UK, US, EU and China sign declaration of AI’s ‘catastrophic’ danger (www.theguardian.com)
The UK, US, EU and China have all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity, in the first international declaration to deal with the fast-emerging technology....
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war (www.politico.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting....
China makes contentious comparison between Gaza and Xinjiang (www.newsweek.com)
Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (www.thedrive.com)
Polish archaeologists find remains of 17th-century woman and child padlocked in their graves (www.cnn.com)
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the remains of a 17th-century child padlocked to his grave to stop him rising from the dead, a discovery that turns the spotlight on beliefs in vampires as Halloween approaches....
Argentina drivers hunt for fuel 'like water in the desert' amid shortage (www.reuters.com)
Hamas tells Russia: We won’t release hostages without Israel cease-fire (www.politico.eu)
Militant group claims it needs ‘time’ to find all the people it abducted to Gaza....
140 Endangered River Dolphins Have Died In The Amazon; Up To 400 Dolphins Are Still Trapped Waiting To Be Rescued (worldanimalnews.com)
Harrowing images from Israeli border towns attacked by Hamas (www.reuters.com)
Israeli Invasion Plans Target Gaza City and Hamas Leadership (www.nytimes.com)
The Israeli military is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip in the coming days with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and destroy the enclave’s current leadership, according to three senior Israeli military officers who outlined unclassified details about the plan....
Zelensky asks to visit Israel in show of solidarity (www.axios.com)
Israel and the West reckon with a high-tech failure (www.politico.com)
The Hamas onslaught wasn’t supposed to be possible: A massive, deadly 2G attack on a 5G security state. The consequences are still reverberating....
Israel at war: Fierce offensive in Gaza has 'only started', Netanyahu says (www.stuff.co.nz)
Oh shit....
Death toll from flash floods in Indian Himalayas climbs to 74 with at least 100 still missing (www.cnn.com)
The death toll from flash floods unleashed by a glacial lake bursting its banks in India’s Himalayas climbed to 74 on Monday with 101 people still missing days after the calamity struck, according to provincial officials....
El Chapo's sons bar fentanyl production in Sinaloa, according to banners (www.reuters.com)
Nagorno-Karabakh: Thousands flee as Armenia warns of ethnic cleansing risk (www.bbc.com)
A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan’s seizure of the disputed region last week....
Canada has Indian diplomats' communications in bombshell murder probe: sources (www.cbc.ca)
‘We know India, not surprised by Canadian allegations: Pakistan (www.geo.tv)
Space drugs factory denied reentry to Earth (gizmodo.com)
the company’s request was not granted at this time “due to the overall safety, risk and impact analysis.”...
Demolitions as Tools of 'Collective Punishment': Examining Instances in India and Israel (thewire.in)
When a house is demolished due to the illegal activities of one of its inhabitants, all the other residents bear the repercussions of those actions. This practice is referred to as 'collective punishment'.
Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)
The decline appears to coincide with significant changes in global climate that turned glaciations into long-term events, a decrease in sea surface temperatures, and a possible long period of drought in Africa and Eurasia. The team behind the work said the time window also coincides with a relatively empty period on the fossil...
Thailand Sentences 7 to Jail for Protesting Myanmar Coup (www.irrawaddy.com)
Ukraine to start talks with US on security guarantees – senior official (www.scmp.com)
The Western Alliance’s Vilnius summit offered support to Ukraine in countering Russia’s 17-month-old invasion and individual countries pledged new weapons, but no date for Ukrainian membership was set as long as the war continues....
Japan remains in the grip of heat wave | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News (www3.nhk.or.jp)
The mercury in many areas of eastern and western Japan topped 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday....
