone unit has been the main constraint on the Russian attempt to seize the strategic town of Chasiv Yar on Ukraine’s teetering eastern front. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/world/ukraine-drones-defense-chasiv-yar/ #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #russia #drones

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

Despite liberalism's emphasis on individual rights and fair systems, it faces challenges from populist leaders and dictators who appeal to deeper sources of meaning such as faith, family and nationalism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/26/world/authoritarians-have-momentum/ #commentary #worldnews #liberalism #democracy #authoritarianism #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #xijinpin

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

Vladimir Putin’s recent state visit to Beijing – his first trip abroad since being inaugurated for a fifth term – was practically a mirror image of Mao Zedong’s visit to Moscow 75 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/26/world/fragile-china-russia-fraternity/ #commentary #worldnews #china #russia #russiachinarelations #vladimirputin #xijinping #stalin #mao

thejapantimes, 14 days ago to worldnews

Group of Seven finance ministers cited "progress" in finding ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine as they wrapped up a meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/world/politics/g7-russian-assets-ukraine-war/ #worldnews #politics #g7 #russia #russiaukrainewar