Energy Vault Wins Big With Gravity Storage In China (www.forbes.com)
Nuclear Threats Are Looming, And Nobody Knows How Many Nukes Are Out There (www.vice.com)
North Korea's Kim threatens 'more offensive actions' against US after watching powerful missile test (apnews.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive actions” to repel what he called increasing United States-led military threats after he supervised the third test of his country’s most advanced missile designed to strike the mainland U.S., state media reported Tuesday....
Bank Of Korea warns Korea's economy may enter negative territory in 2040s (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
A research institute of the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Sunday that Korea may be forced to record negative economic growth in the 2040s unless the nation improves its productivity, as its working-age population is rapidly shrinking....
Jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes highway for migrants from around the world (apnews.com)
Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world....
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....
Ukraine's Artillery Forced to Stop Shelling Russians, US Ammo Famine: Report (www.businessinsider.com)
Far-right Le Pen to stand trial on EU embezzlement, fraud charges (www.rfi.fr)
Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN (www.bbc.com)
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...
Pro-Russia Ukrainian MP Illia Kyva shot dead in Moscow suburb (www.theguardian.com)
Venezuela-Guyana dispute: Maduro mobilizes the army and announces annexation of Essequibo (english.elpais.com)
US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion (apnews.com)
Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow (www.reuters.com)
UN atomic chief backs nuclear power at COP28 as world reckons with proliferation (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday....
New video shows trapped laborers alive in Himalayan tunnel but rescue still no closer (edition.cnn.com)
The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day....
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for six days in a row (grist.org)
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels....
Russian soldier who lost eye in war begs Putin not to send him back (www.newsweek.com)
Where do we flee? Japan’s outlying islands brace themselves for war in Taiwan Strait (www.straitstimes.com)
Russian general critical of army found dead, with his wife (www.scmp.com)
Video shows dozens of bodies after alleged attack at UN-run school in Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
Netanyahu is prolonging the war to save his life’s mission (www.972mag.com)
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Amazon deforestation falls more than 20% to its lowest levels in 5 years (edition.cnn.com)
Israeli diplomat pressured US college to drop course on ‘apartheid’ debate (www.theguardian.com)
California Has Spent Over $4M In Taxpayer Dollars On Gender Surgeries For Prisoners: Report (freebeacon.com)
California since 2017 has spent more than $4 million of taxpayer money on surgical sex changes and cosmetic “gender-affirming” enhancements for 157 inmates, including 4 on death row
