Global shipping firms to avoid Suez Canal as attacks from Yemen's Huthi rebels increase (www.france24.com)
Surrounded and low on ammo, the elite troops out to spoil Putin’s New Year (www.thetimes.co.uk)
ByteDance is secretly using OpenAI’s tech to build a competitor (www.theverge.com)
Guyana and Venezuela promise not to use force in bitter dispute over oil rich region (www.theguardian.com)
Turkish MP dies after suffering heart attack in parliament (www.reuters.com)
South Korea scrambles fighter jets after six Chinese and Russian aircraft enter its air defence zone (www.independent.co.uk)
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after at least six Chinese and Russian warplanes were seen enterering its air defence zone, the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said....
Female prison guard ‘had secret phone sex with inmate’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
One-fifth of troop fatalities in Gaza due to friendly fire or accidents, IDF reports (www.ynetnews.com)
IDF Reports 1,593 Wounded Since October 7, but Hospital Data Is Much Higher (www.haaretz.com)
Six Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons during the war, two found bruised (www.haaretz.com)
According to the findings that were sent to Haaretz, Mara'i's chest was bruised and his ribs and breastbone were broken. There were also signs of external bruises to his head, neck, back, buttocks, left arm and thigh. According to the autopsy report, he was healthy and had no preexisting conditions before his imprisonment....
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China warns against ‘undermining’ Belt and Road plan after Italy withdraws (www.aljazeera.com)
Italy, the only major Western power to have joined China’s global infrastructure initiative, is exiting in 2024....
Newborn triplets were ready to go home to Gaza, but war trapped them in Israel without their parents (www.nbcnews.com)
Brazil deploys troops to Venezuela border (www.bbc.co.uk)
North Korea's Kim Jong Un urges women to have more children (www.dw.com)
A Record 8.5 Million Chinese Borrowers Blacklisted for Not Paying Debts (www.businessinsider.com)
Italy refuses Munich museum's request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler (apnews.com)
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | The Guardian (theguardian.com)
Yemen barred from WFP aid over Palestine support (english.almayadeen.net)
‘Despotic’ Maduro accused of risking Venezuela-Guyana conflict over oil-rich region (www.theguardian.com)
The foreign minister of the tiny South American nation of Guyana has said that neighbouring Venezuela is “on the wrong side of history” as it risks sparking conflict over an oil-rich and long-contested swath of rainforest....
More than 700 flights canceled as southern Germany sees heavy snowfall (edition.cnn.com)
Around 760 flights were canceled at Munich Airport on Saturday due to heavy snowfall, an airport spokesperson told CNN....
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger look to form a federation (www.africanews.com)
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday (Dec. 01) creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within a federation....