France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections...
Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. fears Haiti could fall ‘at any time’ as doubts grow over Biden’s backup Kenya (www.miamiherald.com)
Argentina's poverty levels hit 57% of population, a 20-year high in January, study finds (apnews.com)
Germany now world's third largest economy as Japan loses its spot (www.euronews.com)
Japan slips into recession, becoming the 4th-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany....
Israel says its special forces are inside the largest hospital in southern Gaza. (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli troops have entered Nasser Medical Complex, the hospital in southern Gaza where thousands of displaced Palestinians had been sheltering in recent days, Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli military said on Thursday....
This Website Tracked Hate Crimes in India. Then the Government Took It Offline (www.wired.com)
India, the world’s largest democracy, prepares to kick off its election season in just a matter of weeks. But activists and experts worry that the government is cracking down on platforms and internet service providers to silence critical voices, and tighten its grip on the information ecosystem....
Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America (theintercept.com)
Three US troops killed and 34 injured in drone attack in Jordan (news.sky.com)
A drone has struck a tent of sleeping troops in Jordan, killing US troops in the Middle East for the first time since the war in Gaza began. The US has blamed Iran-backed militant groups, but is yet to identify who specifically they believe is responsible....
A new global gender divide is emerging (www.ft.com)
One in 100 people in Gaza has been killed since October 7 | CNN (www.cnn.com)
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla hiring Nordic policy expert as 'WWE-like standoff' with unions intensifies (www.cnbc.com)
EU seeks to raise 15 billion euros for Ukraine from Russia's frozen assets (www.hindustantimes.com)
Two Hamas gunmen open fire at Jerusalem bus stop, killing three (www.reuters.com)
Two Hamas members kill three in morning rush hour attack...
Israeli military shows video of arms it says were found at Al Shifa hospital (www.reuters.com)
On average, 420 children are killed or injured in Gaza every day. (www.who.int)
As of 3 November, according to Ministry of Health data, 2326 women and 3760 children have been killed in the Gaza strip, representing 67% of all casualties, while thousands more have been injured. This means that 420 children are killed or injured every day, some of them only a few months old.
Waving white flags, Gaza civilians evacuate through IDF humanitarian corridor (www.ynetnews.com)
The IDF Arabic spokesperson posted images of the civilians evacuating and announced an additional humanitarian corridor, supplementing the one recently established, which will be open for Gazans wishing to relocate southward until 2pm local time....
Blinken warns Israel that humanitarian conditions in Gaza must improve to have 'partners for peace' (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning Israel that it risks destroying an eventual possibility for peace unless it acts swiftly to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza for Palestinian civilians as it intensifies its war against Hamas.
Israel reportedly proposed writing off Egypt's debts for hosting Gaza refugees (www.middleeasteye.net)
An Israeli news report claims that the Netanyahu government has offered a raft of proposals to entice Egypt to open its doors to two million displaced Palestinians, despite Cairo’s rejection
Child's skeleton found padlocked to 17th century grave in Poland to 'stop vampire rising from the dead' (news.sky.com)
Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped by Hamas from music festival, declared dead, Israel says (www.cnn.com)
A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said....
Israeli military says it can't guarantee journalists' safety in Gaza (news.yahoo.com)
The Israel Defense Forces wrote to Reuters and AFP this week after they had sought assurances that their journalists in Gaza would not be targeted by Israeli strikes....
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.
France mobilises 7,000 troops and goes on high alert after school stabbings and mosque knife arrest (www.euronews.com)
France is mobilising 7,000 soldiers and increasing its alert status to “emergency attack” level after the death of a teacher in the northeast town of Arras, stabbed to death Friday by a former student with a record of Islamic radicalisation....
