With mapping robots and blast gel, Israel wages war on Hamas tunnels (www.reuters.com)
At APEC, Biden touts workers' rights, stable Chinese relations (www.reuters.com)
China, Japan reaffirm strategic relations in rare leader talks (www.reuters.com)
Europe energy crisis: Have natural gas prices peaked? (www.euronews.com)
UK becomes first country to approve Crispr gene-editing therapy (arstechnica.com)
Patients evacuated after gang surrounds Haiti hospital (www.dw.com)
US warship shoots down drone believed to have been launched from Yemen (www.cnn.com)
A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials....
6 injured, 1 critically, in attack by 3 gunmen at West Bank checkpoint near Jerusalem (www.timesofisrael.com)
Six people were wounded, including one critically, in a Palestinian terrorist shooting attack targeting the “tunnels” checkpoint on the West Bank’s Route 60, south of Jerusalem, police and medics said Thursday morning....
An ethnic resistance group in northern Myanmar says an entire army battalion has surrendered to it (apnews.com)
Ukrainian troops operate in occupied Kherson region after crossing river (www.reuters.com)
US Navy ship shoots down drone from Yemen -officials (www.reuters.com)
APEC protesters turn out early on Xi Jinping-Joe Biden meeting day (www.reuters.com)
UN Security Council calls for pauses in Gaza fighting for aid (www.reuters.com)
China objects to US proposal for APEC trade and investment policies -source (www.reuters.com)
Poll: US Public Support for Israel Wanes as 68 Percent Call for Ceasefire (theblankpageofficial.blogspot.com)
Russia will pay heavy price for Avdiivka, says Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Iran's nuclear enrichment advances as it stonewalls UN, IAEA reports show (www.reuters.com)
US Senate works to avoid shutdown with vote possible on Wednesday (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce (www.reuters.com)
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping meet amid disputes over military, economic issues (www.reuters.com)
U.N. Security Council schedules a vote on a resolution urging humanitarian pauses, corridors in Gaza (apnews.com)
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Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each (apnews.com)
Second Thomas Shoal: China's bid to dislodge the Philippines (www.newsweek.com)
Dozens of Chinese ships descended on Second Thomas Shoal Friday because Beijing was probing what it sees as a weak link in the Philippines’ presence in the strategic South China Sea, according to analysts....