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🎤Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete. Spain, Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherlands pulled out of the song contest in protest of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza. No vote was held on the participation by the Israeli broadcaster in the annual event, thus dismissing an earlier request by seven countries that a secret ballot be held.
The Guardian (EN)
🦟Global malaria threat deepens as drug resistance rises. A new World Health Organization report found that malaria cases and deaths are rising, as is resistance to artemisinin, a key compound used for first-time treatment.
Health Policy Watch (EN)
✋🏼Egypt ramps up Sudanese refugee deportations with little UNHCR pushback. A yearlong investigation found that the UN refugee agency is not doing enough to protect Sudanese, amid pressure from Egypt’s security forces and large EU donations to Cairo to help curb migration to Europe.
The New Humanitarian (EN)
🚬World fights nicotine addiction, but Switzerland continues to drag its feet. At last month’s WHO tobacco control convention meeting, experts accused the tobacco industry of derailing decisions on measures required to tackle the addiction.
Swissinfo (EN)
🚑Tens of thousands of Gazans need medical evacuation: MSF. Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières estimates that three or four times the number of patients already evacuated – roughly 8,000 – still await urgent care outside the Gaza Strip.
AFP via France24 (EN)

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