Bedouin family desperate for news on teenagers held hostage in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
There are only a handful of child hostages left inside Gaza. Under the agreement struck between Israel and Hamas, under-19s were supposed to be released from captivity. On the sixth day, five more were freed, and almost 40 have now been returned home in total. But so far, Aisha and Bilal haven’t been among them.
Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine (www.businessinsider.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging Russians to have more children....
Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway connecting Russia and China (www.pravda.com.ua)
Women were held in cages, Israeli hostage testimonies expose (www.i24news.tv)
These testimonies sharply contradict Hamas’ claims of humane treatment or propaganda images of smiling abductees waving to their captors...
Spanish prime minister says he doubts Israel is respecting international law (www.theguardian.com)
New NZ minister takes oath in English and Korean (www.koreaherald.com)
Ukraine's Security Service blows up railway connecting Russia and China (www.pravda.com.ua)
On the night of 29-30 November, an explosion occurred on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in the Severomuysky Tunnel, named after Vladimir Bessolov, located in Buryatia (Russia)....
Complaints over Virgin and BA sustainability claims (www.aerotime.aero)
Nepal becomes first South Asian country to officially register same-sex marriage (www.tribuneindia.com)
Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so....
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist' (www.reuters.com)
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions....
Hamas Claims youngest Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas has died alongside his mother and brother (news.sky.com)
Hamas has claimed its youngest hostage - a 10-month-old boy - has been killed along with his four-year-old brother and their mother....
Two Hamas gunmen open fire at Jerusalem bus stop, killing three (www.reuters.com)
Two Hamas members kill three in morning rush hour attack...
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease (www.nytimes.com)
Released hostage says he was held by UNRWA teacher in Gaza - report (m.jpost.com)
One of the hostages, recently released from Gaza, revealed on Wednesday that he was held for nearly 50 days in an attic by a teacher from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)....
Shane MacGowan: Pogues singer dies aged 65 (www.bbc.com)
R.I.P. Shane. I hope they have Guinness wherever you are now.
Hamas announces death of the youngest hostage (10 months old) (www.thejc.com)
In undisclosed call, Pope Francis warned Israel against committing ‘terror' (www.washingtonpost.com)
Next phase of Gaza war risks unprecedented humanitarian crisis | Israel-Hamas war | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan urges elderly, young to avoid China visits due to respiratory illnesses (www.reuters.com)
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids in Ghana, CBS News investigation finds (www.cbsnews.com)
Next generation of billionaires collect more wealth from inheritance than from work, says UBS (www.theguardian.com)
Angry elephant herd crushes car of Malaysian family after it hits calf crossing road (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”… eeer, no.