Kenya follows Malawi in sending farm workers to Israel amid Hamas war (www.bbc.com)
Vladimir Putin to run for Russian president again in March 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has said he will run for president in the March 2024 election, moving the longtime Russian leader a step closer to a fifth term in office....
Postcard from Australia arrives in Kent 42 years after it was sent (www.bbc.com)
Turkey says Canada, US linking drone-camera exports to Sweden NATO membership (www.reuters.com)
Revealed: More than 1,000 unmarked graves discovered along EU migration routes (www.theguardian.com)
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri apologizes after flipping the middle finger live on air (www.cbsnews.com)
Video shows stripped Palestinian men detained in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
With fighting raging around Khan Younis and in the north of Gaza, a video has emerged on social media showing dozens of Palestinian men detained by Israel.
On Friday 8 December, the speed limit on most roads in Amsterdam will be lowered to a maximum of 30 kilometres per hour (km/h) (www.amsterdam.nl)
Russia luring migrants from Finnish border for war in Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Saudi Royal Air Force F-15SA fighter jet crashes, killing 2 crew members aboard (apnews.com)
Seychelles blast site like a war zone, says President Ramkalawan (www.bbc.com)
Spain expels two US embassy staff for allegedly bribing intelligence agents (www.aljazeera.com)
Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues (www.politico.com)
The Israelis grappling with helping sick Palestinians (www.bbc.co.uk)
Inside a southern Gaza hospital: Screaming orphaned children, amputee toddlers and the stench of rotting flesh (www.independent.co.uk)
As Israel expands its ground assault into Khan Younis, a surgeon at the European Hospital in the city describes desperately trying to treat a relentless stream of wounded children as critical supplies run out
2023: Where Americans Are Moving Abroad (blog.hireahelper.com)
Quitters!
Vast solar thermal plans win backing of global energy giant (reneweconomy.com.au)
Vast’s CSP 3.0 technology, demonstrated at a 1.1MW pilot plant in Jemalong in NSW, uses modular arrays of solar towers and receivers to capture and store energy from the sun and use it provide electricity and heat....
The Crippling Economic Costs of Green Energy Subsidies (www.realclearenergy.org)
Although wind and solar proponents still claim costs are falling, the reality is the opposite. Offshore wind developers, especially, are clamoring to renegotiate contracts they signed previously, including guaranteed price adjustments for increasing costs, and relaxing the domestic content requirement so they can claim the...
U.S. announces military drills with Guyana amid dispute over oil-rich region with Venezuela (www.cbsnews.com)
The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an urgent meeting....
Leaked audio of heated meeting reveals hostages’ fury at Netanyahu (www.cnn.com)
A female abductee freed with her children – but without her husband, who remains in captivity – is heard on one recording saying: “The feeling we had there was that no one was doing anything for us. The fact is that I was in a hiding place that was shelled and we had to be smuggled out and we were wounded. That’s besides...
Armenia and Azerbaijan announce deal to exchange POWs and work toward peace treaty (apnews.com)
EU Says Nuclear Energy Is Clean After All (www.energyportal.eu)
Studies have shown that nuclear power generates electricity without releasing significant amounts of greenhouse gases, making it an attractive option for reducing carbon emissions....
Ukraine Found Russia’s Secret Helicopter Base Inside Of A Beach Resort, Then Took Aim With Missiles And Drones (www.forbes.com)
When Ukrainian forces broke through Russian lines in southern Ukraine in late 2022 and raced toward the Dnipro River, the Russians scrambled to relocate their precious attack helicopters....
Tesla loses legal action in Sweden as dispute with Nordic unions escalates (www.theguardian.com)
Kremlin Says Hopes US Congress Will Block Future Ukraine Aid (www.barrons.com)
The Kremlin said Thursday it hoped US lawmakers would continue to block White House requests for emergency aid for Ukraine amid an internal feud in Washington over immigration reforms....
