Scholz pledges greater investment in Africa's green energy sector (www.reuters.com)
Inefficient air-cons are being dumped in Southeast Asia. That’s costly for consumers and the climate (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Radical libertarian Javier Milei seizes victory in Argentina presidential election (www.ft.com)
Australian retail lobby groups refuse to disclose amount of funding from tobacco and vaping industries (www.theguardian.com)
Finland's Russian community angry over border closures (www.euronews.com)
Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Following Israeli rebuke, Palestinian Authority foreign ministry deletes claim from social media that the Oct. 7 rave massacre was committed by the IDF (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Palestinian Authority falsely claimed Sunday that a preliminary investigation by the Israel Police has revealed that the Israel Defense Forces was responsible for the death of all 364 partygoers near Kibbutz Re’im during Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, drawing fierce denunciation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...
Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president (www.reuters.com)
Nicaragua leaves Organization of American States in 'step away from democracy,' U.S. says (www.latimes.com)
The U.S. State Department called Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States on Sunday “another step away from democracy.”...
[Spain] Sira Rego, born in Valencia and raised in Palestine, to lead the Ministry of Children (valenciaplaza.com)
Sira Rego leaves her position as a member of the European Parliament to join the newly formed coalition government of Pedro Sanchez, to be appointed Minister of Youth and Childhood, as part of the party Sumar’s cuota....
Taiwan's former U.S. envoy, vilified by China, is named vice presidential candidate (www.cnbc.com)
Lai Ching-te, the frontrunner for Taiwan’s presidency, named on Monday Taipei’s former envoy to the United States as his running mate in January’s election, a high-profile diplomat well known in Washington but who Beijing denounces as a separatist....
UK doctor who worked at Shifa confirms Gaza hospital used for ‘non-medical purposes’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical center, under which the IDF says Hamas operates a major command and control base, has confirmed that there were areas of the hospital where he could not go, or else he would be shot....
Heavy fighting breaks out around another Gaza hospital after babies evacuated from Shifa (apnews.com)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting erupted Monday around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, as Israeli forces focus on clearing medical facilities that they say Hamas militants use for cover....
US defense secretary meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv to show steadfast support for Ukraine (apnews.com)
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as U.S. and international resources are stretched by the new global risks raised by the Israel-Hamas conflict....
Myanmar Regime-Backed Rallies Denounce China, Accusing It of Backing Anti-Junta Alliance (www.irrawaddy.com)
Surveillance footage shows Hamas bringing hostages into Shifa Hospital on Oct. 7 (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Israel Defense Forces releases surveillance camera footage from Shifa Hospital showing Hamas terrorists bringing a Nepali and Thai citizen who were abducted from Israel on October 7 to the medical center.
Fortified terror tunnel exposed underneath Gaza's Al Shifa hospital complex (www.ynetnews.com)
IDF says tunnel, outfitted with blast-proof door and firing hole, found alongside booby-trapped vehicle loaded with weapons
After seven months of war, Sudan faces risk of collapse (www.africanews.com)
Israel says 55-metre fortified tunnel found under Gaza's Shifa hospital (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Israel published video on Sunday of what it described as a tunnel dug by Palestinian militants under the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, a focus of its search-and-destroy missions against Hamas in a war now in its seventh week.
Major natural gas deposit discovered in western Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Tanzania confirms student abducted by Hamas is dead (www.i24news.tv)
Russian general critical of army found dead, with his wife (www.scmp.com)
Premature Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt; 12 reported killed at Indonesian Hospital (www.reuters.com)
Marine heatwaves hit Mediterranean as eastern US braces for storms (www.theguardian.com)
Inside West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
