China accused of using sonic weapon against US ally (www.newsweek.com)
China’s maritime patrol ships deployed a suspected sonic weapon against Philippine government vessels on Saturday as they sought to obstruct a Philippines supply mission....
Netanyahu Sparks Outrage After Saying October 7, Oslo Accords Had Same Number of Victims (www.haaretz.com)
Putin orders soldiers to intensify attacks before Russian presidential elections (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Saudi Arabia is trying to block a global deal to end fossil fuels, negotiators say (www.carbonbrief.org)
Suspect arrested after 2 people were killed in a shooting in the southern Swiss town of Sion (apnews.com)
Netanyahu accuses Palestinian Authority of seeking to destroy Israel ‘in stages’ (www.aa.com.tr)
Elite Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal' (www.bbc.com)
Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium, UN says (www.reuters.com)
Tokyo zoo probes suspected mass squirrel poisoning after 31 die (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Thousands of demonstrators from Europe expected in Brussels to protest austerity measures in the EU (nationalpost.com)
Who is Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar? From enforcer to Oct. 7 mastermind. (www.msn.com)
The year was 1989. The future Hamas leader, then the group’s internal enforcer, would be convicted of killing four fellow Palestinians....
Huawei’s Chip Breakthrough: Raimondo Vows ‘Strongest Possible’ Action (www.bloomberg.com)
Biden administration uses emergency authority to sell tank shells to Israel (amp.theguardian.com)
Commercial Ship In Flames After Red Sea Missile Attack (www.thedrive.com)
EU seeks to raise 15 billion euros for Ukraine from Russia's frozen assets (www.hindustantimes.com)
South China Sea: Xi Jinping calls for ‘mutually acceptable solutions’ as he visits Vietnam (www.scmp.com)
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza (www.972mag.com)
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Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover (apnews.com)
Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months as the Israel-Hamas war has raged have forced Baghdad into a balancing act that’s becoming more difficult by the day....
The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling...
The USA May Have Found 5,000 Shells For Ukraine’s Biggest Artillery (www.forbes.com)
War in Ukraine fuels ‘alarming increase’ in hospital superbug infections, report warns (www.telegraph.co.uk)
No evidence of inflated mortality reporting from the Gaza Ministry of Health (www.thelancet.com)
World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns (www.theguardian.com)
Title is unfortunate, a bit sensationalist. It’s about the decline of the world’s GDP due to Geopolitical tensions....