El Niño is getting stronger and that's already making Earth hotter (www.axios.com)
Axioms.com
Japan’s ever-faithful dog Hachiko – an avatar for love and loyalty – turns 100 | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
IDF eliminates Mustafa Daloul, central Hamas commander in Gaza (www.i24news.tv)
Myanmar Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads (www.irrawaddy.com)
Qatar works for release of 10-15 hostages in exchange for pause in fighting (www.timesofisrael.com)
TimesofIsrael.com
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
Toxic foam coats sacred river near New Delhi as Indian capital battles hazardous pollution (www.cnn.com)
A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city....
China blames Canada for ‘malicious, provocative’ moves after close midair intercepts over South China Sea (www.cnn.com)
China has accused Canada of carrying out “malicious and provocative” actions in the South China Sea, after the Canadian Navy said Chinese fighter jets endangered a helicopter in two close intercepts above international waters....
Philippines drops China's Belt and Road as tensions flare (www.dw.com)
The Philippines in late October became the latest country to back out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Transport Minister Jaime Bautista telling reporters the sudden withdrawal came after Beijing did not respond to funding requests on railway projects....
US Reaper drone shot down near Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, official says (www.cnn.com)
An unmanned US military drone was shot down off the coast of Yemen by Houthi forces, a defense official told CNN....
Israel’s military claims it has cut Gaza in half, surrounded Gaza City (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel’s military has claimed it has encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two, as Gaza came under its third total communications outage since the start of the war....
IDF: Troops destroyed 130 Hamas tunnel shafts in Gaza since start of ground op (www.timesofisrael.com)
Zelensky confirms destruction of major Russian warship (www.kyivpost.com)
Israel claims it uncovered Hamas' tunnels beneath and near hospitals in Gaza (www.wionews.com)
Antisemitism rampant online since Hamas’ attack, report finds (www.euronews.com)
Waving white flags, Gaza civilians evacuate through IDF humanitarian corridor (www.ynetnews.com)
The IDF Arabic spokesperson posted images of the civilians evacuating and announced an additional humanitarian corridor, supplementing the one recently established, which will be open for Gazans wishing to relocate southward until 2pm local time....
UN chief says Gaza deaths show something 'wrong' with Israel tactics (www.reuters.com)
Laos is spiraling toward a debt crisis as China looms large (www.cnbc.com)
An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in recent years, raising worries about the tiny nation’s obligation to its biggest creditor — China....
Belarus musicians behind bars in Lukashenko's crackdown on dissent (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims (www.theguardian.com)
Zelensky says safety rules ‘violated’ in Ukrainian military ceremony hit by deadly Russian strike (www.cnn.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said safety rules had been “violated,” leaving soldiers and civilians exposed to a deadly Russian missile strike on a village in the Zaporizhzhia region, which he described as “a tragedy that could have been avoided.”...
Powerful underwater volcano forms new island off the coast of Japan (globalnews.ca)
“Leave or Die” An account from a Palestinian in the West Bank. (slate.com)
This as-told-to essay is an account from Nasser Nawaj’ah—a West Bank resident and field researcher for B’Tselem, a human rights organization in Israel—of the ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers amid the war in Gaza. It’s been transcribed, translated from Arabic, and edited by Aymann Ismail....
Germany: Hamburg police make arrests after school 'threat' (www.dw.com)
