Iran war’s environmental toll could leave damage and health risks for decades, experts say – AP News

  1. Iran war’s environmental toll could leave damage and health risks for decades, experts say  AP News
  2. The Environmental Cost Of War : 1A  NPR
  3. 5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds  The Guardian
  4. Tehran's Toxic Skies: When Iran War Begins To Resemble Chemical Warfare  NDTV
  5. A ticking time bomb of oil spills  The Tribune
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Air Canada CEO Issues Apology Over English-Only Message – WSJ

  1. Air Canada CEO Issues Apology Over English-Only Message  WSJ
  2. Air Canada CEO apologises for English-only condolence video  BBC
  3. Canadian prime minister says Air Canada CEO's English-only condolences lacked compassion  AP News
  4. Air Canada CEO apologizes for his inability to speak French after plane crash  The Boston Globe
  5. Quebec Pension Fund Caisse Condemns Air Canada CEO’s Video, Joining Carney  Bloomberg.com
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Brussels opens investigation into Snapchat amid concern over children’s safety

European Commission says social messaging app is exposing children to grooming and sexual exploitation

Brussels has opened an investigation into Snapchat over concerns the social messaging app is exposing children to grooming, sexual exploitation and other criminality.

In a separate decision on Thursday, the European Commission also said four pornographic websites were failing to prevent minors seeing adult content, harming young people’s mental health and fuelling negative gender attitudes.

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IDF soldier killed in Hezbollah gunfight; terror group fires rockets, drones at north – The Times of Israel

  1. IDF soldier killed in Hezbollah gunfight; terror group fires rockets, drones at north  The Times of Israel
  2. IDF soldier killed during gunfight with Hezbollah members in southern Lebanon  The Times of Israel
  3. Israeli Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon in Overnight Clash With Militants  Haaretz
  4. IDF Soldier Seriously Inured In Lebanon Fighting | LIVE BLOG  i24NEWS
  5. IDF: Hezbollah fired 120 rockets from Tyre's neighborhoods, using human shields  The Jerusalem Post
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Pro-Israel Democrats decry settler violence in West Bank amid attacks on Palestinians – The Guardian

  1. Pro-Israel Democrats decry settler violence in West Bank amid attacks on Palestinians  The Guardian
  2. 'There's no safety anymore': Palestinians warn of expanding West Bank settler violence  BBC
  3. Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in the West Bank as 4 Palestinians are killed in Gaza  NBC News
  4. West Bank extremist violence is eroding Israel's national security from within - editorial  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Death of ATV driver unleashes new outburst of settler attacks on Palestinians  The Times of Israel
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Pro-Israel Democrats decry settler violence in West Bank amid attacks on Palestinians

Aipac-backed lawmakers denounce ‘extremist’ violence in West Bank as support for Israel becomes a political liability

As Israeli settlers ramp up violent attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, often as Israeli forces stand by, denunciations are mounting in the US, even from Democratic legislators and public figures who are typically staunch defenders of Israel.

In recent days, dozens of settlers have torched homes and vehicles and attacked Palestinians in apparently coordinated attacks. Since the start of the month, Israeli settlers and police have killed at least 10 Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, including two young brothers and their parents as they returned from a Ramadan shopping trip.

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Hungary’s government files charges against prominent journalist for alleged espionage – AP News

  1. Hungary’s government files charges against prominent journalist for alleged espionage  AP News
  2. Hungarian Journalist Faces Spy Charges After Reports on Election Meddling  The New York Times
  3. Hungary’s opposition leader wants probe into alleged intelligence move against Tisza  Reuters
  4. Hungary's Péter Magyar accuses secret services of targeting his party ahead of April elections  Euronews.com
  5. Spying Charges Rock Hungarian Election Campaign in Final Stretch  Bloomberg.com
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9 injured as Iran fires 7 missile salvos at Israel within hours, many with cluster warheads – The Times of Israel

  1. 9 injured as Iran fires 7 missile salvos at Israel within hours, many with cluster warheads  The Times of Israel
  2. Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors  The Washington Post
  3. Iran appears to target Israeli power plant in missile attack, but misses  The Times of Israel
  4. IRGC says it targeted Israeli military satellite reception stations  ایران اینترنشنال
  5. Why did David’s Sling fail to protect Israel's South from Iranian missiles? - analysis  The Jerusalem Post
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Two drone strikes on civilian targets kill 28 people in Sudan

Market in North Darfur and truck carrying civilians in North Kordofan hit as civil war approaches fourth year

At least 28 civilians have been killed in two separate drone strikes in Sudan, according to health workers, as the country’s brutal civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) approaches its fourth year.

A strike hit a market in the town of Saraf Omra, in North Darfur state, on Wednesday, killing “22 people, including an infant, and injuring 17 more”, a health worker at the local clinic told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Major Oil Refinery in Leningrad Region Reportedly Damaged in Ukrainian Drone Strike – The Moscow Times

  1. Major Oil Refinery in Leningrad Region Reportedly Damaged in Ukrainian Drone Strike  The Moscow Times
  2. Exclusive: At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity halted, Reuters calculations show  Reuters
  3. Ukraine strikes Russian Project 23550 Arctic patrol ship  navalnews.com
  4. Ukrainian Drone Strikes Halt at Least 40% of Russia’s Oil Export Capacity – Reuters  The Moscow Times
  5. Ukraine Says It Attacked Russia’s Major Baltic Refinery Kirishi  Bloomberg.com
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