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Kim's sister rejects US offer of dialogue with North Korea and vows more satellite launches (apnews.com)

Hamas Leader Says He Doesn’t Know How Many Hostages Remain Alive in Gaza: ‘The Number Is Not So Important’ (themessenger.com)

Israel believes that 137 hostages remain in Gaza, though many may have been transferred to the custody of other armed groups...

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist’ (apnews.com)

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization....

Report: Truce fell apart after Hamas refused to release more Israeli female hostages (www.timesofisrael.com)

Israeli official says Hamas doesn’t want to release remaining women because it doesn’t want them speaking publicly about what they endured on Oct. 7 and in their time in captivity...

Philippines says China has executed 2 Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite appeals (www.scmp.com)

Russia 'paying off' soldiers' wives to silence anti-war dissent before election (inews.co.uk)

Mexico's minimum wage will rise by 20% next year, to about $14.25 per day (apnews.com)

Rheinmetall to produce first armored vehicles in Ukraine in 2024 (www.reuters.com)

Colombia joins international alliance calling for treaty to end use of fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)

China's respiratory illness rise due to known pathogens, official says (www.reuters.com)

World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan (www.theguardian.com)

American comedian under investigation for violent remarks about Geert Wilders (nltimes.nl)

Nasa urges researchers to reach out for China’s Chang’e 5 moon samples, sidestepping US ban (www.scmp.com)

China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country (www.economist.com)

Philippines opens South China Sea monitoring base (www.dw.com)

China-Saudi Sign $7bn Currency Swap Deal in Fresh Hit to Dollar (www.asiafinancial.com)

UN atomic chief backs nuclear power at COP28 as world reckons with proliferation (apnews.com)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world wants more nuclear energy as a means to fight climate change and supply an ever-growing demand for electricity, part of a generational shift in thinking on atomic power, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday....

South Korea launches its first spy satellite after rival North Korea does the same (abcnews.go.com)

Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa (apnews.com)

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a species of mole with an iridescent golden coat and the ability to almost “swim” through sand dunes after it hadn’t been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct....

‘Everything indicates’ Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says (www.politico.eu)

BRUSSELS — As the investigation into damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure continues, Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said it’s hard to believe sabotage to the undersea gas pipeline was accidental — or that it happened without Beijing’s knowledge....

‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza (www.972mag.com)

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