(2024-05-07). Israel seizes Rafah crossing, cutting off Gaza's last humanitarian lifeline amid famine crisis. nationofchange.org This move effectively cuts off a critical humanitarian aid route to the enclave, where the majority of the population faces imminent famine due to ongoing conflict.
(2024-05-07). Is the UN Failing in Gaza? scheerpost.com 
By Dawn Clancy / PassBlue As the war on Gaza enters its seventh month, 35,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed, warnings of genocide and famine are mounting and reports of mass graves with bodies showing signs of torture are emerging. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah, a battered city in southern Gaza where over …
(2024-05-07). 'They are starving,' says doctor back from Gaza; world food program warns North in 'full-blown famine'. nationofchange.org We get an update on conditions among the besieged and starving population of Gaza—including of children now suffering from the psychological effects of intense and prolonged trauma—from Dr. Walid Masoud.
(2024-05-07). In Israel, Jewish extremists worshipping a God of Holy War are getting stronger. haaretz.com Since October 7, the flagrantly anti-democratic, morally bankrupt political theology of Israel's right-wing Jewish radicals, a worldview that justifies the death, starvation, and hunger of Palestinians, is becoming more dominant. Jews in Israel and around the world must confront this desecration of our tradition…
(2024-05-07). Cuban President Diaz-Canel Arrives in Russia on a Working Visit. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in Moscow to discuss bilateral issues during a working visit that will extend until May 9. | RELATED: | During his stay in Russia, he will attend the military parade on May 9th commemorating Victory Day, the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). | Diaz-Canel will also participate for the first time in the Supreme Council of the Euras…
(2024-05-07). NATO escalation in Ukraine threatens nuclear war with Russia. wsws.org Threats by top European officials to launch missile strikes or a ground invasion against Russia are opening an escalatory spiral that can only be halted by the working class.
(2024-05-07). Sri Lankan Tamil parties debate tactics in the presidential election. wsws.org Workers and poor in the North and East must reject the sordid political manoeuvres of the Tamil parties which represent the interests of the Tamil elites not those of working people.
(2024-05-07). Cuban President To Visit Russia As Nations Draw Closer. latintimes.com Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced Monday he is heading to Russia on a "working visit," as old allies Havana and Moscow strengthen ties under a recently initiated rapprochement.
(2024-05-07). The Well-Heeled and Our Personal Well-Being. counterpunch.org 
Just what exactly happens when a society becomes substantially more unequal, when a few become fabulously richer than the many? Defenders of our deepest pockets have a ready answer. What happens when wealth starts concentrating at a society's summit? Nothing we need worry about. In fact, the richer our richest become, these cheerleaders for grand
(2024-05-07). City Power's Eskom debt reaches "unprecedented levels" sanews.gov.za City Power's Eskom debt reaches "unprecedented levels" | Eskom says it will approach the courts in a bid to have City Power pay its R1 billion debt to the national power utility. | City Power is a company wholly owned by the City of Johannesburg which purchases, distributes and sells electricity within the city coupled with maintaining and installing electrical infrastructure. | The power utility said City Power's debt stood at some R1.073 billion at the end of March this year. | "The escalating City Power debt…has left Eskom with no choice but to apply to the High Court in Johannesburg for a declaratory order…
(2024-05-07). China's belt and road, once a hotspot for European investment, is getting the cold shoulder. scmp.com As geopolitical changes have made working with China more risky than before, European firms have backed away from infrastructure projects linked with the Belt and Road Initiative.
(2024-05-07). DWS reiterates commitment to fast-track bulk water projects. sanews.gov.za DWS reiterates commitment to fast-track bulk water projects | The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reiterated its commitment to fast-track the effective implementation of bulk water projects in water stressed communities in KwaZulu-Natal and across the country, so as to ensure the provision of consistent and reliable water supply.
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| This comes as the department, through its entity in KwaZulu-Natal, uMngeni-uThukela Water, is working in partnership with different spheres of government to rollout the Maphumulo Bulk Water Supply Scheme. | The Maphumulo Bulk Water Supply Scheme Water Treatment…
(2024-05-07). Apple working on AI chip for data centres, WSJ says, as it tries to catch up with rivals like Google and Microsoft. scmp.com Apple is developing a chip to run AI tools on servers, but it is unclear if the tech giant will deploy it, The Wall Street Journal reported.
(2024-05-07). The Mexican debt crisis and the World Bank. cadtm.org
(2024-05-07). The World Bank saw the debt crisis looming. cadtm.org
(2024-05-07). Tourists could explore the whole GCC on one visa by December. newarab.com 
A new visa system allowing tourists and expatriates to visit all six Currently, tourists need a separate visa for each Gulf nation they visit but the new scheme will allow for free travel between all GCC countries, in a boost for regional tourism. | "By the end of this year, the whole system will be in place. [We] are working day and night and e-service is a v…
(2024-05-07). US-Israeli espionage cell dismantled in Yemen. presstv.ir Yemen say it has broken up a spy ring working for the US and Israel amid its pro-Palestine campaign.
(2024-05-07). IRGC disintegrating enemies as morally bankrupt US targets Muslim world: Salami. presstv.ir General Salami says the primary mission of the IRGC Quds Force is to prevent the enemies from making inroads into the Muslim world.
(2024-05-07). Smoke clouds billow over Berlin after fire at factory with chemicals storage. presstv.ir A large fire at a Berlin metalworking factory on the outskirts of the German capital led to plumes of black smoke on Friday.