Several killed, dozens wounded in suicide attack on northwest Pakistan police station (www.france24.com)
Myanmar is now world's largest source of opium, UN says (www.reuters.com)
South China Sea: Xi Jinping calls for ‘mutually acceptable solutions’ as he visits Vietnam (www.scmp.com)
UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet (english.elpais.com)
Nvidia in talks with Biden administration about AI chip sales to China, US commerce chief Gina Raimondo says (www.scmp.com)
IMF board approves US$900 million in funds for Ukraine as IMF chief Georgieva meets Zelensky (www.scmp.com)
‘Unluckiest high-speed railway’: how Mother Nature bends human will in record-breaking infrastructure in western China (www.scmp.com)
FISA “Reform” and Reauthorization Act: The Biggest Expansion in American Government Surveillance Since the Patriot Act (www.brennancenter.org)
‘We will not sign our own death certificate’: COP28 talks on the cusp of failure (www.smh.com.au)
Climate-vulnerable nations’ hopes that the world was on the cusp of an agreement to rapidly phase out the use of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate summit were shattered when a new draft text emerged from negotiations drastically watering down such language....
Drug lords hunt corrupt police officers who stole shipment in Tijuana (www.theguardian.com)
Number of Deserting Russian Troops Surges (www.kyivpost.com)
Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover (apnews.com)
Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months as the Israel-Hamas war has raged have forced Baghdad into a balancing act that’s becoming more difficult by the day....
Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95 (apnews.com)
Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States....
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
Taiwan Again Reports Chinese Carrier Group in Taiwan Strait as Election Looms (www.usnews.com)
Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont (www.theguardian.com)
Romanian court rejects influencer Andrew Tate's request to return assets seized in trafficking case (apnews.com)
Kensington Palace releases video showing Princess of Wales and her kids packing gift bags for needy (apnews.com)
France to end contract with biggest Muslim high school amid fears of wider crackdown (www.reuters.com)
Australia's new migration strategy unlikely to have adverse impact on flow of Indians (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Sikh couple in Canada likely killed over ‘mistaken identity’ (www.hindustantimes.com)
EU seeks to raise 15 billion euros for Ukraine from Russia's frozen assets (www.hindustantimes.com)
Secret Indian Memo Ordered “Concrete Measures” Against Hardeep Singh Nijjar Two Months Before His Assassination in Canada (theintercept.com)
Bird flu: Hong Kong suspends imports of poultry meat and products from parts of US, Britain and Poland following H5N1 outbreaks (www.scmp.com)
