12.3 Billion Miles Away: NASA Has Lost Communication With Voyager 2 Spacecraft (scitechdaily.com)
NASA’s Voyager 2 has lost communication with Earth due to an unintentional shift in its antenna direction. The next programmed orientation adjustment on October 15 is expected to restore communication, while Voyager 1 continues to operate as usual....
Kremlin Says 'Theoretically Possible' to Not Hold Presidential Elections (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin can choose not to hold presidential elections next year because he will “obviously” win re-election, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said late Sunday.
Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon (www.reuters.com)
France to ban female students from wearing abayas in state schools (www.bbc.com)
Pupils will be banned from wearing abayas, loose-fitting full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said....
False Claims that Heatwave is Bogus Spread Online (www.bbc.com)
False claims suggesting that the BBC has been misreporting temperatures in southern Europe have been spreading on social media....
Cigarette-style climate warnings on food could cut meat consumption, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
People are used to seeing stark warnings on tobacco products alerting them about the potentially deadly risks to health. Now a study suggests similar labelling on food could help them make wiser choices about not just their health, but the health of the planet....
Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people (www.bbc.com)
The U.S. Is Giving Israel Permission for War Crimes (nymag.com)
The article accuses Israel of potentially committing war crimes in its conflict with Hamas, focusing on a siege on Gaza, airstrikes harming civilians, and evacuation orders. It criticizes the U.S. for not condemning Israel’s actions and emphasizes the need for diplomatic solutions. The piece argues that Israel’s approach...
A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern (apnews.com)
Ukraine says it took out almost 50 Russian tanks in one day as Russia made failed attempt to capture eastern city (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine claimed that its forces destroyed nearly 50 Russian tanks in one day, as Russia tried to capture Avdiivka, a small city in the east of the country....
North Korea celebrated its founding with a military parade featuring dump trucks modified to work as rocket launchers (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied Crimea (www.cnn.com)
Ukrainian forces have carried out their most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities in the occupied region of Crimea, officials in Kyiv have said....
Zelenskyy implores world leaders to stick with fight against Russia (www.nbcnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared somber and, at times, angry in a blistering address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, as he sought to shore up support for his country’s war effort and demand that Russia be punished for the invasion....
Emotional outburst on live TV from Gaza over death of reporter encapsulates collective grief (abcnews.go.com)
“No one is looking at us or the extent of this disaster or the crimes that we are experiencing in Gaza,” he said. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet....
Putin repeats assertion that Russia did not start war in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a “special military operation” to try to stop it....
Chinese activist Kwon Pyong, a critic of Xi Jinping, flees to South Korea on jet ski (www.abc.net.au)
Iran's morality police to resume headscarf patrols (www.bbc.co.uk)
Turkey leader Erdogan will back Sweden joining Nato - Stoltenberg (www.bbc.co.uk)
'I just find bombs, dead people... it's really scary' - British Palestinian girl in Gaza (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting (www.bbc.co.uk)
The Israel-Gaza war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted....
Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out (edition.cnn.com)
Hamas’ brutal attacks in Israel on October 7 killed at least 1,400 people and the group took more than 200 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. In the wake of the assault, Israel launched an aerial bombardment of Gaza that Palestinian health officials say has killed more than 5,000 people. Israel also announced a...