Israeli embassy pulls video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul (m.timesofindia.com)
Biden's $100B CHIPS Act doles out just $35M -- as Taiwan's TSMC, South Korea's Samsung hit pause in US until 2025 (nypost.com)
Romania, Bulgaria to partially enter Schengen after striking deal with Austria | Euronews (www.euronews.com)
Two million Ukrainian civil servants face salary cut-off if Western aid dries up (english.elpais.com)
BYD's Emergence as EV Leader (www.riotimesonline.com)
Chilean President Announces Public-Private Lithium Alliance (www.riotimesonline.com)
Meeting Avoids Risk of Rupture Between Venezuela and Guyana, Says Lula's Government (www1.folha.uol.com.br)
Datafolha: Lula Is Approved by 38% and Disapproved by 30% (www1.folha.uol.com.br)
Right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy (m.timesofindia.com)
Indonesia's navy pushes a boat suspected of carrying Rohingya refugees out of its waters (apnews.com)
Rioting students force Rohingya refugees out of shelter in Indonesia (myanmar-now.org)
One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide. (www.businessinsider.com)
Classroom massacre: Survivors say Israel executed innocents in Gaza school (www.aljazeera.com)
Indonesian students evict Rohingya from shelter demanding deportation (www.aljazeera.com)
Naspers crash: China softens stance on gaming after massive rout (www.news24.com)
Ukraine gets ready to deploy US-made 'game-changing' weapon against Russia (m.timesofindia.com)
Ukrainian cyberattack paralyzes Russia’s high-profile ERP system 1C (www.ukrinform.net)
The Ukrainian IT Army paralyzed the operation of Russia’s automated enterprise management system 1C-Rarus....
Opinion | The 10 best things President Biden did in 2023 - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
This ranking is pretty funny
U.S. Faces Second-Worst Year On Record For Mass Shootings—Nearly 650 Incidents (www.forbes.com)
The United States has faced 649 mass shootings so far this year, making it the second-worst year for shootings in the nine years since the Gun Violence Archive began recording data—after a set of brutal mass shootings in Maine, California, Texas and Tennessee took the lives of dozens of Americans
'Almost naked' party in Moscow nightclub triggers backlash and Putin's displeasure (m.timesofindia.com)
Huge Shakira statue unveiled in her hometown of Barranquilla (www.bbc.co.uk)
The bronze don’t lie
Israel declares raided money exchange shops ‘terrorist organisations’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia exports almost all its oil to China and India - Novak (www.reuters.com)
Almost all of Russia’s oil exports this year have been shipped to China and India, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday, after Moscow responded to Western economic sanctions by quickly rerouting supplies away from Europe....
Bangladesh capital most polluted as toxic smog engulfs South Asian cities (www.aljazeera.com)
Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Reichsbürger movement aims to establish parallel societies by infiltrating schools, clubs and public offices...
