Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
Israel,UAE to establish land bridge between ports: Israeli media (english.almayadeen.net)
Former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council Official Charged with Secretly Acting as an Agent of the Cuban Government (www.justice.gov)
Federal prosecutors have charged Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, of Miami, Florida, a former U.S. Department of State employee who served on the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995 and ultimately as U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, with committing multiple federal crimes by secretly acting for decades as an agent...
Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative as economy slows (www.theguardian.com)
Nigerian army drone strike accident kills at least 85 civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Beauty Pageant Director Accused of Using Contestants to Overthrow Government (www.vice.com)
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Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 56 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow (www.reuters.com)
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
Greek olive growers brace themselves as thieves seek pricey crop (www.reuters.com)
More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia's Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23 (apnews.com)
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high in 2023 -report (www.reuters.com)
Moody's cut China's credit outlook to negative on rising debt risks (www.cnbc.com)
Ratings agency Moody’s downgraded its outlook on China’s government credit ratings to negative from stable, expecting Beijing’s support and possible bailouts for distressed local governments and state-owned enterprises to diminish China’s fiscal, economic and institutional strength....
Open secret at climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone (www.politico.com)
Leading scientists worldwide delivered a striking dose of reality to the United Nations on Sunday: it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target they set eight years ago for limiting the warming of the Earth....
Credit Suisse reinstates independent reviewer on Nazi account probe (www.reuters.com)
White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine (apnews.com)
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....
Double-decker bus slams into tree in Thailand, killing 14 | transport News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Thousands gather in New Zealand to protest government’s Indigenous policies | Politics News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
A Brand-New Ukrainian Drone Blasted A Russian Machine Gun From 1910 (www.forbes.com)
A Ukrainian drone has claimed a very old prize: a Russian M1910 machine gun—a type that first appeared in, you guessed it, 1910....