Police in China rescue over 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as mutton, pork (www.straitstimes.com)
Chin refugees request criminal investigation of Myanmar junta officials by Philippine authorities (myanmar-now.org)
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Assange Freedom May Be Pivotal in Australia’s Support for US Cold War With China (truthout.org)
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Israel’s war in Gaza revives Sabra and Shatila massacre memories in Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
Al Jazeera
Chinese ship's anchor caused damage to Baltic gas pipeline, Finland suggests (news.sky.com)
A Chinese container ship’s dislodged anchor caused damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, Finnish police believe....
Air pollution: Delhi air turns very poor but 'worst is yet to come' (www.bbc.com)
U.S. intel agencies believe hospital blast caused by Palestinian rocket that broke apart after engine failure, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. spy agencies believe that the blast at a Gaza hospital a week ago was caused by a Palestinian rocket that suffered engine failure and broke apart into two pieces, with the warhead striking the hospital’s parking lot, intelligence officials said Tuesday....
German Cabinet approves legislation meant to ease deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
Russia spread bedbug panic in France, intelligence services suspect (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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UNRWA SITUATION REPORT #14 ON THE GAZA STRIP AND WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM (www.unrwa.org)
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A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community....
‘The whole sky was just red’: body found as Queensland families flee fires (www.theguardian.com)
Wave of attacks in Mexico leave 22 dead in one day (www.aljazeera.com)
Power failure: Biden official turns blind eye to genocide (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
‘Like we were trophies’: Activist says he was brutally abused by Israeli settlers — as tensions in West Bank mount (www.thestar.com)
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not terrorist organisation, cancels trip to Israel (www.reuters.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands....
Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out (www.theguardian.com)
Internal Wix chat encouraged staff to support Israel’s ‘narrative’ in Hamas conflict (www.irishtimes.com)
More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa gold mine (news.sky.com)
EU carmakers urge Von der Leyen to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese (www.theguardian.com)
Queer Afghans cry for help under Taliban rule, citing private prisons, torture & death (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Causualties Israel-Palestine 10/24/23: Gaza 5791 dead, 16297 wounded, Israel 1405 dead, 5431 wounded. (www.aljazeera.com)
Here are the latest casualty figures as of October 24, 2.40pm local time (11:40 GMT):...
China removes Defense Minister Li Shangfu after two-month disappearance (www.cnn.com)
China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation....