Xi puts forth four principles to resolve Ukraine crisis (english.news.cn)
China's Q1 GDP grew 5.3% in the first quarter, beating expectations (www.cnbc.com)
Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look (www.bbc.com)
Biden’s top foreign policy official ‘cancelled Cameron meeting’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
China trying to gain space through force, US admiral says (www.reuters.com)
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Students at Arizona State University disrupt Nancy Pelosi for complicity in Israel’s genocide (www.youtube.com)
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Nicaragua’s case may or may not prevail. We already know it was brilliantly argued and it will put Germany to shame forever. (tarikcyrilamar.substack.com)
‘Hell on Earth’: famine nears in northern Gaza despite Israeli aid pledges (www.theguardian.com)
For months, aid groups have struggled to get food to an estimated 300,000 people in northern Gaza, where the world’s global authority on food security recently predicted a famine was either already happening or would begin before July....
Huawei to Pay Out USD10.7 Billion Annul Dividend for 2023 (www.yicaiglobal.com)
Report: Israeli Army Uses AI to Mass-Produce Palestinian Targets for Assassination (truthout.org)
The Israeli army is making heavy use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system that mass-generates assassination targets in Gaza in order to reach certain thresholds of killing of Palestinians every day, a new explosive report finds. This AI generated information is used by the military to kill targets as soon as they step into...
UAE pauses Gaza aid support after Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers (www.axios.com)
Beijing launches new web portal for expats, international visitors to assist in working and living in China (www.china.org.cn)
US tells Israel it need not close bank accounts of sanctioned settlers (www.timesofisrael.com)
Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions (apnews.com)
US ‘doesn't support’ Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
Israel Carries Out Several Attacks Inside Lebanon and Syria Killing Civilians (peoplesdispatch.org)
Thailand moves to legalise same-sex marriage (www.bbc.com)
Thailand has taken a historic step closer to marriage equality after the lower house passed a bill giving legal recognition to same-sex marriage....
Biden knew Israel was bombing indiscriminately – WaPo (www.globalvillagespace.com)
On October 27, three weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Biden’s top foreign policy officials told a small group at the White House that “Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets,” the newspaper wrote, citing three sources familiar with the meeting....
Gaza war: Gate 96, the new crossing where aid struggles to get in | BBC (www.bbc.com)
UN Security Council votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as U.S. abstains (www.cbc.ca)
Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank | Al Jaseera (www.aljazeera.com)
Houthis tell China and Russia their ships won’t be targeted in Red Sea (www.scmp.com)
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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)
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....