White House to send new $300m weapons package to Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
The US will send $300m (£234m) in military weapons to Ukraine, including ammunition, rockets and anti-aircraft missiles, the White House has said....
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UK-born woman Shamima Begum who joined ISIS loses appeal over citizenship removal (www.straitstimes.com)
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Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)
The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...
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Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles...
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Video shows Israeli soldier forcing detained Palestinians to say 'we want to be slaves' (www.middleeasteye.net)
A video has been shared on social media appearing to show an Israeli soldier coercing detained Palestinians to describe themselves as slaves....
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Houthi official promises safe passage for Russian, Chinese ships through Red sea (www.newindianexpress.com)
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China tells US it will 'never compromise' on Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021....
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Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions....
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Hamas has command center under Al-Shifa hospital, US official says | CNN Politics (amp.cnn.com)
A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command center under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital.
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Hamas didn't expect large US involvement amid war with Israel - report (www.jpost.com)
Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel....
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‘It’s the same daily misery’: Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency (www.theguardian.com)
Deutsche Bahn’s once-admired service has descended into chaos. Whether decades of poor investment or the company’s unusual structure is to blame, it’s a huge headache for a coalition trying to meet climate goals...
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Not The Onion: a french group has been arrested 5 years ago and are currently being judged. A picture of macron with a dick drawn on it is cited as evidence of plotting a terrorism attack (www.laquadrature.net)
To be fair they were also using encrypted messaging to talk to each other like WhatsApp and Signal, they even show their mom how to use it which is extremely suspicious....
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Health on the ballot as Argentina poised to elect ‘anarcho-capitalist’ bent on slashing social protections (theconversation.com)
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Top Chinese university scraps English tests in move cheered by nationalists (www.cnn.com)
A top university in northwest China has scrapped English tests as a prerequisite for graduation, rekindling a heated debate about the role of the world’s lingua franca in the country’s education system after years of rising nationalist sentiment under leader Xi Jinping....
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Australian tycoon apologises over calls for more unemployment to fix worker attitudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Outcry over official Spanish definition of Jew as ‘greedy or usurious’ person (www.timesofisrael.com)
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Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024, after the governing Morena party and the opposition coalition both chose women as their candidates....
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Germany agrees corporate tax cuts to 'stimulate' economy – DW – 08/29/2023 (www.dw.com)
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Archaeologists are too scared to open the tomb of China's first emperor because they fear booby traps (www.businessinsider.com)
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Niger soldiers announce coup on national TV (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Britain's far right is booming on Elon Musk's Twitter (www.euronews.com)
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'More Unhinged by the Minute': Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran (www.commondreams.org)
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Prominent Palestinian doctor, Iyad Rantisi, dies during interrogation in Israel (www.palestinechronicle.com)
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Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study (www.theguardian.com)
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