Houthi official promises safe passage for Russian, Chinese ships through Red sea (www.newindianexpress.com)
China tells US it will 'never compromise' on Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021....
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions....
Hamas has command center under Al-Shifa hospital, US official says | CNN Politics (amp.cnn.com)
A US official with knowledge of American intelligence says Hamas has a command center under the Al-Shifa hospital, uses fuel intended for it and its fighters regularly cluster in and around Gaza’s largest hospital.
Hamas didn't expect large US involvement amid war with Israel - report (www.jpost.com)
Senior Hamas official Ali Barakeh says the group did not anticipate the scale of U.S. involvement in support of Israel....
Not The Onion: a french group has been arrested 5 years ago and are currently being judged. A picture of macron with a dick drawn on it is cited as evidence of plotting a terrorism attack (www.laquadrature.net)
To be fair they were also using encrypted messaging to talk to each other like WhatsApp and Signal, they even show their mom how to use it which is extremely suspicious....
New Trump leak suggests Iran is still hacking former president's campaign (www.usatoday.com)
German supermarket finds €7M of cocaine in crates of bananas (www.dw.com)
Police did not identify the discount supermarket chain. However, they said the cocaine was found at stores in several cities across the state of North Rhine-Westphalia....
Macron names right-leaning French government under Michel Barnier (www.theguardian.com)
Palestine to apply for BRICS membership after upcoming Kazan summit (www.aa.com.tr)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/19627044...
Islamic State: Germany and Europe are once again a target (www.dw.com)
The attack in Solingen is just the latest example of a new wave of violence linked to the Islamic State terrorist group. Experts say the war in the Middle East is the main catalyst....
‘Never summon a power you can’t control’: Yuval Noah Harari on how AI could threaten democracy and divide the world (www.theguardian.com)
Throughout history many traditions have believed that some fatal flaw in human nature tempts us to pursue powers we don’t know how to handle. The Greek myth of Phaethon told of a boy who discovers that he is the son of Helios, the sun god. Wishing to prove his divine origin, Phaethon demands the privilege of driving the...
Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has warned the US that if Washington deploys long-range missiles in Germany from 2026, Russia will station similar missiles within striking distance of the west....
'More Unhinged by the Minute': Senior Israeli Lawmaker Suggests Nuclear Attack on Iran (www.commondreams.org)
Prominent Palestinian doctor, Iyad Rantisi, dies during interrogation in Israel (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Microplastics found in every human semen sample tested in study (www.theguardian.com)
Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit (www.theguardian.com)
Mexico City could run out of water in a month unless it rains (www.businessinsider.com)
Mexico City could run out of drinking water by June 26, an event locals call "Day Zero."...
US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on (apnews.com)
The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war....
South Korea radical Christians warn of “homosexual dictatorship” after opposition wins (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Vladimir Putin not welcome at French ceremony for 80th anniversary of D-day (www.theguardian.com)
France says Russia can be represented but president will not be invited because of war in Ukraine...
Thousands of Palestinians attempt to return home to northern Gaza, but face Israeli fire | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Thousands of Palestinians, including men, women, children and elderly, attempted to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday when they came under Israeli fire....
On "world" vs. "worldnews":
Hey all! Friendly neighborhood mod here!...
Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold (globalnews.ca)
Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold....
Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory (www.nature.com)
