Apple iPhone maker Foxconn being investigated in China as founder runs for Taiwan presidency (www.cnn.com)
Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is being investigated by authorities in China, according to state media....
‘This isn’t our problem, Gena’ Video shows Yekaterinburg police sat in car and laughed while watching fight that ended in Gabonese student’s death (meduza.io)
In August 2023, 32-year-old Francois Ndjaseli, a graduate student from Gabon who was studying at Yekaterinburg’s Ural Federal University, was fatally stabbed outside of a Burger King in the city. Danil Fomin, a local 23-year-old, was charged with the murder and arrested shortly after. According to eyewitnesses, in the minutes...
China cautions Finland and Estonia over pipeline 'sabotage' investigation (www.euronews.com)
The Hong Kong-registered vessel NewNew Polar Bear was in the vicinity of two different Baltic Sea pipelines when they were damaged earlier in October, and has now become the focus of the police investigation....
We may be the first people displaced by climate change in Mexico, but we won't be the last (www.amnesty.org)
As a member of the El Bosque community in Tabasco, Mexico, I face an uncertain future. Rising sea levels caused by climate change have swept away more than 200 meters of coastline here, destroying more than 50 homes. Climate change represents a radical change for our community. Before experiencing this radical change we lived in...
White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases (www.reuters.com)
The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases “actively facilitating” rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden has directed the Department of Defense to brace for more and respond appropriately....
Erdoğan, at last, sends Sweden’s NATO bid to Turkish parliament (www.politico.eu)
BRUSSELS — The Turkish government on Monday submitted Sweden’s NATO accession bid to the country’s parliament for ratification, ending a months-long guessing game over whether Ankara intended to postpone its approval process further.
Israel’s endgame is to push Palestinians into Egypt – and the west is cheering it on | Sharif Abdel Kouddous (www.theguardian.com)
Biden stresses Hamas must release all hostages before Gaza ceasefire talks (english.alarabiya.net)
AlArabiya.net
Two elderly Israeli women released from Hamas captivity after 17 days (www.haaretz.com)
archive.today link for those who hit a paywall: archive.is/ZJnM9...
Thousands Take to the Streets Across US and Canada In Solidarity with Palestine As War in Gaza Escalates (itsgoingdown.org)
Tsingtao: Video shows Chinese beer worker urinating into tank (www.bbc.com)
Chinese authorities are investigating after a viral video appeared to show a worker from Tsingtao urinating into a tank, believed to contain ingredients for its popular beer....
Israel shows Hamas bodycam attack footage to journalists (www.bbc.com)
This article contains descriptions of violence which some readers may find distressing....
Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population. Here's what it means for the war (www.npr.org)
NPR
Children in Gaza ‘developing severe trauma’ after 16 days of bombing (www.theguardian.com)
TheGuardian.com
Global billionaire tax could yield $250 billion annually, study says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7812500...
China linked to propaganda campaign targeting Trudeau, Poilievre, says Global Affairs (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7811326...
‘Not in my name’: The European Jews condemning Israel’s war on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
AlJazeera.com
IDF shows foreign press Hamas bodycam videos, photos of murder, torture, decapitation (www.timesofisrael.com)
The Israeli government on Monday screened for 200 members of the foreign press some 43 minutes of harrowing scenes of murder, torture and decapitation from Hamas’s October 7 onslaught on southern Israel, in which over 1,400 people were killed, including raw videos from the terrorists’ bodycams....
Israel-Gaza Situation Report: U.S. Flows Missile Defenses Into Middle East (www.thedrive.com)
Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia (www.washingtonpost.com)
World News in Brief: 500 million heading into extreme poverty, Afghanistan quake latest, Darfur deaths mount (news.un.org)
Spanish police say they have confiscated ancient gold jewelry worth millions taken from Ukraine (apnews.com)
The Philippines summons Chinese ambassador after two South China Sea collisions (www.theguardian.com)
Sydney court postpones extradition hearing of former US military pilot until May (apnews.com)
Maria Machado wins Venezuelan primary bid to oppose Nicolas Maduro (www.upi.com)
