China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: Report - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Israeli Flyers Dropped on Gaza Offer Cash for Intel on Hostages (www.bloomberg.com)
Evidence on Display at Israel’s Forensic Pathology Center Confirms Hamas’ Atrocities - The Media Line (themedialine.org)
Polish ruling party hopes to remain in power but potential coalition partner rejects idea (notesfrompoland.com)
The US declares the ousting of Niger’s president a coup (www.militarytimes.com)
Nine Nepalis injured, two critically, in Hamas attack on Israel (kathmandupost.com)
At least nine Nepalis were reported injured, two of them critically, as Hamas launched an attack inside Israeli territory early Saturday....
Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections (www.reuters.com)
India asks Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff - reports (www.bbc.com)
Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in Taiwan, unleashing rain and fierce winds (www.aljazeera.com)
Typhoon Haikui has made landfall in eastern Taiwan, unleashing torrential downpours, whipping up fierce winds and plunging thousands of households into darkness....
Rural areas sacrificed for Xi Jinping’s new city, satellite imagery shows (www.washingtonpost.com)
Satellite imagery and firsthand accounts show the damage wrought when Chinese authorities opened floodgates and dams this month, sacrificing whole villages to spare politically important cities....
Saudi Arabia discusses defense cooperation with Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran (saudigazette.com.sa)
100 arrested in global sex abuse probe launched after FBI murders (www.nbcnews.com)
Saudi Arabia extends cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day, potentially boosting prices at the pump (apnews.com)
Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary oil production cut of 1 million barrels per day into September, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Thursday. This is the third month in a row that the kingdom has implemented the cut....
German city hit by massive hail storm (www.bbc.com)
The storms were so intense that half-a-metre-high piles of hailstones formed in some places....
Colombian president's son arrested in money laundering probe (www.bbc.com)
The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been arrested for money laundering and illicit enrichment by the country’s attorney general....
Niger coup attempt: President Mohamed Bazoum held (www.bbc.co.uk)
How the dead are counted in Gaza (www.bbc.com)
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Lives of 36 babies in Gaza hospital at risk despite Israeli incubator offer (www.reuters.com)
Iceland volcano: How big could eruption be and will it produce another huge ash cloud? (news.sky.com)
Gaza hospital in ‘catastrophic situation,’ amid heavy fighting nearby, health officials say (www.cnn.com)
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Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea (www.bbc.com)
A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say.
Live updates | Israeli troops divide north and south Gaza, as reported death toll exceeds 10,000 (apnews.com)
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China’s Two-Faced Approach to Gaza (www.theatlantic.com)
Xi’s position on Gaza is identical to his stance on the world’s other major conflict, the war in Ukraine. There, too, Beijing has asserted principled neutrality and even launched a peace mission, while at the same time deepening ties to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin....
Violent Bangladesh garment protests shut hundreds of factories (www.channelnewsasia.com)
DHAKA: Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have shuttered as thousands of workers staged violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, police said on Thursday (Nov 2)....