Rep. Tom Emmer drops speaker bid hours after winning nomination (www.cbsnews.com)
Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence (www.yahoo.com)
Apple iPhone maker Foxconn being investigated in China as founder runs for Taiwan presidency (www.cnn.com)
Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is being investigated by authorities in China, according to state media....
Macron calls for international coalition against Hamas based on anti-ISIS campaign (www.timesofisrael.com)
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Thousands Take to the Streets Across US and Canada In Solidarity with Palestine As War in Gaza Escalates (itsgoingdown.org)
Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed (www.reuters.com)
All three Italians missing after Hamas attack are dead, Rome says (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine's EU membership bid to be assessed in report due on Nov. 8 (www.reuters.com)
The European Union’s executive is set to present on Nov.8 an assessment of progress made by Ukraine in its membership bid, three officials said, a key stepping stone in the bloc’s decision on whether to start accession talks with Kyiv....
Red Cross to receive 50 hostages with dual citizenship (www.i24news.tv)
Large crowd gathered at the anti-government demonstration in Budapest (dailynewshungary.com)
Hamas releases two women held hostage after Egyptian-Qatari diplomacy (www.aljazeera.com)
Human rights investigators raise new questions on Gaza hospital explosion (www.channel4.com)
“Along with the very real and violent war on the ground – there is also a fierce information war. Like Tuesday’s explosion at the Gaza hospital which Hamas says killed hundreds of people....
Families of kidnapped Israelis meet Netanyahu, only to find unknown family boosting PM (www.haaretz.com)
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Police chief hails ‘exemplary behavior’ of Arab Israelis amid war with Hamas (www.timesofisrael.com)
Internet Data Collectors: Generative AI Models Are Hungrily Collecting Data From the World Wide Web Through Web Crawlers, Scrapers (www.sciencetimes.com)
Children in Gaza ‘developing severe trauma’ after 16 days of bombing (www.theguardian.com)
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The U.N. says the Israeli military told it that all of northern Gaza has 24 hours to move south. (www.nytimes.com)
Israel’s military has informed the United Nations that the entire population of northern Gaza should relocate to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours, the U.N. spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said late on Thursday night, adding that such a movement — involving over one million people — would lead to...
Source: President Mahmoud Abbas cancels planned meeting with President Biden after hospital strike (apnews.com)
We may be the first people displaced by climate change in Mexico, but we won't be the last (www.amnesty.org)
As a member of the El Bosque community in Tabasco, Mexico, I face an uncertain future. Rising sea levels caused by climate change have swept away more than 200 meters of coastline here, destroying more than 50 homes. Climate change represents a radical change for our community. Before experiencing this radical change we lived in...
Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the ‘nightmare’ of Gaza’s hospitals (apnews.com)
The state of Gaza’s hospitals: Surgeries without anesthesia and with only mobile phones for light. Vinegar from the corner store as disinfectant. 5,000 patients in a hospital built for 700, some sleeping on the floor. No power, no clean water, little fuel.
Biden stresses Hamas must release all hostages before Gaza ceasefire talks (english.alarabiya.net)
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Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
China’s leaders speed towards Japanisation (www.reuters.com)
China’s real estate market is in decline. Debt deflation hangs in the air. The country’s workforce is shrinking and GDP growth is trending downwards....
Firefighters' Battle for Safer Working Conditions Ignites Clash with Police in Ourense - BNN Breaking (bnn.network)
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