Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained – The Guardian

  1. Egyptian journalist faces terrorism charges after entire newsroom detained  The Guardian
  2. Egypt arrests entire editorial team of one of the country’s few independent media  AP News
  3. Egypt Arrests 6 Journalists Accused of Spreading Disinformation  The New York Times
  4. Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash  timep.org
  5. Egypt Arrests  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned

Education minister says 24 schools have been burnt or ransacked and 78 staff members injured since student unrest began last month

More than 400 schools in France will be closed or partly closed on Monday as authorities brace for another week of student protests.

Lessons will be totally or partly suspended in 400 to 500 schools because security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, the education minister, Édouard Geffray, said on Sunday.

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Protests intensify in India over demands for election chief to quit – Reuters

  1. Protests intensify in India over demands for election chief to quit  Reuters
  2. Mass protests demanding poll chief resignation shake India for third day  aljazeera.com
  3. ‘Cockroach’ protesters demand India’s election chief resign over voter list changes  The Seattle Times
  4. Is Jantar Mantar 2.0 building up outside the barricades?  The Times of India
  5. Hundreds, including Neha, woman journalist who alleged sexual harassment by cop, detained as Delhi protest demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s removal enters third day  The Hindu
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Moscow says it will step up strikes on Ukraine after Kyiv vows to hit Russian oil refineries – politico.eu

  1. Moscow says it will step up strikes on Ukraine after Kyiv vows to hit Russian oil refineries  politico.eu
  2. Russia to intensify strikes on Ukraine after Zelenskiy interview  Reuters
  3. Russia Pledges to Continue Massive Strikes on Kyiv, Urges Foreign Diplomats to Leave City  The Moscow Times
  4. No EU member state embassy is leaving Kyiv – Mathernova  ukrinform.net
  5. Russia Again Strikes Kyiv Bridge as Infrastructure Attacks Widen  Bloomberg.com
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US Marine Arrested for Alleged Murder of a Woman on Okinawa, Triggers Outrage From Japan – Military.com

  1. US Marine Arrested for Alleged Murder of a Woman on Okinawa, Triggers Outrage From Japan  Military.com
  2. 'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa  BBC
  3. Japan Demands Tighter US Troop Discipline After Okinawa Killing  Bloomberg.com
  4. Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Accused of Murder  WSJ
  5. Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response  The Japan Times
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US Marine Arrested for Alleged Murder of a Woman on Okinawa, Triggers Outrage From Japan – Military.com

  1. US Marine Arrested for Alleged Murder of a Woman on Okinawa, Triggers Outrage From Japan  Military.com
  2. 'Not again': Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan's Okinawa  BBC
  3. Japan Demands Tighter US Troop Discipline After Okinawa Killing  Bloomberg.com
  4. Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Accused of Murder  WSJ
  5. Takaichi mentions Okinawa murder in parliament speech as U.S. military weighs response  The Japan Times
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JD Vance flexing Maha connections as he eyes 2028 election

Considered Republican frontrunner for presidential election, Vance is cozying up to the movement – as it splits

JD Vance, widely considered to be the Republican frontrunner for the presidential election in 2028, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement as some say it is shedding its grassroots supporters in favor of political and corporate interests.

The US vice-president has positioned himself as the inheritor of Make America Great Again (Maga), and attaching himself to Maha, which many in the Trump administration believe helped to win the 2024 election, signals a greater overlap between the two movements as the administration’s popularity plummets amid the war in Iran and rising prices.

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US marine arrested in Japan on suspicion of killing woman, police say

Suspect allegedly killed woman at hotel in Okinawa as prime minister calls crime ‘exceptionally brutal and vicious’

A US marine stationed on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa is accused of murdering a Japanese woman and has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Sunday.

The suspect allegedly “killed [a] 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet” as well as her backpack, local police told news media outlets.

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Poland, Romania Refuse Transit Relief for Ukrainian Grain – Kyiv Post

  1. Poland, Romania Refuse Transit Relief for Ukrainian Grain  Kyiv Post
  2. The crippling effect we’re all feeling from the deadlock in Ukraine’s war with Russia  The Independent
  3. EU neighbors shun Kyiv’s plea to free trapped grain  politico.eu
  4. Turkey and UN Broker Talks on Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Truce  Bloomberg.com
  5. Afghan migrant who stabbed dog walker to death sentenced to indefinite hospital order  Inbox.eu
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Rare police raid of Taipei gay bar sparks angry protest – Reuters

  1. Rare police raid of Taipei gay bar sparks angry protest  Reuters
  2. Gender groups urge investigation into 'discriminatory' gay bar raid  Focus Taiwan - CNA English News
  3. Gay bar raid in Taiwan sparks protest; 51 detained under 'public morality' law  The Times of India
  4. A Look at Today’s Protest Against Police Raids of LGBTQ Nightlife Establishments in Photos  New Bloom Magazine
  5. Taiwan Police Raid Taipei Gay Bar and Arrest Owner as LGBTQ+ Protesters March  Межа. Новини України.
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