Menu signed by Mao Zedong brings a quarter million dollars at auction (apnews.com)
Sudan violence 'verging on pure evil,' UN warns (www.modernghana.com)
On Friday 8 December, the speed limit on most roads in Amsterdam will be lowered to a maximum of 30 kilometres per hour (km/h) (www.amsterdam.nl)
Palestinians mourn poet Refaat Alareer killed in Israeli air strike (www.aljazeera.com)
For Palestinians Who Just Left Gaza, Witnessing the War From Afar Evokes Helplessness and Grief (theintercept.com)
Harris says US will ‘under no circumstances’ permit forced relocation of Palestinians (www.cnn.com)
Vice President Kamala Harris said in a meeting Saturday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that Washington will not allow for the forced relocation of Palestinians or any redrawing of the current border of the Gaza Strip....
Six teenagers convicted in France over teacher’s beheading in 2020 (www.theguardian.com)
Samuel Paty had shown pupils caricatures of the prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression...
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show (www.theguardian.com)
China rejects EU’s trade deficit complaint (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine stalemate shifts war in Putin’s favor (www.msn.com)
America’s undoing (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
A new palace for Ethiopia’s prime minister brings evictions and dissent in a country beset by hunger and war (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Exclusive: Biden administration presses Congress to approve tank shells for Israel's war in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan (apnews.com)
Troubled by a Resurgent Russia and Bickering Allies, Ukraine Hunkers Down (www.wsj.com)
‘People are fearful’: Guyana alert for land grab by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro (www.theguardian.com)
Despite their proximity to Venezuela, inhabitants of the Guyanese border town of Mabaruma have little to do with their Spanish-speaking neighbors, says Brentnol Ashley, governor for the Barima-Waini region....
Pakistan zoo shut down after man mauled to death by tigers, shoe found in animal's mouth (www.cbsnews.com)
Kremlin Says Hopes US Congress Will Block Future Ukraine Aid (www.barrons.com)
The Kremlin said Thursday it hoped US lawmakers would continue to block White House requests for emergency aid for Ukraine amid an internal feud in Washington over immigration reforms....
US State Department to bypass congressional review period to | CNN Politics (amp.cnn.com)
The US State Department transmitted an emergency declaration to lawmakers late Friday night for the sale of thousands of munitions to Israel, bypassing the standard 20-day period that congressional committees are typically afforded to review such a sale
“If I Must Die”: IDF Strike Kills Gaza Scholar Refaat Alareer; Friend Pays Tribute & Reads His Poem (www.democracynow.org)
Scholar and policy analyst Jehad Abusalim remembers his friend Refaat Alareer, the acclaimed Palestinian academic and activist who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City earlier this week....