Spavor blames fellow prisoner Kovrig for Chinese detention, alleges he was used for intelligence gathering (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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International tribunal finds US blockade of Cuba in violation of international law (peoplesdispatch.org)
Trumped up charges may prevent Guatemala's newly elected reformist president from taking office (theworld.org)
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Prerequisite to naturalization in Germany? Pledge support for Israel’s right to exist (mondoweiss.net)
Tomorrow the German Bundestag will vote on a draft law that could make the naturalization of residents dependent on supporting Israel’s right to exist. Here is what you should know and why you should be concerned....
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British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry (www.themarysue.com)
Police in the United Kingdom are using data from period tracking apps and mass spectrometry tests conducted on blood, placenta, and urine to investigate patients who have had “unexplained” miscarriages....
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In the West Bank, Israeli Settlers Are Burning Palestinians’ Olive Trees (jacobin.com)
In the West Bank, the Israeli army has banned Palestinian farmers from reaching their land and groups of settlers are burning farmers’ crops. Jacobin spoke to olive growers about Israel’s draconian moves to destroy their livelihoods....
Dirty secret of Israel’s weapons exports: They’re tested on Palestinians (www.aljazeera.com)
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China Accelerates Sale of US Treasuries to US$27.3B in Sep; Total Amt Falls Below US$800B. The total amount fell to US$778.1 billion, a record low since mid-2009 (aastocks.com.hk)
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China's yuan surpasses euro as 2nd most-used currency in trade finance-SWIFT (www.reuters.com)
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IMF Reaches Agreement with Kenya for $682 Million Loan (www.telesurenglish.net)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Thursday that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Kenya, paving the way for the disbursement of a US$682.3 million loan early next year....
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Heat Index in Brazil Hits 137F (58.5C) (www.okdoomer.io)
It's official, red alerts have gone out across the entire country of Brazil as the heat index hits 137F. The high temperature combined with humidity has made it impossible for most people to carry out their normal lives. There's already reports of power outages. People can't work. They can't run errands. They can barely sleep....
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Dozens killed as Israeli forces attack al-Fakhoora School in northern Gaza (Warning: NSFL Video) (www.aljazeera.com)
Many hundreds of people are believed to have taken shelter at the UN-run school.
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Bonds go bonkers as the US government now pays more than Vietnam or Morocco to borrow (markets.businessinsider.com)
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In India, 40 workers are trapped in a tunnel for a 7th day as rescuers wait for a new drill (apnews.com)
Forty workers are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they can crawl to their freedom.
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No more business as usual: the world shuts it down for Palestine (peoplesdispatch.org)
Israeli ex-PM claims Hamas centre is in the south of Gaza not al-Shifa Hospital (www.euronews.com)
As Israel intensifies its ground offensive in Gaza, amid serious humanitarian concerns, its former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Euronews: "the war must go on" until Israel reaches its endgame: the end of Hamas.
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Germany hiking group reported to police as illegal migrants (www.bbc.co.uk)
Someone told police the group hiking through Saxony in eastern Germany were "foreigners".
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No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff (www.politico.eu)
Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.
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In Gaza, Ahmad lost his family then his legs to Israel’s bombing (www.aljazeera.com)
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‘We’re alive’, then dead silence: A Gaza family trapped in Israel’s war (www.aljazeera.com)
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The War on Gaza is Colonial Big Business (orinocotribune.com)
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Probe Shows 126+ Civilians Killed By Israeli Airstrike Targeting ‘Just One Guy’ (scheerpost.com)
China’s carbon emissions set for structural decline from next year | Energy industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
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Missile-defense platform shows warming relations between Japan, S. Korea (www.defenseone.com)
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