Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it (www.theguardian.com)
Liquidation of Wikimedia RU [Wikipedia Signpost] (en.wikipedia.org)
Briefly: Stanislav Kozlovsky, the director of Russian Wikimedia project (which supports the Russian Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.), has been declared a “foreign agent” by Russia. He has been forced to resign from his job at the Moscow State University. Following the event, Russian Wikimedia has decided to dissolve...
Japan-owned tanker attacked by drone fired from Iran in Indian Ocean (english.kyodonews.net)
2 women killed in Israeli attack on Holy Family parish in Gaza (www.vaticannews.va)
The Israeli military on Saturday entered the compound of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, shooting at anyone leaving the church....
On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war....
Zhu Ling: Woman dies decades after unsolved China poisoning - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Peace On Earth Begins in Palestine (peoplesworld.org)
[photo above] A woman puts her hand prints in green paint on a mural of the Palestinian flag during an event showing solidarity with the Palestinian people and calling for peace in Gaza in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 23, 2023. | Ramon Espinosa / AP
Argentine government to bill protesters for security costs at anti-Milei march (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia kills 13 (apnews.com)
Blacklisted Chinese chipmaker SMIC is working on 3nm process technology despite US sanctions that limit access to advanced tools (www.tomshardware.com)
Polish president vows to veto spending bill in massive clash with new government (www.politico.eu)
On Wednesday, Poland’s new government moved to seize control of the country’s publicly owned television, radio and news agency from loyalists to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which lost power following the October 15 parliamentary election. Duda was a PiS member and is still loyal to the party.
Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on these 8 Subjects (theintercept.com)
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Weak heart, happier American (lemmy.today)
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FOUND A NEW PEDO (lemmy.today)
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FBI found a pedo with weak heart (lemmy.today)
About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe (apnews.com)
About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those aboard might be victims of human trafficking, authorities said....
Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital (www.washingtonpost.com)
The evidence presented by the Israeli government falls short of showing that Hamas had been using the hospital as a command and control center, according to a Washington Post analysis of open-source visuals, satellite imagery and all of the publicly released IDF materials....
U.N. Criticized Over Resolution Lacking Gaza Ceasefire Call (time.com)
Spain, Italy, France Decline US Command Of Red Sea Operation Prosperity Guardian (gcaptain.com)
Anti-war candidate barred from Russia’s presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Yekaterina Duntsova wanted to end the conflict in Ukraine, but her candidacy was rejected over alleged flaws in her application...
Airbnb admits misleading Australian customers by charging in US dollars instead of local currency (apnews.com)
Netherlands to supply Ukraine with 18 F-16 fighter jets (nltimes.nl)
The Netherlands will supply Ukraine with eighteen F-16 fighter jets, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte confirmed on Friday. He wrote on social media that he notified his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of the caretaker Cabinet’s decision during a phone call on Friday morning....
Switzerland to introduce part of minimum corporate tax deal in 2024 (www.swissinfo.ch)
Large globally active companies will be taxed at a rate of at least 15% in Switzerland in the future. The Swiss government decided on Friday to introduce part of the OECD/G20 tax reform as planned on January 1, 2024....
Red Cross names embattled former UNRWA chief as new head (www.ynetnews.com)
The Red Cross announced on Friday that former UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl, who resigned due to corruption allegations, has been appointed as the organization’s director-general....
