Malaysia eyes censorship powers over Netflix, other streaming content amid creeping conservatism (www.scmp.com)
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Russia says it is pushing Ukrainian forces back, will create two new armies (www.reuters.com)
Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case (www.bangkokpost.com)
UN adopts first global artificial intelligence resolution (www.scmp.com)
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Gaza war: HRW, Oxfam urge the US to suspend arms sales to Israel (www.africanews.com)
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Removal of Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong raises concerns over stability, but ties with China expected to remain stable (www.scmp.com)
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World Health Organization says only more land crossings into Gaza can prevent famine (www.reuters.com)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that only an expansion of land crossings into Gaza could help prevent famine in the densely populated Palestinian enclave.
Tech official pushing TikTok ban could reap windfall from US-China Cold War (theintercept.com)
China keeps on finding ways to hurt USA Inc. (www.businessinsider.com)
Blinken says all of Gaza facing unprecedented food insecurity (www.timesofisrael.com)
“According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” Blinken told a press conference in the Philippines, where he is on an official visit.
Taiwan donates NT$15.9 million to Israel (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
Climate Change Is Causing Trees To Struggle To “Breathe” (scitechdaily.com)
Houthis tell China and Russia their ships won’t be targeted in Red Sea (www.scmp.com)
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Prabowo Subianto, ex-general tied to a past dictatorship, is confirmed as Indonesia's next president (apnews.com)
Subianto lost two previous presidential elections to Widodo, and the Constitutional Court rejected his bids to overturn each of those results because of unfounded fraud allegations....
U.S. wades into India-China spat, says border state belongs to New Delhi (asia.nikkei.com)
BYD sees NEV share reaching 50% in the next 3 months in China (electrek.co)
Income inequality in India estimated to be at highest level in over a century (indianexpress.com)
A report by the World Inequality Lab, co-authored by French economist Thomas Piketty, has estimated that in 2022-23, India’s income and wealth inequalities were at their highest levels since records began in 1922 and 1961 respectively. The richest 1% of the population now own 40.1% of the nation’s wealth, higher than in the...
Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal (www.npr.org)
For the first time, media titan Rupert Murdoch was accused in court of personally knowing about phone hacking and other illegal acts by his British tabloids stretching back nearly two decades, far earlier than he admitted, and giving “knowingly false” evidence under oath in an official inquiry....
Armed by Washington, Israel Trashes the Genocide Convention (scheerpost.com)
Argentine Trade Unions Warn that 60,000 State Workers May Lose Their Employment (peoplesdispatch.org)
Zero arrivals, zero income: Eilat Port struggling to keep afloat due to Houthi threat, CEO says (www.jpost.com)
Another Boeing emergency: Delta Airlines 737 plane makes emergency landing after one of the engines caught fire moments after taking off in Aruba (www.msn.com)
Schools should prep students for war, German minister says (www.dw.com)
The minister also called for developing a “relaxed” relationship between school students and the armed forces. She suggested that military officers visit schools to explain what “the Bundeswehr does for our security.”
Israel killed Israelis, confirms new 7 October documentary (www.ajiunit.com)
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