Japan 'concerned' US continues to fly Ospreys despite grounding request (www.reuters.com)
South Korean farmers scuffle with police at protest over dog meat ban (www.reuters.com)
What do we know about China’s respiratory illness surge? (www.reuters.com)
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses (www.reuters.com)
US Compels Saudi Fund to Exit AI Chip Startup Backed by Altman (www.bloomberg.com)
The Problem With Ukraine’s M-1 Tanks: They Don’t Like Staying Dirty (www.forbes.com)
Australia’s broken employment services system needs public provider, parliamentary review finds (www.theguardian.com)
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago (www.nytimes.com)
Eurostar passengers stuck on-board with no electricity - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes (apnews.com)
Nine men to be tried for murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries (www.theguardian.com)
EU set to push Xi Jinping to stop Chinese firms getting around sanctions on Russia (www.scmp.com)
The bloc will push the Chinese president to act against 13 companies, and may name and shame the firms if they do not secure a firm commitment...
Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years (www.cnn.com)
An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian Amazon, more than 80 years after they were displaced because of war....
‘Oct. 7 was just a rehearsal,’ warns Sinwar (www.jns.org)
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Only remaining teen hostages and Mia Shem, seen in Hamas hostage video, among 8 Israelis freed from Gaza on Thursday (www.jta.org)
The 21-year-old woman who was seen in the first hostage video Hamas published following its attack was among the eight people released alive from Gaza on Thursday, on the seventh day of a tenuous truce between the terror group and Israel....
Nearly 100,000 Gaza buildings may be damaged, satellite images show - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’ (www.theguardian.com)
Of more than 8 million deaths worldwide from outdoor air pollution, 61% linked to fossil fuels, finds study...
Palestinian olive farmers hold tight to their roots amid surge in settler attacks (news.mongabay.com)
Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank face economic devastation as a surge in violence by illegal Israeli settlers and the Israeli military prevents them from harvesting their olives. Around 100,000 Palestinian families are estimated to rely on these trees as a source of income....
U.S. presses sceptical Turkey to curb Hamas fundraising (www.reuters.com)
ISTANBUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury’s top terrorism financing official said on Thursday he had discussed with Turkish government officials his deep concerns about Palestinian militant group Hamas raising funds in Turkey and potentially breaking local laws....
UN will investigate sexual assault, rape, in Hamas' October 7 attack, Guterres assures (www.ynetnews.com)
Following weeks of silence by women’s organizations and international bodies, UN secretary-general says issue needs to be ‘vigorously investigated’; Israel’s UN envoy: ‘When it comes to Israeli women, sexual violence that has been proven and determined by state authorities still needs to be investigated’...
Argentina's incoming foreign minister says country will not join BRICS bloc (www.reuters.com)
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Argentina’s incoming Foreign Minister Diana Mondino says the country will not join the BRICS grouping of developing nations in a post on social media X on Thursday.