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Britain's "loneliest sheep" rescued by group of farmers after being stuck on foot of cliff for at least 2 years (www.cbsnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/8860357...

Putin looks set to run for president in 2024 — and there's no one who can oppose him right now (www.cnbc.com)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly decided to run in the March 2024 presidential election and he’s likely to win another six-year term in office, essentially because there’s no one that can oppose him....

Ireland’s criticism of Israel has made it an outlier in the EU. What lies behind it? | Una Mullaly (www.theguardian.com)

Spain wants to cut its workweek to 37.5 hours with unemployment reaching a 15-year low of 11.6% (fortune.com)

This is an investiture agreement pact between the leading PSOE and its partner Sumar, with PSOE’s leader Pedro Sanchez being expected to be re-elected prime minister by the Parliament this month, meaning that, while there is a relatively clear agreement that these parties are about to continue leading the government and have...

Hindu nationalist leader apologizes for accidentally dehumanizing Sikhs instead of Muslims. (maktoobmedia.com)

Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for failing to prevent Hamas attack, instead blaming others (apnews.com)

A growing list of Israeli officials have accepted responsibility for failing to prevent Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli communities during the Oct. 7 incursion that triggered the current Israel-Hamas war. Conspicuously absent from that roll call is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn (apnews.com)

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics....

Ukraine’s American-Made M39 Missiles May Have Wrecked 21 Russian Helicopters In A Single Operation (www.forbes.com)

The damage from Ukraine’s first-ever strike with American-supplied M39 missiles, targeting a pair of helicopter bases in Russian-occupied southern and eastern Ukraine, likely resulted in greater damage than even the Ukrainian defense ministry initially claimed....

Video investigation: What hit al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza? (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel fires back after Syrian shells land in Israeli territory -military (www.reuters.com)

JERUSALEM, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Israeli troops fired artillery and mortar shells toward Syria on Tuesday after a number of shells launched from its northern neighbour landed in open areas on Israeli territory, Israel’s military said....

Teen faces murder charge for Thailand shopping mall shooting spree (www.aljazeera.com)

Police say 14-year-old shooting suspect appears to suffer from psychological issues and had not taken daily medication....

Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket (www.theguardian.com)

Crown Prince: Saudi Arabia 'will continue doing sportswashing' for money (www.nbcsports.com)

Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources (www.cbc.ca)

Sources tell CBC News Indian officials have not denied the existence of the intelligence in private...

French ski resort closes permanently because of snowfall shortage (www.cnn.com)

A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress (www.npr.org)

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Beijing claims US citizen jailed for life in China was decorated spy who worked undetected for decades (edition.cnn.com)

New Delhi got a makeover for the G20 summit. The city's poor say they were simply erased (apnews.com)

Malaysia, India and Taiwan reject China's new territorial map (asia.nikkei.com)

BRICS MATERIALS: the flourishing intra-BRICS oil trade (bne.eu)

Addition of KSA, UAE, Iran means share has doubled to 42% of crude oil output in 2022. "Saudi pricing oil exports to China and India in non-dollar currencies does not spell the end of the dollar as the international currency of choice,” says ING. Trade within bloc makes trade hard to sanction by West.

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