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North Korea closes multiple embassies around the world (www.reuters.com)

Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say (apnews.com)

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say, in the wake of fresh mass arrests of gay people....

Israel Gaza: Community frozen as Hamas atrocities continue to emerge (www.bbc.co.uk)

By Lucy Williamson in Nir Oz, Israel BBC News...

Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week (www.bbc.com)

New US sanctions package hits Russian oligarchs and companies that help Russian troops (www.pravda.com.ua)

New Zealand woman discovers surgical instrument ‘size of a dinner plate’ left in her body after operation (www.theguardian.com)

Danish government prepares bill to stop Koran burnings (www.reuters.com)

IDF shows foreign press Hamas bodycam videos, photos of murder, torture, decapitation (www.timesofisrael.com)

The Israeli government on Monday screened for 200 members of the foreign press some 43 minutes of harrowing scenes of murder, torture and decapitation from Hamas’s October 7 onslaught on southern Israel, in which over 1,400 people were killed, including raw videos from the terrorists’ bodycams....

In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here. (www.nytimes.com)

Article without paywall: archive.ph/ZA7x9...

Macron: there can be no Russian flag at Paris 2024 (www.reuters.com)

Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy | Jonathan Freedland (www.theguardian.com)

‘It’s pillage’: thirsty Uruguayans decry Google’s plan to exploit water supply (www.theguardian.com)

How young Argentines might put a far-right libertarian into power (www.vox.com)

Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse (www.972mag.com)

Japan’s ever-faithful dog Hachiko – an avatar for love and loyalty – turns 100 | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)

Airstrike Decimates U.S.-Funded Children’s Hospital in Gaza: Reports (www.thedailybeast.com)

Jewish man succumbs to wounds day after altercation at pro-Palestinian protest in LA (www.timesofisrael.com)

“An autopsy was performed on November 6th and the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death homicide.”

Israel-Palestine war: Sara Netanyahu's adviser calls for torture of Gaza residents involved in killing Israelis (www.middleeasteye.net)

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US and Vietnam set to expand ties as China worries grow (www.channelnewsasia.com)

US President Joe Biden arrives in Vietnam on Sunday (Sep 10) to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China’s growing ambitions in the region....

Armenia to exercise with US troops next week, Russia voices concern (www.reuters.com)

Armenia said on Wednesday it would host a joint military exercise with the United States next week, a development that Russia said was cause for concern....

CEO Pay Jumps in UK But Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels. Top British bosses earned an average of £3.91 million in 2022. Chiefs were paid 118 times as much as the average worker. (www.bloomberg.com)

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