World heat records ‘smashed’ in northern hemisphere summer, scientists say | Financial Times (www.ft.com)
‘Season of simmering’ in planet’s warmest June to August period since documentation began in 1940...
Space race 2.0: Russia, India, China and the U.S. are heading for the lunar south pole (www.nbcnews.com)
Uncrewed Russian and Indian spacecraft could land in the area next week, while the U.S. is trying to land astronauts there by 2025.
New Zealand jury finds mom guilty of killing her 3 young daughters (www.nbcnews.com)
Lauren Dickason had admitted to the killings but then pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing she was mentally disturbed at the time and didn’t know that what she was doing was wrong.
New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse (www.theguardian.com)
Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter (apnews.com)
The news agency announced the legal action in a statement. It said it is seeking payment under European Union intellectual property rules that cover “neighboring rights,” which allow news outlets and publishers to seek payment from digital platforms for the sharing of their work.
Several injured when tourist bus plunges off mountain road in northern Spain (www.reuters.com)
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Niger coup: EU suspends security cooperation and budgetary aid (www.bbc.com)
Netflix touts $900k AI jobs amid Hollywood strikes (www.bbc.co.uk)
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US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices” (arstechnica.com)
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Ukraine war: Russians stage plasticine protests to oppose war (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Researchers find deliberate backdoor in police radio encryption algorithm (arstechnica.com)
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Where homebuyers want to live reverts back to pre-pandemic norms, new report finds (finance.yahoo.com)
Biden and Xi meeting set for next week as US hopes to halt downward spiral in relations (www.cnn.com)
President Biden’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is set for next Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, senior US administration officials said, setting up a test of whether the two men can slow a downward spiral in relations at a moment of heavy global turbulence....
European Commission backs talks on Ukraine and Moldova EU membership (www.theguardian.com)
The European Commission has recommended that formal EU membership negotiations should begin with Ukraine and Moldova in a move its president, Ursula von der Leyen, described as a response to “the call of history”....
An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai (archive.md)
Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels In Gaza Were Built To Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is The Responsibility Of The U.N. And Israel (www.memri.org)
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV that the tunnels in Gaza were built to protect Hams fighters from airstrikes, not civilians. He added that Hamas fights Israel from within the tunnels. Abu Marzouq added that since 75% of the residents in...
One of New York's Most Vital Colleges Is Targeting Muslim Students (www.thenation.com)
The Brooklyn College administration has repeatedly shown that it is willing to suppress Muslim and Palestinian speech on campus.
For the first time since pandemic, college enrollment ticks up (thehill.com)
Colleges are seeing their undergraduate enrollment numbers go up for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center....
Who are the Republican candidates to be US House Speaker? (www.bbc.com)
Last week, embattled House Republicans moved to remove Jim Jordan as the party’s nominee after three unsuccessful rounds of votes....
Executive who had business ties to Playgirl magazine pleads guilty to $250M fraud at lending company (apnews.com)
A Florida executive whose family business once owned Playgirl magazine has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for misleading investors in another of his companies — one that made high-interest loans to small businesses....
Police fatally shoot driver who crashed into Chinese consulate in San Francisco (www.axios.com)
A person who crashed a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on Monday was shot by police and later died in hospital....
Muslims and left Groups Protest against an Exmuslim Atheist Novelist's Views on Islam. (europeanconservative.com)
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Debris found during search for missing F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina (www.wiproud.com)
On the road again: Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put pandemic in the rearview (apnews.com)
If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you’re not alone....
Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities (www.cnbc.com)
Nearly fifty years after the fall of Saigon, the United States agreed to help build up Vietnam’s defense capabilities, a tacit acknowledgement that China poses a greater geopolitical challenge today to both nations than they do to each other....
