‘Respect the facts’: Beijing rejects Australian claims China sonar injured navy divers (www.theguardian.com)
World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)
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Canada-China detention feud reopened after claims of ‘unwitting’ espionage (www.theguardian.com)
Polish state mining firm offers Black Friday discounts for online coal sales | Notes From Poland (notesfrompoland.com)
Trump and Bolsonaro salute Javier Milei as far right rejoice around the world (www.theguardian.com)
Luminaries of the global far right are in raptures over Javier Milei’s thumping election victory in Argentina which experts predict will turn Buenos Aires into a new stomping ground for the populist radical right....
Philippines woos neighbours to craft code on South China Sea (www.reuters.com)
The Philippines has approached neighbours such as Malaysia and Vietnam to discuss a separate code of conduct regarding the South China Sea, its president said on Monday, citing limited progress towards striking a broader regional pact with China....
Philippines launches joint sea, air patrols with U.S. military (www.reuters.com)
The militaries of the Philippines and the United States launched joint patrols on Tuesday in waters near Taiwan, officials of the Southeast Asian nation said, a move likely to fan further tension with China....
Argentina's black market currency traders brace for uncertainty (www.reuters.com)
Israel's jobless rate spikes to 9.6% in Oct due to Hamas war (www.reuters.com)
Yemen's Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage (apnews.com)
Israel's lack of a strategy is the strategy (www.npr.org)
The late Ariel Sharon, a longtime Israeli soldier and political leader, confided his thoughts to his close friend Uri Dan, an Israeli journalist. Their beliefs can be found in This Burning Land, by Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin....
Middle East In Beijing, Arab and Muslim ministers urge end to Gaza war (www.reuters.com)
BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim ministers called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as their delegation visited Beijing on the first leg of a tour to push for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian enclave.
Argentina elects outsider Javier Milei on platform of radical reform (www.aljazeera.com)
UK white paper raises concerns over China’s growing foreign aid role (www.theguardian.com)
Government paper says Britain must act robustly if interests challenged by the Chinese development model
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha arrested by Israelis in Gaza, family says (www.theguardian.com)
The American Book Award winner was said to be heading south for the Rafah crossing when he was picked up at a checkpoint
Far-right outsider Milei wins Argentina presidential run-off election (www.bbc.com)
Mr Milei’s rival, economy minister Sergio Massa, called him to concede....
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.”...
