UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel (www.reuters.com)
EU unlikely to confiscate Russian central bank assets - officials (www.reuters.com)
Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack....
Julian Assange to be made honorary citizen of Rome (www.reuters.com)
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Russia's first lunar mission in 47 years smashes into the moon in failure (www.reuters.com)
Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years failed when its Luna-25 space craft spun out of control and crashed into the moon after a problem preparing for pre-landing orbit, underscoring the post-Soviet decline of a once mighty space programme.
Trump cancels news conference to release report on 2020 election (www.reuters.com)
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints (www.reuters.com)
From the article: “About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel...
Tesla's CEO optimistic on progress for self-driving, robots (www.reuters.com)
Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works (www.reuters.com)
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UN chief 'deeply distressed' by planned Israeli siege of Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter (www.reuters.com)
California police flatten pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, arrest protesters (www.reuters.com)
Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment....
Russia warns Europe: if you take our assets, we have a response that will hurt (www.reuters.com)
An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West and used to help Ukraine....
Alabama governor signs law banning diversity programs in schools (www.reuters.com)
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....
Israeli troops kill 12 Palestinians, desecrate West Bank mosque (www.reuters.com)
Israeli troops killed a youth at a hospital and read out Jewish prayers at a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids that Palestinian authorities said on Thursday killed 12 and that Israel said helped capture dozens of militants....
Israeli army displays tunnel beneath Al Shifa it says served as Hamas hideout (www.reuters.com)
New York Times tech workers to strike over return-to-office rules (www.reuters.com)
Pharmacy staff from CVS, Walgreens stores in US start 3-day walkout (www.reuters.com)
Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge has rejected Burger King’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that it cheated hungry customers by making its Whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is....
Japan says no radioactivity found in Fukushima fish, Kyodo reports (www.reuters.com)
Japan’s fisheries agency said on Saturday fish tested in waters around the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant did not contain detectable levels of the radioactive isotope tritium, Kyodo news service reported.
Japan to release Fukushima water into ocean starting Aug 24 (www.reuters.com)
Kevin Spacey acquitted of all nine sexual offence charges in London trial (www.reuters.com)
Spacey, who was also celebrating his 64th birthday on Wednesday, began to cry and mouthed “thank you” to the nine men and three women jurors, before wiping away tears with a tissue....