US Compels Saudi Fund to Exit AI Chip Startup Backed by Altman (www.bloomberg.com)
Spanish prime minister says he doubts Israel is respecting international law (www.theguardian.com)
Next generation of billionaires collect more wealth from inheritance than from work, says UBS (www.theguardian.com)
Angry elephant herd crushes car of Malaysian family after it hits calf crossing road (www.independent.co.uk)
Eurostar passengers stuck on-board with no electricity - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”… eeer, no.
Nine men to be tried for murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian olive farmers hold tight to their roots amid surge in settler attacks (news.mongabay.com)
Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank face economic devastation as a surge in violence by illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli military prevents them from harvesting their olives. Around 100,000 Palestinian families are estimated to rely on these trees as a source of income....
Sudanese women describe being gang-raped in attacks by Arab forces (www.reuters.com)
EU set to push Xi Jinping to stop Chinese firms getting around sanctions on Russia (www.scmp.com)
The bloc will push the Chinese president to act against 13 companies, and may name and shame the firms if they do not secure a firm commitment...
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America's Ruling Class, Finally Dies (www.rollingstone.com)
Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years (www.cnn.com)
An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 80 years after they were displaced because of war....
Henry Kissinger Dead at 100 (www.reuters.com)
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza (www.972mag.com)
In undisclosed call, Pope Francis warned Israel against committing ‘terror' (www.washingtonpost.com)
Argentina's incoming foreign minister says country will not join BRICS bloc (www.reuters.com)
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Argentina’s incoming Foreign Minister Diana Mondino says the country will not join the BRICS grouping of developing nations in a post on social media X on Thursday.
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
Dr. Henry Kissinger Dies at Age 100 (www.prnewswire.com)
‘Oct. 7 was just a rehearsal,’ warns Sinwar (www.jns.org)
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U.S. presses sceptical Turkey to curb Hamas fundraising (www.reuters.com)
ISTANBUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury’s top terrorism financing official said on Thursday he had discussed with Turkish government officials his deep concerns about Palestinian militant group Hamas raising funds in Turkey and potentially breaking local laws....
South Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation (apnews.com)
Only remaining teen hostages and Mia Shem, seen in Hamas hostage video, among 8 Israelis freed from Gaza on Thursday (www.jta.org)
The 21-year-old woman who was seen in the first hostage video Hamas published following its attack was among the eight people released alive from Gaza on Thursday, on the seventh day of a tenuous truce between the terror group and Israel....
Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses (www.reuters.com)
Nepal becomes first South Asian country to officially register same-sex marriage (www.tribuneindia.com)
Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so....