‘An important moment on Wales' constitutional journey’ (morningstaronline.co.uk)
Gywns take part in a march calling for Welsh independence in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, October 1, 2022
Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders....
Tokyo Overwhelmed by High Demand for New Fertility Subsidy (time.com)
3M Starts Paying Veterans in $6 Billion Earplugs Settlement (time.com)
Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained At Munich Airport Over Luxury Watch (www.huffpost.com)
G77+CHINA Summit -Remarks by UG PS Ministry of Foreign Affairs – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
EU Council and Parliament agree on 90% CO2 emissions cut by 2040 for trucks (www.reuters.com)
North Korean defectors to South tripled in 2023, Seoul says (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu Says ‘From the River to the Sea,’ a Phrase Zionists Claim is Genocidal (www.rollingstone.com)
Recent campaigns against journalists raise concerns about press freedom in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Investigative journalists in Ukraine came under two attacks in just the past week, one involving a threatening home visit and another using covert surveillance....
China’s Economy Is in Serious Trouble (www.nytimes.com)
Why are so many Russians freezing in their homes? (www.dw.com)
Russia boasts a massive energy infrastructure, but a recent wave of heating system breakdowns has left many of its citizens scrambling to keep the frost outside. We are still using the communal infrastructure that was made during the Soviet era," said Svetlana Razvorotneva, a Russian lawmaker and member of the committee in...
Israeli troops push deep into Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis (www.bbc.com)
Israel says its troops have reached the southernmost area of Khan Younis, as they expand their operations in the Gaza Strip’s second biggest city....
Trudeau government transfers land management to Nunavut in historic deal (www.thestar.com)
Nunavut signed an agreement with the federal government Thursday that transfers responsibility for land and natural resource management to the territory, marking the largest land transfer in Canadian history....
Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after West Bank settler pogroms (www.972mag.com)
Under the cover of war, a total of 16 Palestinian villages in the West Bank — collectively home to over 1,000 people — have been entirely depopulated as a result of a surge in settler violence and pogroms against Palestinian herding communities. Separated from their communities and forced to live in tents on land belonging...
Tata Steel: Port Talbot blast furnaces to close with 3,000 expected job losses (www.bbc.com)
Unions dubbed it a “crushing blow” and the “worst-case scenario”
Biden says air strikes against Houthis in Yemen will continue (www.bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has said that attacks on the Houthis will continue even as he acknowledged that the group have not stopped their Red Sea attacks....
L.A. Times Executive Editor Steps Down Amid Disagreements With Owner on Israel-Hamas War Coverage (www.haaretz.com)
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Netanyahu says he has told US he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario (apnews.com)
Russian lawmaker flees country after decrying ‘monster’ Putin (www.politico.eu)
‘The whole world looks at us as if we’re insane,’ Sergei Medvedev says....
NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War with 90,000 troops (www.reuters.com)
NATO is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War, rehearsing how U.S. troops could reinforce European allies in countries bordering Russia and on the alliance’s eastern flank if a conflict were to flare up with a “near-peer” adversary....
France Rejects Genocide Accusations Against Israel in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
“To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold,” France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday....
Suspected Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria kill 10 (www.bbc.com)
At least 10 people, including children, have been killed in suspected Jordanian air strikes in south-western Syria, local activists and media say....