Australian EV sales have increased by 185% since 2022 (www.theguardian.com)
Italy refuses Munich museum's request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler (apnews.com)
Japan's frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack (www.reuters.com)
White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine (apnews.com)
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....
Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas conflict is a war beyond compare for media deaths (apnews.com)
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions....
China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country (www.economist.com)
Beauty Pageant Director Accused of Using Contestants to Overthrow Government (www.vice.com)
Though this was an interesting and short read.
Report: Truce fell apart after Hamas refused to release more Israeli female hostages (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israeli official says Hamas doesn’t want to release remaining women because it doesn’t want them speaking publicly about what they endured on Oct. 7 and in their time in captivity...
Israel,UAE to establish land bridge between ports: Israeli media (english.almayadeen.net)
Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce (www.aljazeera.com)
EVs have 79% more reliability problems than gas cars, says Consumer Reports (arstechnica.com)
Former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council Official Charged with Secretly Acting as an Agent of the Cuban Government (www.justice.gov)
Federal prosecutors have charged Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of Miami, Florida, a former U.S. Department of State employee who served on the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995 and ultimately as U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, with committing multiple federal crimes by secretly acting for decades as an agent...
Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow (www.reuters.com)
Nigeria airstrike 'mistakenly' kills worshippers at religious festival (www.bbc.com)
North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges women to have more children (www.dw.com)
Three people killed in Catholic mass blast in southern Philippines (www.theguardian.com)
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants...
Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative as economy slows (www.theguardian.com)
Nigerian army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...
Moody's cut China's credit outlook to negative on rising debt risks (www.cnbc.com)
Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded its outlook on China’s government credit ratings to negative from stable, expecting Beijing’s support and possible bailouts for distressed local governments and state-owned enterprises to diminish China’s fiscal, economic and institutional strength....
Greek olive growers brace themselves as thieves seek pricey crop (www.reuters.com)
More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23 (apnews.com)
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
Credit Suisse reinstates independent reviewer on Nazi account probe (www.reuters.com)
