The European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova (apnews.com)
The European Union decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations and long faced obstinate opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban....
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Footage appears to show Israeli troops destroying property in Gaza - as IDF says it has 'taken action' (news.sky.com)
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Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles (www.theguardian.com)
Looks like the Nazis are back in Poland. They didn’t even have to invade this time.
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New COP28 draft text does not mention phase out of fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/4810640...
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Chinese garlic is a national security risk, says US senator - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
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Inside a southern Gaza hospital: Screaming orphaned children, amputee toddlers and the stench of rotting flesh (www.independent.co.uk)
As Israel expands its ground assault into Khan Younis, a surgeon at the European Hospital in the city describes desperately trying to treat a relentless stream of wounded children as critical supplies run out
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Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
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'Huge risk' of Christmas attacks, warns EU (www.bbc.com)
There is a “huge risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union” over the coming holiday season, a senior EU official has said....
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Venezuela referendum result: voters back bid to claim sovereignty over large swath of Guyana (www.theguardian.com)
Disputed territory of Essequibo is larger than Greece, rich in minerals and gives access to part of the Atlantic boasting oil in commercial quantities...
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Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
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Hamas Leader Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Hostages Remain Alive in Gaza: ‘The Number Is Not So Important’ (themessenger.com)
Israel believes that 137 hostages remain in Gaza, though many may have been transferred to the custody of other armed groups...
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COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals (www.bbc.com)
The documents - obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting working alongside the BBC - were prepared by the UAE’s COP28 team for meetings with at least 27 foreign governments ahead of the COP28 summit, which starts on 30 November.
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Zelenskyy: Ukraine to receive warships to escort vessels in Black Sea grain corridor (www.pravda.com.ua)
Ukraine has arranged with its partners that it will be receiving warships to ensure the safety of ships in the grain corridor in the Black Sea....
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Right-wing U.S. media covered fiction as fact: A non-existent terrorist attack from Canada at Rainbow Bridge (www.cbc.ca)
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Scores of Palestinians and Israelis freed from captivity on first day of Gaza truce (www.npr.org)
After nearly seven weeks in captivity, 24 hostages seized by Hamas in its deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel are now free after crossing into Egypt. In exchange, Israel released 39 Palestinians hours later at the city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx (apnews.com)
The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country....
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US warship shoots down attack drones over the Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A US warship shot down “multiple one-way attack drones” launched from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on Thursday morning local time, according to the United States Central Command....
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Israel recalls ambassador ahead of South African parliamentary vote to shut down Israeli embassy (apnews.com)
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Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
The head of an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting, says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened
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U.N. Says Israel-Gaza War Is Deadliest Ever for Its Personnel (www.nytimes.com)
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Israeli airstrike hits ambulance convoy in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
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Antisemitism rampant online since Hamas’ attack, report finds (www.euronews.com)
The new research, released by the UK-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) on Tuesday, found that in the three days following the attack, the absolute number of antisemitic comments on conflict-related YouTube videos increased by 4963% when compared to the previous three days....
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Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (www.thedrive.com)
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FIFA bans Luis Rubiales for 3 years for misconduct at Women's World Cup final (abcnews.go.com)
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