Israel-Hamas War: Israel Lowers Oct. 7 Death Toll Estimate to 1,200 (www.nytimes.com)
No ‘export of workers’ to Israel, say trade unions in India (www.nationalheraldindia.com)
All major Indian trade unions have called upon the govt to scrap agreement with Israel to export Indian workers & appealed to workers to boycott Israeli products & refuse to handle Israeli cargo.
Kim Jong-un closes slate of North Korea’s embassies as sanctions bite (www.theguardian.com)
Once-in-a-century flooding swamps Somalia after historic drought -UN (www.reuters.com)
Palestinian Red Crescent says one killed, many wounded by Israeli gunfire at Gaza hospital (www.reuters.com)
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
Israeli Media 'Watchdog' Says It Was Just 'Raising Questions' With Insinuations About Photographers, Hamas (www.haaretz.com)
The executive director of an Israeli media watchdog organization, HonestReporting, says it was simply “raising questions” by publicly wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel — and sent some of the first images of its aftermath to a watching world — had been tipped...
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)
Bangladesh PM stands firm on pay rise amid deadly garment worker protests (www.aljazeera.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....
Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Do you believe in ghosts?
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....
