China ‘mediated Myanmar peace talks’ (www.bangkokpost.com)
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Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds (edition.cnn.com)
High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (apnews.com)
Morocco has received nearly three times more armored vehicles from the United States than allocated to Ukraine (www.voiceofeurope.com)
Palestinians Killed 'Execution-Style' in Gaza School: Report (new.thecradle.co)
South Korea to increase defense spending over five years (www.defensenews.com)
Following North Korea’s satellite launch last month, South Korea suspended a no-fly provision in the 2018 inter-Korean treaty, enabling the South to monitor the North’s activities along their shared border. North Korea reacted by withdrawing from the pact entirely.
Finland to sign defence pact with US (www.reuters.com)
TikTok set to restart e-commerce in Indonesia with $1.5 billion Tokopedia investment (web.archive.org)
South Africa selects Russia's Gazprombank as partner for PetroSA refinery (web.archive.org)
'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia (apnews.com)
Red dawn: Myanmar’s reborn communist army (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
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The no-state solution becomes more and more real as Israel’s permanent Nakba continues : Peoples Dispatch (peoplesdispatch.org)
Israeli officials have been clear about their intentions with their bloody war on Gaza: annihilation and forced displacement of the population
‘Fighting is all around’: Myanmar faces deepening humanitarian crisis (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli military runs racist '72 Virgins' Telegram channel: Haaretz (english.almayadeen.net)
The Israeli Operation Directorate’s Influencing Department is reportedly running a xenophobic Telegram channel, featuring content filmed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza....
Qatar sent millions to Gaza for years – with Israel’s backing (edition.cnn.com)
U.S., Big Oil Exploit Guyana Border Dispute to Attack Venezuela (mronline.org)
The exploitation of newly found oil reserves larger than those of the United Arab Emirates or Kuwait by U.S. oil giants triggered the escalating aggression by the White House....
Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels (www.theguardian.com)
Nations strike deal at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
China’s running away with strategic industries as US, G7 suffer rapid declines (www.scmp.com)
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18 Jewish Elders Arrested Following Gaza Ceasefire Protest Outside White House (truthout.org)
U.N. Palestinian refugee agency decries Swiss move to cut funding (www.reuters.com)
‘I am a Zionist,’ says Biden at Hanukkah event, promises continued military assistance to Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)
India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status | Kashmir | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The ‘Brain Drain’ is a Symptom of How Capitalism has Failed the Healthcare Sector (peoplesdispatch.org)
As a healthcare professional whose experience is rooted in the public healthcare sector of South Africa, I can sympathize with healthcare professionals who choose to leave the continent, in order to pursue their career overseas. The phenomenon of ‘brain drain’ which is the emigration of highly skilled professional, from...
