🇨🇳 China Confirms it Will Not Attend Peace Conference in Switzerland for Ukraine Conflict

Beijing declined the invitation because the conditions for them to participate were not met, including the participation of both Russia and Ukraine. (Reuters)

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov suggested Thursday that China could arrange a peace conference in which Moscow and Kiev could participate.

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🇩🇪 NEW: Berlin authorizes Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against military targets in Russia

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💸Chinese property giant Evergrande fined $576mn for 'fraudulent business practices’ - Regulator

"Between 2019 and 2020, Evergrande Real Estate falsely increased its revenue and profit by prematurely recognising revenue, resulting in the fraudulent issuance of bonds publicly offered on the exchange market," the China Securities Regulatory Commission said in a statement.

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🍎 Spain rejects planned ‘restrictions’ on consulate over Palestinian state recognition

“This morning we sent a ‘note verbale’ to the Israeli govt in which we reject any restriction on the normal activity of the Spanish consulate general in Jerusalem, as its status is guaranteed by international law,” Spanish FM Jose Manuel Albares said Friday.

Israel’s foreign ministry said Monday it had told the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem to stop offering consular services to Palestinians from June 1 over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

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😂 Scotland fans give “warm welcome” to the Israeli women's football team

Scottish football authorities have decided to play the game Friday behind closed doors - in order to stop planned pro-Palestine demonstrations.

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☄️ JUST IN: Knife attacker stabs multiple people on livestream in German city as armed police rush to scene

WARNING: Distressing Footage

The assailant could be seen rampaging through the Mannheim’s Marktplatz square with a bloody knife in hand, attacking bystanders and campaigners for German anti-Islamist group BPE.

UPDATE: Suspect shot by German police.

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😳 Israeli soldiers indiscriminately open fire on Palestinian citizens in Jabalia, Gaza

The forcibly displaced civilians were attempting to return to their devastated homes after the IDF withdrawal.

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🍎 Houthis announce attack on US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in the Red Sea

The strikes were in response to US and British attacks Thursday night that targeted Sanaa, Hodeidah, and Taiz, a Houthi spox said.

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➡️ Journalist Gideon Levy points out ‘it wasn't fascists who established the occupation, the settlement project and the apartheid system - it was so-called 'moderates' in Israel’

Levy did note, however, that ‘Smotrich and Ben Gvir would be classed as neo-Nazis if they represented a European nation.’

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⚠️ Cyril Ramaphosa’s Future in Doubt as Senior Figures in South Africa’s ANC Debate Next Move - FT

The ANC look set for their worst-ever polling performance in decades.

The party must now decide their best option for a coalition partner - as the depth of the loss suffered in South Africa’s general election sank in.

Mavuso Msimang, a respected figure in the party, said there would now be questions about whether Ramaphosa could continue as leader.

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❗️ JUST IN: Israeli airstrike in Naqoura, Lebanon kills at least one - local media

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