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EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low (www.theguardian.com)

The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees (www.theguardian.com)

‘I will pretend not to be me’: Russia cracks down on LGBTQ+ community (www.theguardian.com)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7946681...

CEOs fear climate change and AI threats could doom their companies in 10 years, survey shows (www.abc.net.au)

Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza (nitter.unixfox.eu)

cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/7496184...

Iran, 33-year old women received 74 lashes for “not wearing the hijab" (www.niacouncil.org)

Roya Heshmati likened her punishment to a medieval torture chamber. She revealed her quiet act of rebellion during the actual lashing, where she whispered a song symbolic of women’s struggle for freedom....

Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows (theintercept.com)

Polish government puts public media into liquidation amid dispute with president (notesfrompoland.com)

China's Uyghur Drama: Wiping Out An Entire Ethnic Minority --- [documentary in French with English subtitles, 105 min] (www.arte.tv)

Tortured in huge internment camps, forced labour and mass sterilisations: The Chinese state’s attack on the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in western China, is akin to genocide, with an estimated one million people arbitrarily detained. An in-depth look at how Beijing has committed grave human rights offences over decades....

Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)

Outraged family buries hostage killed by IDF, vows to 'shake the country' (www.usatoday.com)

Satellite imagery and video shows some Gaza cemeteries razed by Israeli forces (www.seattletimes.com)

Venice: Tourists flip gondola after refusing to stop taking selfies (news.sky.com)

Swiss bank will pay $122.9 million after helping U.S. citizens hide billions in assets (www.nbcnews.com)

The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate (apnews.com)

Three dead as first heavy snowfall and blizzards of winter hit eastern Europe (www.independent.co.uk)

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Dozens arrested in Dublin as far-right mob runs riot over immigration (www.euronews.com)

Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result (www.cnn.com)

Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank....

Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools In Tibet Come Under UN Scrutiny (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5674446

John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)

Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...

Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks? (www.cnn.com)

Chinese firm Hikvision linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank, Amnesty International says (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5617892...

First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct (www.bbc.com)

Doctor at a Gaza hospital pleads for help: "We had to perform a premature delivery from a mother’s womb while she was dying.” --- [video, 2 min] (www.unfpa.org)

Dr. Nasser Bulbul, Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, spoke to the UN about the extreme suffering of pregnant women and orphaned infants living in a state of fear and terror as the bombardment intensifies.