- Pope: May the Hiroshima anniversary serve as a call to pursue peace Vatican News
- A world without nuclear weapons is needed, Japanese cardinal says Crux | Taking the Catholic Pulse
- Clerical junket to Japan The Catholic Thing
- WCC signs Joint Interfaith Statement Marking 80 Years Since the First Use of Nuclear Weapons World Council of Churches
- Peace, disarmament begin in the heart, says USCCB president Catholic Standard
Video shows rare protests in China over beating of schoolgirl by three teenagers
Large crowds gather in city of Jiangyou in Sichuan province after case causes outrage online
A large protest erupted in the south-western Chinese city of Jiangyou, videos on social media have shown, after the beating of a young girl by three other teenagers caused public outrage.
Protests are rare in China, where opposition to the ruling Communist party and anything seen as a threat to civil order is swiftly quashed.
Continue reading...Philippines condemns China’s rocket launch after suspected debris sparked alarm – AP News
Netanyahu to propose full reoccupation of Gaza, Israeli media report
The plan will involve a complete takeover of Gaza, but reportedly faces opposition from military chiefs.
Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching
Researchers warn reef may reach tipping point where coral cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events
The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its biggest annual drop in live coral in two out of three areas monitored by scientists since 1986, a new report has revealed.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (Aims) report is the first to comprehensively document the devastating impacts of the early 2024 mass coral bleaching event – the most widespread and severe on record for the Great Barrier Reef.
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Continue reading...‘We didn’t vote for ChatGPT’: Swedish PM under fire for using AI in role
Tech experts criticise Ulf Kristersson as newspaper accuses him of falling for ‘the oligarchs’ AI psychosis’
The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has come under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in his role running the country.
Kristersson, whose Moderate party leads Sweden’s centre-right coalition government, said he used tools including ChatGPT and the French service LeChat. His colleagues also used AI in their daily work, he said.
Continue reading...A bird dropped a fish on power lines and sparked a brush fire in Canada, firefighters say – AP News
- A bird dropped a fish on power lines and sparked a brush fire in Canada, firefighters say AP News
- A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia The New York Times
- Fish suspected of sparking blaze that knocked out power for 1,500 people New York Post
- Look: Fish dropped by osprey causes brush fire, power outage yahoo.com
- A fish fell from the sky and sparked a brush fire that knocked out power, officials say The Independent
Army infantry training unit reverses ‘bay tossing’ ban – Task & Purpose
Army infantry training unit reverses ‘bay tossing’ ban Task & Purpose
US steps up efforts to help Bolsonaro avoid jail over alleged coup plot
State department condemns judge’s decision to place former Brazil president under house arrest as trial proceeds
The US has intensified its campaign to help Jair Bolsonaro avoid punishment for allegedly masterminding a failed coup, with the state department denouncing the decision to place Brazil’s former president under house arrest.
“Let Bolsonaro speak!” the department’s bureau of western hemisphere affairs tweeted on Monday night after the far-right populist was confined to his mansion in the capital, Brasília, and police seized his mobile phone.
Continue reading...‘We never see kids like this:’ Israeli doctors speak out on emaciated Gazan children – The Times of Israel
- ‘We never see kids like this:’ Israeli doctors speak out on emaciated Gazan children The Times of Israel
- The story behind one grim image of a mother and child in Gaza NPR
- Hunger in Gaza Can’t Be Explained Away by Preexisting Conditions The Intercept
- Opinion | Hamas Starves Jews and Palestinians, and Israel Gets Blamed The Wall Street Journal
- New York Times backtracks, issues correction on Gaza famine story Fox News
Search Underway for Alec Luhn, American Journalist Missing in Norway – The New York Times
- Search Underway for Alec Luhn, American Journalist Missing in Norway The New York Times
- American journalist missing after going for a hike in Norwegian national park CNN
- American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier CBS News
- Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness The Guardian
- American climate journalist missing in Norwegian national park The Washington Post
Off the rails – Meduza
- Off the rails Meduza
- Ukraine war latest: Russia seems 'more inclined to ceasefire' and pressure working, Zelenskyy says after Trump call Sky News
- Russian TikTokers held over drone strike video, and UK 'wealthy exodus' claim checked BBC
- Russia's Ryazan oil refinery halves refining capacity after drone attacks, sources say Reuters
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at oil depot in Russia’s former Olympic city, governor says CNN
Besieged Sudan city residents face starvation, UN warns
El-Fasher, encircled by RSF paramilitary fighters, has not had food deliveries for over a year.
Besieged Sudan city residents face starvation, UN warns
El-Fasher, encircled by RSF paramilitary fighters, has not had food deliveries for over a year.
Sudan civil war: Besieged el-Fasher city residents face starvation, UN warns – BBC
- Sudan civil war: Besieged el-Fasher city residents face starvation, UN warns BBC
- Funding cuts drive Sudan's children to the brink of irreversible harm, UNICEF says Reuters
- ‘We’re suffering’: People in Sudan’s el-Fasher eat animal fodder to survive Al Jazeera
- More than 600,000 children in Sudan are at risk due to conflict Vatican News
- Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies UN News
Homes of ‘working-class Romans’ discovered during Rome metro dig
Experts say the relics at Piazza Venezia appear to resemble a multistorey complex of homes and shops
The remains of homes believed to have been lived in by working-class people around the time of the early Roman empire have been found by workers building an underground station in the city’s historic centre.
The relics are the first to emerge from beneath the bustling Piazza Venezia since work began in 2023 on the station that will form part of the Italian capital’s Metro C underground line.
Continue reading...Hunger-striking women demand Israel return the body of Palestinian activist killed in settler clash – yahoo.com
For many Gazans, free aid from GHF sites or UN convoys has become a last resort – The Times of Israel
- For many Gazans, free aid from GHF sites or UN convoys has become a last resort The Times of Israel
- How to Prevent More Starvation Deaths in Gaza The New Yorker
- Israel’s Gaza aid cutoff was not only immoral. It was a strategic disaster. vox.com
- How much aid has entered Gaza? Al Jazeera
- 8 die from hunger, including child, in Gaza over past day, health ministry says ABC News
Zoo in Denmark calls for unwanted pets to feed its animals – NBC News
Britain affirms support for Palestinian state under 1967 borders – Middle East Eye
- Britain affirms support for Palestinian state under 1967 borders Middle East Eye
- Starmer’s Palestine problem The Economist
- 'Thank you, but it's too late': Why some Palestinians aren't convinced by Starmer's promise BBC
- Opinion | Western Allies’ Self-Defeating Attack on Israel The Wall Street Journal
- Spotlight on Keir Starmer’s recognition of Palestine | Letters The Guardian