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Ukraine’s top general: War with Russia has reached stalemate (www.politico.eu)

‘There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,’ says Valery Zaluzhny....

‘There’s Such a Slaughter!’ – Russian Soldier Reveals Horrific Losses Near Ivanivka (www.kyivpost.com)

Gaza authorities say 700 Palestinians killed in overnight strikes as Israel intensifies bombing campaign (www.reuters.com)

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 24 (Reuters) - More than 700 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli air strikes, Gaza’s health ministry said on Tuesday, the highest 24-hour death toll since Israel began a bombing campaign to crush Hamas militants who stunned the country with a deadly Oct. 7 attack....

Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 1,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech (apnews.com)

Greece starts limiting Acropolis daily visitors to tackle overtourism (www.cnn.com)

One of Greece’s most famous landmarks is trialing limiting its daily visitors, starting today....

"Pirates" fought off by Italy's Special Forces in Major Operation were Distressed Migrants (www.euronews.com)

Weighty issue: Japan Airlines lays on extra plane after sumo wrestlers make aircraft too heavy to fly (www.theguardian.com)

Concerns over fuel capacity with wrestlers onboard led to national carrier taking the ‘unusual step’ of transferring sumo rikishi to another flight...

Russia destroyed 300,000 tons of grain since July in port, ship attacks, Kyiv says (www.reuters.com)

Russia has destroyed almost 300,000 metric tons of grain since July in attacks on Ukraine’s port facilities and on ships, the Ukrainian government said on Friday, underscoring the war’s threat to global food security....

Qatar Airways executive says invasive gynecological examinations of passengers won't be repeated (apnews.com)

Japan reports wave of Chinese phone harassment after Fukushima discharge (www.channelnewsasia.com)

Tokyo has urged Beijing to “ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China” after a wave of telephone harassment targeting businesses in Japan sparked by the controversial discharge of Fukushima wastewater....

‘Drink water’ says Croatia’s health minister after 4 suspected poisoned with Coca-Cola sodas (www.politico.eu)

Apple iPhone maker Foxconn being investigated in China as founder runs for Taiwan presidency (www.cnn.com)

Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is being investigated by authorities in China, according to state media....

EU warns Elon Musk of ‘penalties’ for disinformation circulating on X amid Israel-Hamas war (www.cnn.com)

European officials warned X on Tuesday that the company formerly known as Twitter appears to have been hosting misinformation and illegal content about the war between Hamas and Israel, in potential violation of the European Union’s signature content moderation law....

1 killed, 4 wounded in shooting in Copenhagen's Christiania neighborhood, police in Denmark say (abcnews.go.com)

U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants (www.nytimes.com)

Russian neo-Nazi group refuses to fight in Ukraine, accusing Kremlin of abandoning its leader (news.yahoo.com)

Gaza: 'My wife died in five minutes, she was my life' (www.bbc.com)

A Belfast-born man speaks of his grief after his wife, mother and brother are killed in Gaza. "The exact day she [arrived] in my family's place they bombed the place," Mr El-Estal said. The bomb killed his mother and brother "immediately", he added. He continued that his uncle, and his uncle's two daughters - both doctors - were...

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