Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)
Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China (www.politico.com)
A draft copy of the new National Defense Industrial Strategy says American companies can’t build weapons fast enough to meet global demand....
‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system (www.theguardian.com)
Russian soldier describes being "sent to slaughter" after minimal training (www.newsweek.com)
Israeli strike on Lebanon kills senior commander in elite Hezbollah unit (www.reuters.com)
An Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, three security sources told Reuters....
Russia warns US and Europe over reports Ukraine may get its seized assets (www.theguardian.com)
Kremlin threatens ‘serious consequences’ if there is an unprecedented seizure of Russian assets held abroad...
Journalist who broke story on decomposing babies in Gaza is shot, injured (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived link: archive.is/…/israel-gaza-journalist-shot-mohammed…
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)
