Two Jewish schools in Montreal hit by gunshots, police say (www.independent.co.uk)
Two Jewish schools in Montreal were hit overnight by gunshots, police said Thursday....
Toxic heavy smog in eastern Pakistan makes tens of thousands sick (apnews.com)
Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to shut schools, markets and parks for four days, officials said Thursday....
World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau (www.independent.co.uk)
The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the US Census Bureau said Thursday....
Bangladesh PM stands firm on pay rise amid deadly garment worker protests (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse (www.972mag.com)
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El Niño is getting stronger and that's already making Earth hotter (www.axios.com)
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Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
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News organisations reject allegations of complicity in October 7 attacks (www.aljazeera.com)
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More protests in Bangladesh as garment workers reject pay increase (www.reuters.com)
Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea (www.bbc.com)
A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say.
Black Christian leaders call for cease-fire in Gaza (religionnews.com)
In recent weeks, a group of Black Christian faith leaders met with White House officials and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, voicing concern about the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza after Israel’s ground assault into the region.
China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Media 'Watchdog' Says It Was Just 'Raising Questions' With Insinuations About Photographers, Hamas (www.haaretz.com)
The executive director of an Israeli media watchdog organization, HonestReporting, says it was simply “raising questions” by publicly wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel — and sent some of the first images of its aftermath to a watching world — had been tipped...
Belgium Considers Recognizing State of Palestine, Vows Sanctions Against Israel (www.moroccoworldnews.com)
Belgium announced that it is considering recognizing the state of Palestine, vowing to impose sanctions against Israeli occupation forces due to its genocidal war on Gaza.
Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
Department of the Air Force Scheduled to Launch Seventh X-37B Mission on December 7. The X-37B space plane will operate in “new orbital regimes” and test “future space domain awareness technologies.” (www.spaceforce.mil)
Toxic foam coats sacred river near New Delhi as Indian capital battles hazardous pollution (www.cnn.com)
A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city....
US Reaper drone shot down near Yemen by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, official says (www.cnn.com)
An unmanned US military drone was shot down off the coast of Yemen by Houthi forces, a defense official told CNN....
Philippines drops China's Belt and Road as tensions flare (www.dw.com)
The Philippines in late October became the latest country to back out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with Transport Minister Jaime Bautista telling reporters the sudden withdrawal came after Beijing did not respond to funding requests on railway projects....
US launches 2nd round of airstrikes on Iran-backed groups it says attacked American troops (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S. military on Wednesday said American warplanes struck a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria that officials said was being used by Iran-backed militants responsible for dozens of drone and rocket attacks against American troops in the region over the last three weeks....
Hamas leaders say they have no regrets after the October 7 attack and the goal was to 'overthrow' the status quo (www.businessinsider.com)
More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in the month since Hamas’ terrorist attacks inside southern Israel, the group’s health ministry in Gaza says....
Laos is spiraling toward a debt crisis as China looms large (www.cnbc.com)
An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in recent years, raising worries about the tiny nation’s obligation to its biggest creditor — China....
Belarus musicians behind bars in Lukashenko's crackdown on dissent (www.bbc.com)
