War on Gaza: Saudis overwhelmingly say Arab nations should cut ties with Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)
Xi straight-up told Biden that China is going to take over Taiwan: report (www.businessinsider.com)
The Chinese leader Biden told China's ambitions to control Taiwan were unchanged at a meeting meant to reduce tensions.
“It is Terrorism”: Pope Francis Denounces Killing of Two Christian Women in Gaza (www.vanityfair.com)
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Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues (www.politico.com)
MSF convoy attack in Gaza: All elements point to Israeli army responsibility (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
Finland to close entire Russian border after migrant surge - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
The exodus of the money people - Escape to Mars, upload to the cloud or retreat to the fallout shelter? How the super-rich are preparing for the apocalypse (www.konicz.info)
This is an English translation of an article I wrote for a German magazine. The article looks into the post apocalyptic strategies the wealthy and ultrarich are focusing on. Main point: The rich are as afraid of the collapse of society as anyone else, but their means to face the calamity are on another level.
Fatah official: Oct. 7 is part of our ‘defensive war’ against Israel, Hamas is ‘part of our political and social fabric’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, justifies the October 7 massacre by Hamas as an act “in the context of the defensive war our people are waging.”...
Russia has likely suffered up to 480,000 soldiers killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine, says UK Ministry of Defence (www.yahoo.com)
White House weighs $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine bill; plans in flux (www.washingtonpost.com)
Western leaders accused of hypocrisy over response to Palestine, Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
After Saturday’s surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the social media platform X to offer “condolences go out to everyone who lost relatives or close ones in the terrorist attack”....
Russia's gas production collapses to late-stage USSR levels (www.newsweek.com)
US neo-Nazi says He Fought in Ukraine, Records Place Him in Florida - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Poland says it will no longer supply Ukraine with weapons (www.dw.com)
Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)
The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.
Outrage in India over video of teacher telling kids to slap Muslim student (www.aljazeera.com)
A school teacher in India has subjected a seven-year-old Muslim student to degrading treatment inside a classroom, asking his classmates to slap him and asking for him to be evicted due to his religion, a video now viral on social media has revealed....
India : Christians Attacked and Bible Torn in Church Attack in Delhi During Sunday Service (thewire.in)
A 100-strong mob surrounded the police station in Delhi’s GTB Nagar for several hours and raised provocative slogans as the pastor and injured persons reached to file their complaint.
Burger King says tomatoes on 'vacation' as India battles food inflation (www.reuters.com)
Massive Explosion Outside Moscow Leaves Dozens Injured. (www.thedailybeast.com)
The plant that went up in flames reportedly manufactures equipment for the Russian military.
Live updates: Trump injured in shooting at Pennsylvania rally; attendee and gunman killed (www.cnn.com)
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IDF Soldier Confesses That in Gaza, 'It's Permissible to Shoot Everyone' (www.commondreams.org)
Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked for the former president’s conviction in his hush-money criminal case to be overturned and his sentencing this month delayed, US media report....
G7 nations are ignoring the "cow in the room"—beef and dairy emissions (www.motherjones.com)
