India agrees to withdraw soldiers from Maldives, President Muizzu says | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Jerusalem Post Retracts Article Claiming That Dead Palestinian Baby Was a Doll (www.thedailybeast.com)
The outlet attributed to mistake to “faulty sourcing.”
Family says Yuval Castleman, killed after taking out terrorists, was ‘executed’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago (www.nytimes.com)
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Truce in Israel-Hamas extended with minutes to spare (apnews.com)
The truce continues. Saved at the last minutes by diplomacy.
“Slow death”: Israel weaponizes disease in the Gaza genocide (www.wsws.org)
Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich (www.aljazeera.com)
Wall Street Journal denounces the continued detention of its reporter as a ‘brazen and outrageous attack’ on free press.
China, IMF and investors can’t reach a deal on Zambia’s debt. What does it mean for other distressed African nations? (www.scmp.com)
Thailand's Cabinet approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights (apnews.com)
Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month.
Older single women face growing risk of poverty in Japan (asia.nikkei.com)
Over 30% of those 65 or older fall below poverty line after death of spouses
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday (www.reuters.com)
Why You Should Be Able to Sell Your Kidney (www.wsj.com)
Archived link: archive.is/…/human-kidney-organs-selling-ae22a73d
France Has Opted to Invest €11.7 billion in Dassault Rafael Because the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Would Not Be Operational Until 2040-45 (www.geopolitize.com)
When Western European powers were working on the Eurofighter Typhoon, France was working on its own aircraft, and their involvement in building aircraft since the end of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War gave them the capability to build the 4.5 generation Dassault Rafale....
Estonia to stop Russian-created migration flux at border, says minister (www.euractiv.com)
In the wake of the migrant crisis at the Finnish-Russian border, neighbouring Estonia said it will not let migrants sent by Russia onto its soil but will stop them at the border, Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets said on Thursday.
India set to miss divestment targets by more than half this year - sources | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
A US drone killed a Somali mother and her daughter – but no one was found guilty (continent.substack.com)
The world’s most powerful military force mistook a woman and a child for a man in rural Somalia, killed them, and decided their deaths were no one’s fault....
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Machine repairs prolong ordeal for trapped Indians (www.bbc.co.uk)
Forty-one workers have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand state for the past 12 days.
Gaza workers stranded in Israel were tortured, interrogated (mondoweiss.net)
Workers from Gaza who were stranded in Israel after October 7 were summarily arrested, interrogated, beaten, and tortured, before being declared illegal by Israeli authorities.
Iceland volcano: Evacuation zone ‘still dangerous’ as eruption imminent (www.independent.co.uk)
Sánchez, to Netanyahu in Israel: “The number of dead Palestinians is unbearable” (www.eldiario.es)
The President of the Spanish Government demands from the top Israeli leaders “a viable Palestinian State” and censures the reaction to the Hamas attacks: “This catastrophe must stop; The answer cannot involve the death of innocent people, including hundreds of children.”