Boris Johnson Suggested He Thought Covid Was ‘Nature’s Way of Dealing With Old People’ (www.bloomberg.com)
Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
Antisemitism rampant online since Hamas’ attack, report finds (www.euronews.com)
The new research, released by the UK-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) on Tuesday, found that in the three days following the attack, the absolute number of antisemitic comments on conflict-related YouTube videos increased by 4963% when compared to the previous three days....
China agrees to nuclear arms-control talks with US -WSJ (www.reuters.com)
Huge Lego collection and boxes of gemstones seized by Victoria police in alleged meth lab raid (www.theguardian.com)
UK, US, EU and China sign declaration of AI’s ‘catastrophic’ danger (www.theguardian.com)
The UK, US, EU and China have all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity, in the first international declaration to deal with the fast-emerging technology....
Netanyahu may not last, Biden and aides increasingly believe (www.politico.com)
Joe Biden and top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation....
U.S. military bulk buys Japanese seafood to counter China ban (www.nbcnews.com)
The United States has started bulk buying Japanese seafood to supply its military there in response to China’s ban on such products imposed after Tokyo released treated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea....
Almost 40% think Australia should dump US alliance if Donald Trump returns as president, poll finds (www.theguardian.com)
Traumatized Thai farmer recounts horror of Hamas massacre as families wait for news of loved ones held hostage | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
The Thai government has called for the release of all remaining citizens being held in Gaza. So far at least 33 Thai nationals have been killed, according to figures shared by Thai authorities with CNN – with 18 Thai nationals still being held hostage as of October 26.
Putin blames West for Gaza crisis, says US needs global chaos (www.reuters.com)
Shani Louk, Nova Fest Attendee Seen Kidnapped by Hamas, Confirmed Dead (www.rollingstone.com)
Israeli authorities have confirmed the death of Shani Louk, a 23-year-old Israeli-German woman who was taken by Hamas militants during an attack on the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7....
‘A new Nakba’: settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages (www.theguardian.com)
Israel Committing 'Textbook Case of Genocide,' Holocaust Historian Says (www.newsweek.com)
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FIFA bans Luis Rubiales for 3 years for misconduct at Women's World Cup final (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli Cabinet said slated to okay police use of live fire against protesters blocking roads during multi-front war (www.timesofisrael.com)
Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated (www.memri.org)
Hamad said that Palestinians are the victims of the occupation, therefore no one should blame them for the events of October 7 or anything else, adding: “Everything we do is justified.”