Mycolasma Pneumonia Spreads Among Korean Children (english.chosun.com)
European and Arab ministers meet in Barcelona to discuss the future of Gaza and Palestine (english.elpais.com)
Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan will present the positions of Islamic countries in the absence of Israel, which has declined to attend the summit
Three Mexican journalists freed following kidnapping (www.reuters.com)
State of emergency: Once-in-a-century drought in Amazon (www.weatherandradar.com)
Kenya abortion: Women go to backstreet clinics amid legal ambiguity (www.bbc.co.uk)
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group: China investigates major shadow bank for 'crimes' (www.bbc.com)
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group (ZEG) has an asset management arm that at its peak reportedly handled more than a trillion yuan ($139bn; £110bn)....
UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Storm in occupied Crimea leaves half a million people without power (www.pravda.com.ua)
Rishi Sunak agreed migrant deal, Suella Braverman's allies say (www.bbc.com)
South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem (www.bbc.com)
Iran sues newspaper for publishing morality guard documents (www.dw.com)
Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses (www.irrawaddy.com)
Kenya to begin privatisation drive, offers stakes in 11 companies (www.reuters.com)
India aims to triple coal output from underground mines (www.argusmedia.com)
China leads Asia market declines as property stocks plunge; Japan service inflation heats up (www.cnbc.com)
Asia-Pacific stocks fell on Monday as the Chinese market dropped due to a decline in property firms, while Japan’s service inflation surged to a 45-month high....
US pushes for extension of Gaza pause, but the possibility of war raging again looms large (www.cnn.com)
The fragile pause in Israel’s onslaught against Hamas in Gaza, which has enabled the release so far of 58 hostages, has been surprisingly enduring given that neither side is in direct contact and each is bent on obliterating the other....
US destroyer has ballistic missiles fired toward it, after responding to attack on commercial tanker (www.cnn.com)
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday....
"Timeless Stories: The Allure of Second-Hand Gold Bangles" (r.nf)
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Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion (www.hrw.org)
The explosion that killed and injured many civilians at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023, resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition, such as those commonly used by Palestinian armed groups, that hit the hospital grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. While misfires are frequent, further investigation...
Afghan special forces soldier who risked her life for British abandoned by UK (www.independent.co.uk)
Facing gloomy China consumers, Alibaba's Taobao replaces Dec 12 shopping spree with new event (www.reuters.com)
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar armed group seizes China-Myanmar border crossing | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals (www.bbc.com)
The documents - obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting working alongside the BBC - were prepared by the UAE’s COP28 team for meetings with at least 27 foreign governments ahead of the COP28 summit, which starts on 30 November.
