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Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza's women and babies (www.bbc.com)

Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)

The head of an Israeli media watchdog, HonestReporting, says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened

70 hours/week with 1 day off must become norm: Congress MP backs Narayana Murthy (www.hindustantimes.com)

China's animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade (www.bangkokpost.com)

Myanmar risks breaking apart amid attacks by rebel militias: junta (www.bangkokpost.com)

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Rare egg-laying mammal rediscovered in Indonesia (www.cbc.ca)

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Greenland glaciers melt five times faster than 20 years ago (www.reuters.com)

Canada PM Trudeau condemns violence after shots fired at Jewish schools (www.reuters.com)

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Philippines denounces China for 'unprovoked acts of coercion' to block resupply mission (www.reuters.com)

Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)

Tuvalu residents able to resettle in Australia as climate change 'threatens its existence' (www.abc.net.au)

Earth just had its hottest year on record — climate change is to blame (www.nature.com)

Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret | Optus | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Blinken denounces civilian toll in Gaza, says ‘far too many Palestinians have been killed’ (www.cnn.com)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza and said more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”...

NATO member Romania pushes to buy 54 Abrams battle tanks from US (apnews.com)

Romania is pushing to buy 54 Abrams main battle tanks and related equipment from the United States in a deal worth at least a billion dollars, the defense ministry said Friday....

Ukraine ready to compromise ahead of EU decision on launching membership talks (www.politico.eu)

The European Commission’s recommendation that Ukraine start formal talks to become a member of the EU afforded a rare moment of joy to a country fighting off an invasion by Russia, Olga Stefanishyna, Ukrainian deputy prime minister, said Thursday....

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....