Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 57% in September (www.reuters.com)
Israel halts electricity supply to Gaza Strip: Energy minister (english.alarabiya.net)
Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said....
The Buenos Aires barber's books: a history of 19,900% inflation (www.reuters.com)
At least 320 people killed after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan, UN says (www.theguardian.com)
At least 320 people have been killed after a series of powerful earthquaks hit western Afghanistan, the UN has said....
Militants on paragliders and '5,000' rockets: How Hamas carried out deadly Israel attack (news.sky.com)
The militant group began its offensive - which it named “Operation Al Aqsa Storm” - on Saturday with a barrage of missiles from Gaza followed by militants crossing the border....
How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press (www.france24.com)
NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times…
Pentagon says it will support Israel after Netanyahu declares war (thehill.com)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. stands squarely by Israel and will ensure it “has what it needs to defend itself” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war against Palestinian militants that launched a surprise attack on his country....
How did Israeli intelligence fail to stop major attack from Gaza? (www.bbc.com)
“We have no idea how this could have happened.”...
Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
International leaders condemned an unprecedented incursion by Palestinian militants into southern Israel, while governments across the Middle East called for restraint after an attack that shook the Israeli security establishment....
Israel confirms people abducted into Gaza; Hamas claims to capture soldiers, civilians (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israel on Saturday evening confirmed that the Hamas terror group had taken Israelis as hostages to the Gaza Strip in its massive assault on the country’s south, amid reports that dozens of people may have been taken, dead and alive....
'We are in a war,' Netanyahu says after Palestinian militants launch surprise attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas claimed responsibility for the unprecedented assault, which the militants said involved 5,000 rockets and infiltration across the border....
Israel Attack: Hamas Militants Parade Naked Body Of Israeli Woman In Open Truck; Disturbing Video Surfaces (www.freepressjournal.in)
In a shocking incident, horrific visuals are surfacing on the internet in which it can be seen that the Hamas militants are taking a semi-naked dead body of an Israeli woman on an open truck and parading in the city. It is said that the militants after attacking Israel are killing and taking the civilians as hostage. The...
US expels two Russian diplomats to retaliate for the expulsion of two American diplomats from Moscow (apnews.com)
The Biden administration on Friday ordered two Russian diplomats expelled from the United States in retaliation for the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats from Moscow last month....
World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days (www.bbc.com)
The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found....
Hundreds dead in Israel and Gaza, thousands injured after Hamas launches rockets, Israel declares war (abcnews.go.com)
Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday....
Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail | Drugs News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Philippines puts 42 airports on alert after bomb warnings (www.bangkokpost.com)
Non-stop Rocket Barrage on Israel: Woman killed, terrorist infiltration from Gaza, strike on Tel Aviv (www.haaretz.com)
How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press (www.france24.com)
NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times published a report which enabled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to use the press to attack the press....
Indian police arrest a news site's editor and administrator after raiding homes of journalists (apnews.com)
Dozens of cats left to die in Abu Dhabi desert, prompting outcry (www.cnn.com)
Inflated rents, high interest rates and lack of supply create European housing crisis (www.france24.com)
Climate change has already displaced more than 43 million children: U.N. report (www.salon.com)
new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that more than 43 million children were displaced due to weather events — all of which were linked to climate change — in the years from 2016 to 2021. This amounts to roughly 20,000 child displacements every single day....
Health on the ballot as Argentina poised to elect ‘anarcho-capitalist’ bent on slashing social protections (theconversation.com)
NYT assists Modi govt's assault on India's free press : Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick (www.thehindu.com)
In this statement, Jason Pfetcher, manager of Worldwide Media Holdings, clarifies on the provenance of the funds that the for-profit investment vehicle based in the U.S. invested in NewsClick
