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The German city of Bargteheide has relocated senior citizens from a housing complex to accommodate asylum seekers, reversing plans for demolition after initial claims of the building's uninhabitability.
General He Weidong, a prominent figure in China's military, has been purged from his position as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, marking a significant upheaval within the Chinese military leadership.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stirred controversy by suggesting a neutral foreign policy for Slovakia, raising questions about the country's future NATO membership amid public backlash.
A recent legislative push in the U.S. aims to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements to consumers, potentially leading to a significant downturn in advertising revenues for TV networks.
Iron ore prices have plummeted to a nine-month low, indicating ongoing economic struggles in China, which is a key consumer of the commodity, reflecting broader concerns about its economic recovery.

ZeroHedge

Senior Citizens Moved Out Of Housing Complex In Germany To Make Way For Refugees zerohedge.com an hour ago by Tyler Durden
Senior Citizens Moved Out Of Housing Complex In Germany To Make Way For Refugees Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The German city o…
Purging Of Top Chinese Generals Shows Central Military Commission In "Disarray" zerohedge.com 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden
Purging Of Top Chinese Generals Shows Central Military Commission In "Disarray" General He Weidong, once the second-highest-ranking officer i…
Slovak PM Fico Questions NATO Membership, Sparks Backlash Over Call For Neutrality zerohedge.com 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden
Slovak PM Fico Questions NATO Membership, Sparks Backlash Over Call For Neutrality Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Mi…
Impervious To Suffering zerohedge.com 5 hours ago by Notypist
Impervious To Suffering Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardian.org, Can I be so bold as to say I may have figured something out? It is prob…
TV Networks Face Advertising Apocalypse After Trump Admin Mulls Pharma Restrictions zerohedge.com 5 hours ago by Tyler Durden
TV Networks Face Advertising Apocalypse After Trump Admin Mulls Pharma Restrictions Last week independent Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and An…

The Guardian

Discarded clothes from UK brands dumped in protected Ghana wetlands theguardian.com 3 hours ago by Lucy Jordan and Mike Anane
Ghana, Waste, Fashion industry, Africa, World news, Pollution
Garments thrown out by consumers from Next, George, M&S and others found in or near conservation areas Clothes discarded by UK consumers and …
Female baboons with strong relationship to fathers found to live longer theguardian.com 9 hours ago by Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Animals, Science, Environment, Kenya, Africa
Study suggests role of male parents may be under-appreciated in some primate species If male baboons were subject to the same kind of cultura…
Jane Goodall chimpanzee conservation project in Tanzania hit by USAID cuts theguardian.com a day ago by Tabitha John
USAID, Jane Goodall, Conservation, Environment, US news, Tanzania, Africa, World news
US agency had pledged almost $30m over five years to Hope Through Action initiative, which was launched in 2023 The US government funding cut…
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert theguardian.com 2 days ago by Mark Townsend
Global development, Food security, Conflict and arms, Gaza, Sudan, World news, United Nations, Haiti, Africa, Americas, Middle East and north Africa, Palestinian territories, Human rights
UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should …
Kenyan police officer appears in court amid outrage over teacher’s death in custody theguardian.com 5 days ago by Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi
Kenya, Africa, World news
James Mukhwana detained over death of Albert Ojwang, who was arrested after criticising police official online A Kenyan police officer has ap…

South China Morning Post

2003 all over again? Possible US intervention in Israel vs Iran sparks worries scmp.com 5 hours ago by Tom Hussain
With President Donald Trump poised to determine whether the United States will plunge into the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, an…
In China-Russia relations, power speaks louder than friendship scmp.com 7 hours ago by Lijia Zhang
Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping sat alongside his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to watch Moscow’s Victory Day parade wearing the…
Could old coal mines help ease China’s solar-panel overcapacity? scmp.com 8 hours ago by Yujie Xue
China leads the world in converting decommissioned coal-mining sites into solar power projects, a trend that promises to advance the clean ene…
G7 summit wraps with statements on AI, critical minerals, but not Ukraine scmp.com 9 hours ago by Mark Magnier
The Group of 7 nations wrapped up their summit in Canada on Tuesday with six joint statements on subjects spanning AI, quantum computing and c…
China condemns US after plan to replace Huawei towers in Panama is unveiled scmp.com 11 hours ago by Igor Patrick
Following a US announcement of a project in Panama to replace communications towers installed by Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, B…

New York Times

Inside Trump’s Shifting Stance on Iran nytimes.com 10 hours ago by Jonathan Swan, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and John Pappas
Iran, Israel, Trump, Donald J
President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway,…
How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel nytimes.com 5 hours ago by Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Mark Mazzetti and Ronen Bergman
Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, Iran, Israel, International Relations, Defense and Military Forces, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Trump, Donald J, Witkoff, Steven
President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway,…
Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say nytimes.com 10 hours ago by Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
International Relations, Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, United States International Relations, Trump, Donald J, Iran, Israel
American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.
What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program nytimes.com 14 hours ago by Lara Jakes
International Relations, Nuclear Weapons, Defense and Military Forces, Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament, Satellites, Classified Information and State Secrets, Anti-Semitism, Nuclear Tests, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Nuclear Energy, Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, International Atomic Energy Agency, Israel
Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.
House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains nytimes.com 11 hours ago by Tony Romm
United States Politics and Government, United States Economy, Taxation, Congressional Budget Office, Joint Committee on Taxation, House of Representatives, Senate, Trump, Donald J
The updated findings from the Congressional Budget Office amounted to the latest dour report card for the president’s signature legislation.