Hezbollah launches rocket barrage after Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 7About 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards northern Israel on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. Israeli emergency services said a 25-year-old factory worker in Kiryat Shmona was killed. The Israeli army’s attacks on al-Habbariyeh hit a paramedic centre linked to a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group. The Emergency and Relief Corps said the victims were volunteers.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/hezbollah-launches-rocket-barrage-after-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-kill-7https://archive.is/jTzoP Over 30 people detained in Şırnak and Urfa Three people named Rızgar Güneş, Hasari Kılıç and Yasin Güneş were detained in the rural neighbourhood of Cûrnûs. On the grounds of the same investigation, Mahmut Yolcu was detained in Koçveren rural neighbourhood and Sabri Taş, a polling station attendant of Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) was detained in Milke rural neighbourhood.
https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/over-30-people-detained-in-Sirnak-and-urfa-72453Racist attacks by ultranationalist Turks in Belgium leave several Kurds seriously injuredA large group of ultranationalist Turks launched a racist attack on Kurdish families returning to their homes in the Belgian towns of Houthalen-Helchteren and Heusden-Zolder in Leuven after celebrating Nevruz on Sunday, leaving several of them injured, according to reports by Medya News and ANF English.
https://www.turkishminute.com/2024/03/25/racist-attack-by-ultranationalist-turk-belgium-leave-several-kurds-seriously-injured/https://archive.is/TAyORGermany set to add citizenship test questions about Jews and IsraelNew questions, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, are to include: What is a Jewish house of prayer called? When was the State of Israel founded? What is the reason for Germany’s special responsibility for Israel? How is Holocaust denial punished in Germany? And, somewhat mysteriously: Who can become a member of the approximately 40 Jewish Maccabi sports clubs in Germany?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/26/germany-citizenship-test-israel-jews-holocaust/https://archive.is/WUGd2German investigators work through hundreds of tips on fugitive Red Army Faction suspectsGerman investigators said Wednesday they were working through hundreds of new tips on the whereabouts of two fugitive suspected ex-members of the left-wing militant Red Army Faction following the arrest last month of their former comrade after decades in hiding.
https://apnews.com/article/germany-red-army-faction-fugitives-34f783e0def6e44dbd1118ed2d462762Britain's communists accuse ‘lapdog Labour’ of pandering to the ToriesThe former Young Communist League general secretary urged the labour movement to fight instead for an independent foreign policy free from US diktat and Nato, based on peace and co-operation not imperialist exploitation and war.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/britains-communists-accuse-lapdog-labour-of-pandering-to-the-toriesStellantis signs deals to cut at least 2,500 jobs in ItalyUp to 1,520 employees will have the opportunity to leave Stellantis with financial incentives in Turin, including 300 at the Mirafiori plant and 733 office staff, the UILM union said.
Stellantis agreed further voluntary lay-off deals for up to 850 employees at its Cassino assembly plant in central Italy, and for up to 100 at its engine making facility in Pratola Serra, said the FIOM union, which did not sign the deals.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/stellantis-signs-voluntary-exit-deal-up-1500-workers-turin-2024-03-26/Thailand poised to legalise same-sex marriage after parliament passes billThe bill must now be approved by the senate and endorsed by the Thai king. After this endorsement, the bill would be published in the Royal Gazette and become law after 60 days. If that happens, Thailand will follow Taiwan and Nepal as the only countries in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/thailand-poised-legalise-same-sex-marriage-parliament-passes-billIndia to spend $3.7 bln to fence Myanmar border, source says India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km (1,000-mile) porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-spend-37-bln-fence-myanmar-border-source-says-2024-03-27/Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study findsResearch by 11 academics found the most popular technique used to create offsets in Australia, known as “human-induced regeneration” and pledged to regenerate scrubby outback forests, had mostly not improved tree cover as promised between about 2015 and 2022.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/australias-carbon-credits-system-a-failure-on-global-scale-study-findsMilei to Cut 70,000 State Jobs, Boasting of Chainsaw AusterityBeyond the job cuts, Milei boasted Tuesday at an event that he’s frozen public works, cut off some funding to provincial governments and terminated more than 200,000 social welfare plans, which he labeled as corrupt. It’s all part of his strategy to reach a fiscal balance at any cost this year.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/milei-to-cut-70-000-state-jobs-boasting-of-chainsaw-austerityhttps://archive.is/tSpblChile opens lithium salt flats for investment, saves two for state controlThe long-anticipated announcement sheds light on how President Gabriel Boric's government plans to carry out a policy announced last year to boost state control over the South American country's lithium industry, the world's second-largest after Australia.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chile-opens-lithium-salt-flats-investment-saves-two-state-control-2024-03-27/