Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case (www.bangkokpost.com)
Gustavo Petro Wants to End the War on Drugs (jacobin.com)
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he's quitting as head of his party and the country (apnews.com)
Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case (apnews.com)
In a written response published Monday by the International Court of Justice, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request filed earlier this month are “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself.”
Boy's killing leads to scrutiny of Israel's use of deadly force against Palestinians (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old boy in east Jerusalem lights the fuse of a long firework and hoists it in the air. Then, just before it explodes and illuminates the night sky with a burst of red, he is shot in the chest by Israeli police and falls to the ground.
World War 2 'Ghost Army' to get Congressional Gold Medal (www.bbc.com)
Israeli attacks on aid convoy escorts in Gaza jeopardize food distribution (www.lemonde.fr)
Civil servants and volunteers, helping to secure food trucks for Gazans, have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli fire.
Paris migrant camps evacuated, organizations denounce 'social cleansing' ahead of 2024 Olympics (www.lemonde.fr)
Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages (www.nbcnews.com)
How did Canada end up with worse air quality than the US? (www.theguardian.com)
India's main opposition party accuses Modi government of freezing bank accounts (www.nbcnews.com)
Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident’s house, killing at least 9 from the same family (apnews.com)
Former Pakistani minister warns Taliban: ‘Another attack on Pakistan, our troops will seize Wakhan’ (www.khaama.com)
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
Netanyahu Assails Schumer, Dramatizing Partisan Split Over Israel (www.nytimes.com)
How did Canada end up with worse air quality than the US? (www.theguardian.com)
Year of devastating wildfires meant Canadians were breathing worse air than southern neighbours for first time ever...
Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn a government plan to overhaul public broadcasting (apnews.com)
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands Slovaks rallied in the capital on Friday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting during a wave of anti-government protests....
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further....
No bidders present at Myanmar auction for $90 million sale of Suu Kyi's home (www.reuters.com)
North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant U.S. targets (www.nbcnews.com)
A hypersonic missile is among the high-tech weapons systems that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to introduce to cope with what he called deepening U.S. hostility....
Scoop: Biden privately told Bibi he's not trying to push him out (www.axios.com)
Behind the scenes: During the call with Biden on Monday, Netanyahu complained about Schumer’s speech and Biden’s endorsement of it. He also claimed the public political attacks against him in the U.S. are interference in Israeli politics, the sources said....
How Biden became embroiled in a Gaza conflict with no end in sight (www.washingtonpost.com)
On Oct. 27, three weeks into Israel’s punishing counterattack in Gaza, top Biden officials privately told a small group assembled at the White House what they would not say in public: Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets....
In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms (www.reuters.com)
Reuters saw 10 badly malnourished children during a visit last week to the al-Awda health centre in Rafah, arranged with nursing staff who gave the news agency unimpeded access to the ward.
