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Israel Gaza: Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October (www.bbc.com)

The BBC has seen and heard evidence of rape, sexual violence and mutilation of women during the 7 October Hamas attacks....

Hamas announces death of the youngest hostage (10 months old) (www.thejc.com)

Joe Biden Moves to Lift Nearly Every Restriction on Israel’s Access to U.S. Weapons Stockpile (theintercept.com)

Chainsaw in hand, ‘anarcho-capitalist’ Javier Milei upends Argentina’s politics (www.france24.com)

World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)

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Bowen: Ceasefire demands will grow without proof of Hamas HQ at Al-Shifa (www.bbc.com)

Xi told Biden Taiwan is biggest, most dangerous issue in bilateral ties (www.reuters.com)

Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Joe Biden during their four-hour meeting on Wednesday that Taiwan was the biggest, most dangerous issue in U.S.-China ties, a senior U.S. official told reporters....

Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users (apnews.com)

A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine....

AI bot performed insider trading and lied about its actions, study shows (www.businessinsider.nl)

Gaza health ministry issues list of names of thousands killed in Israeli bombing (english.alarabiya.net)

Access the list in Arabic: aljazeera.net/…/تقرير-نهائي-باسماء-الشهداء-2.pdf

Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon (www.reuters.com)

France closes seven schools over bedbug infestations (www.theguardian.com)

Education minister says ‘cases are piling up’ and that ‘an immediate response is needed’...

Africa’s first carbon-removal plant (www.nbcnews.com)

The article puts it up as a question about whether this practice is worthwhile since the only logical solution to climate change is to de-carbonize. Personally I think that question isn’t very nuanced, certainly de-carbonizing 100’a of tons from the atmosphere from just this one plant is a small net positive. Can’t let it...

Extreme heat likely to kill all mammals in 250 million years, study suggests (www.independent.co.uk)

Zelenskiy secures $325m in new US aid even as Republican support wanes (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine president delivers upbeat message on war progress during second White House visit since Russian invasion...

Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022 (www.bbc.com)

A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned....

Dalit woman raped, filmed, forced to eat beef by two Muslim men in Uttar Pradesh, after being lured by friend (www.indiatoday.in)

Leave no trace: Finland removes litter bins from national parks (yle.fi)

Refugees overqualified and underpaid in Germany (www.dw.com)

Obada Hijjo has not had an easy time since he arrived in Germany four years ago. Trained as a policeman in Turkey, the 30-year-old Palestinian initially worked for the police in the West Bank. But, when a case he was involved resulted in a threat to his life, he and his wife were forced to leave the country. Now he is stranded...

Women in India set fire to house of Manipur assault main suspect (www.aljazeera.com)

Women in India’s northeastern state of Manipur have attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has enraged the nation, police said....

Pinkwashing explained: How Israel leverages gay rights to put a ‘progressive veneer atop atrocity’ (ricochet.media)

Last November, Israel’s official social media accounts shared a photo of a smiling Israeli soldier proudly holding a rainbow flag amid the rubble in Gaza, where over 10,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – had been killed in the weeks following October 7....

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