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The Israelis grappling with helping sick Palestinians (www.bbc.co.uk)

White House 'eager' to resume military talks with China (www.reuters.com)

Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault (www.reuters.com)

Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated (www.nbcnews.com)

“No child should have to die alone,” a charity said in response to a widely shared TV report that has sent shockwaves on social media.

WHO says time to hike alcohol, sugary drinks tax | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)

Spain Expels US Diplomats Over Spy Scandal (euroweeklynews.com)

Explained: Why truckers are blockading the EU's border with Ukraine (www.euronews.com)

Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis. #EuropeDecoded

Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)

Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...

German Cultural Scene Navigates a Clampdown on Criticism of Israel (www.nytimes.com)

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Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan (abcnews.go.com)

Anti-fascists in Italy Protest Police Attack on Turin University Students (peoplesdispatch.org)

Progressive and anti-fascist groups in Turin, Italy mobilized to condemn the police action on students at the Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin. On December 5, students who had protested the campaigning of right-wing student group University Action on the campus were brutally beaten up by a big group of police....

News investigations say Israeli tank shell killed journalist in Lebanon (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Burkina abandons French as an official language (www.africanews.com)

The Burkinabè government adopted on Wednesday a bill revising the Constitution and henceforth enshrining national languages as official languages in place of French which is relegated to the rank of “working language”....

Temu, the Chinese e-commerce platform, is drawing shoppers from U.S. dollar stores, data shows (www.cnbc.com)

How Exxon Captured a Country Without Firing a Shot (theintercept.com)

Spain expels two US embassy staff for allegedly bribing intelligence agents (www.aljazeera.com)

The Spanish paper El Pais reports that the US quietly withdrew two staff workers at the request of Spain’s government....

Kenya to send 1,500 workers to Israel amid farm labour shortage (www.africanews.com)

Kenya is set to send 1,500 farm workers to Israel, according to the country’s labour ministry. This move follows Malawi sending 221 workers to Israel, which faced criticism....

Turkey’s Erdogan visits Greece to forge ‘new era’ after years of friction (www.aljazeera.com)

Turkish president hopes the NATO allies and neighbours will mend relations despite deep-rooted differences....

Brace for a potentially record-breaking winter after sweltering summer and autumn, say researchers (phys.org)

Chinese shipyard unveils plans for world’s first nuclear tanker powered by cutting-edge molten salt reactor (www.scmp.com)

South Africa: Transnet adds more trains to coal export corridor (www.businesslive.co.za)

The company plans to add seven trains a week on the coal line by mid-December, from 21 a week. Another seven would be added by March, bringing the total to 35 a week....

Israel criminalized a human rights group following report of a sexually assaulted Palestinian child (electronicintifada.net)

Israel designated a human rights group as a terrorist organization shortly after the US State Department inquired about a report detailing the rape of a Palestinian child by Israeli prison authorities....

CPJ calls for accountability after reports find Israel likely targeted journalists in Lebanon (cpj.org)

New York, December 7, 2023 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes Thursday’s release of reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse (AFP) into the deadly October 13 strike on journalists in southern Lebanon, and reiterates its call for an immediate, independent, and...

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