Beijing shrugs at U.S. call for help protecting Red Sea shipping (www.politico.com)
China’s disinterest in Red Sea policing role underscores Beijing’s reluctance to back its rhetoric on Middle East peace with substantive action....
Xi straight-up told Biden that China is going to take over Taiwan: report (www.businessinsider.com)
The Chinese leader Biden told China's ambitions to control Taiwan were unchanged at a meeting meant to reduce tensions.
Xi Jinping Is Fighting a Culture War at Home (www.theatlantic.com)
The Chinese leader seeks to restore an earlier era of ideological indoctrination and national unity—whether his society wants it or not.
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say (apnews.com)
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital (www.washingtonpost.com)
Weeks before Israel sent troops into al-Shifa Hospital, its spokesman began building a public case....
UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now 'starving' due to fallout from war (abcnews.go.com)
Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit (news.sky.com)
Industrial Killing of Civilians in Gaza Won’t Defeat the Armed Insurgency (theintercept.com)
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The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza’s largest hospital (archive.is)
Authorities are investigating online posts showing Nashville school shooter’s writings (edition.cnn.com)
Nashville police say an investigation began Monday morning into three photographs that surfaced online of writings connected to the March shooting at a private Christian school that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead.
USA school shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole (www.bbc.com)
teen gunman who killed four students at Oxford High School, is eligible for life imprisonment without parole
School shooting at prague university
Czech police say 14 people were shot dead by a gunman at a university in Prague...
The Moral Cost of Holiday Bargains (www.truthdig.com)
Give a gift to the starving workers who made your favorite holiday sweater — tell their employers to pay up.
Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.’s Video Teleconference with People’s Liberation Army of China Chief of the Joint Staff Department Gen. Liu Zhenli (www.jcs.mil)
Anti-war candidate Duntsova applies to run in election against Russia's Putin (www.reuters.com)
United Nations adopts resolution towards eliminating the use of unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (press.un.org)
United Nations adopts resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination (press.un.org)
Angola leaves Opec oil cartel in output quota row (www.bbc.com)
Gunman kills 10 people in Prague university shooting (www.reuters.com)
China using Myanmar conflict to destroy scam networks (www.bangkokpost.com)
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US Media Suppressed Their Government’s Role in Ousting Brazil’s Government (fair.org)
Viktor Orbán: The EU is blackmailing Hungary (www.politico.eu)
Hungarian PM lashes out at Brussels for holding back billions of euros....