People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories (www.npr.org)
Fox News on Isreal (imgur.com)
Dozens of cats left to die in Abu Dhabi desert, prompting outcry (www.cnn.com)
Afghanistan earthquake: Hundreds feared dead in 6.3 quake - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 57% in September (www.reuters.com)
Iran’s support for Hamas fans suspicion it’s wrecking Israel-Saudi deal (www.politico.eu)
Tehran’s remarks will feed speculation Iran is whipping up conflict to prevent a US-brokered normalization of Saudi-Israeli ties....
Airlines cancel flights to Israel amid attacks (www.cnn.com)
Airlines scrambled to cancel flights into Israel early Saturday after Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza into nearby Israeli towns during a Jewish holiday....
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize (abcnews.go.com)
Mohammadi has been imprisoned 13 times and convicted five times....
'We are in a war,' Netanyahu says after Palestinian militants launch surprise attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas claimed responsibility for the unprecedented assault, which the militants said involved 5,000 rockets and infiltration across the border....
Hamas surprise attack a ‘historic failure’ for Israeli intelligence services (www.france24.com)
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea. The offensive caught the country completely off guard and represents a...
How did Israeli intelligence fail to stop major attack from Gaza? (www.bbc.com)
“We have no idea how this could have happened.”...
EU summit to look at changes the bloc needs to make to welcome Ukraine, others as new members (apnews.com)
A day after pledging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy their unwavering support, the European Union on Friday came face to face with one of its worst political headaches on a key commitment — how and when to welcome destitute and battered Ukraine into the bloc....
Deaths rise to 47 after an icy flood swept through India's Himalayan northeast (apnews.com)
Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to flee....
Indian police accuse Chinese telcos of funding investigated news portal (finance.yahoo.com)
Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally to a news portal under investigation on charges of spreading Chinese propaganda, documents showed on Friday....
China expels former Bank of China chairman from Communist Party (www.reuters.com)
Netanyahu offers Lapid, Gantz to join him in emergency unity government (www.timesofisrael.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposes that opposition parties Yesh Atid and National Unity enter an emergency government following Hamas’s devastating surprise attack Saturday morning....
Caught in crossfire: 7 Nepalis injured, 17 held captive by Hamas in Israel (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation (www.reuters.com)
At least 320 people killed after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan, UN says (www.theguardian.com)
At least 320 people have been killed after a series of powerful earthquaks hit western Afghanistan, the UN has said....
Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
International leaders condemned an unprecedented incursion by Palestinian militants into southern Israel, while governments across the Middle East called for restraint after an attack that shook the Israeli security establishment....
Israel confirms people abducted into Gaza; Hamas claims to capture soldiers, civilians (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israel on Saturday evening confirmed that the Hamas terror group had taken Israelis as hostages to the Gaza Strip in its massive assault on the country’s south, amid reports that dozens of people may have been taken, dead and alive....
Inflated rents, high interest rates and lack of supply create European housing crisis (www.france24.com)
How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press (www.france24.com)
NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times…