Australian teen sentenced to 3 years in juvenile detention for nation's first school shooting (www.upi.com)
A 15-year-old Australian boy was sentenced to three years in juvenile detention Thursday after he pled guilty to opening fire at a school in the Perth suburbs in May in the country's first-ever school shooting.
US slammed for providing Israel with ‘license to kill’ Palestinians in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”...
Ghana’s Parliament Passes Bill Which Puts People Who Identify As LGBTQ In Prison (www.aljazeera.com)
German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’ (www.theguardian.com)
The people of a small German town where Elon Musk has built a Tesla factory have thrown a spanner in the works by rejecting plans to expand the complex....
White House urges developers to dump C and C++ (www.infoworld.com)
Biden administration calls for developers to embrace memory-safe programing languages and move away from those that cause buffer overflows and other memory access vulnerabilities.
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé (theintercept.com)
German navy almost shot down US drone in Red Sea: reports (www.hindustantimes.com)
Argentina: Milei government on crusade against inclusive language (euro.dayfr.com)
The country is breaking apart but I guess is more important to avoid using feminine expressions on official papers that make us look homo or something
Greek Strikes See Huge Turnout as Workers Plan Further Escalation Against the Government (www.thecanary.co)
Iran's Pars 1 satellite enters space after Russian launch (www.reuters.com)
Ghana’s parliament passes anti-LGBTQ bill (www.aljazeera.com)
Rights activists condemn the law that would punish LGBTQ people as well as those who promote gay rights with years in prison....
‘Horrific massacre’: Deadly Israeli fire at Palestinians waiting for aid (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza’s government media office accused the Israeli army of “committing a horrific massacre”. More than 70 people were killed and about 250 others wounded, it said in a statement on Thursday....
Israeli director receives death threats after officials call Berlin film festival ‘antisemitic’ (www.theguardian.com)
An Israeli film-maker who won one of the top prizes at the Berlin film festival has said German officials’ description of the awards ceremony as “antisemitic” has led to death threats and the physical intimidation of family members, causing him to hold off plans to return to Israel....
Scholz and Macron feud over arms for Ukraine – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)
As Ukraine runs short on ammunition, the German and French leaders are at odds over military aid.
In South Korea, world's lowest fertility rate plunges again in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
‘Horrific massacre’: Deadly Israeli fire at Palestinians waiting for aid (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza’s government media office accused the Israeli army of “committing a horrific massacre”. More than 70 people were killed and about 250 others wounded, it said in a statement on Thursday....
Navalny died from blood clot, Ukrainian intelligence chief says (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Israel Made False Claims About Its Own Evidence in ICJ Defense, Analysis Finds (truthout.org)
In one example, Israel claimed an image showed aid trucks entering Gaza when they were actually driving away....
Universities are Increasingly in Cahoots with the Arms Industry - Normalising War for Profit (www.thecanary.co)
The Economist: Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention (www.economist.com)
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Singapore’s total fertility rate hits record low in 2023, falls below 1 for first time (www.straitstimes.com)
India shortlists four pilots for first crewed space mission (www.outlookindia.com)
The Indian Space Research Organisation has shortlisted four Indian Air Force pilots - Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla, for India’s first manned space mission, Gaganyaan. They have completed basic training at the Gagarin...