In Venezuela, harmful oil spills are mounting as the country ramps up production (www.npr.org)
LAKE MARACAIBO, Venezuela — On the western shore of Lake Maracaibo, workers use rakes and shovels to pull blobs of congealed oil out of the water, but the black goo sticks to everything — fishing nets, boats, outboard motors and even a calf that’s wondering around the beach....
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Israel arrests almost as many Palestinians as it has released during truce (www.aljazeera.com)
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UN General Assembly adopts fresh resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from Golan Heights (peoplesdispatch.org)
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a fresh resolution on Tuesday, November 28 asking Israel to withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The resolution said that Israel’s continued occupation of the Syrian territory “constitutes a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace...
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She lost her entire family in an airstrike, but no one has told her yet (mondoweiss.net)
Ayah Sha’ban was among 14 of her martyred family members in Gaza City. She was presumed dead and wrapped in a white shroud, but a security guard at Al-Shifa’ noticed her breathing and saved her. She still doesn’t know about her family’s fate....
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Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners (www.aljazeera.com)
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‘Military camp’: Palestinian town of Huwara under 55-day Israeli closure (www.aljazeera.com)
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UK 'among least transparent' countries in investigating civilian airstrike deaths (uk.news.yahoo.com)
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Exclusive: Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says (www.reuters.com)
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinian children in occupied West Bank raid (www.aljazeera.com)
Video: Eight-year-old Adam al-Ghoul and 15-year-old Basel Abu al-Wafa shot dead by israeli soldiers
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‘We want permanent ceasefire,’ Palestinians in Gaza say as truce extended (www.aljazeera.com)
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‘The far right drummed up a militia’: French extremists seize on teen’s murder to stoke violence (www.france24.com)
It all started with the tragic death of a teenage boy attending a village dance in southern France. Although the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, members of France’s ultra-right immediately…
Deaths in Gaza surpass 14,000, according to its authorities. More than a third of the dead are children. (www.economist.com)
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Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels (www.nytimes.com)
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UP: Dalit Boy 'Forced to Drink Urine', Then Named in Sexual Harassment Case (thewire.in)
reposted in comm I meant to post in originally...
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Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire begin hunger strike outside White House (www.theguardian.com)
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Deep Sea Mining Company Sues Greenpeace Amid Standoff at Sea (www.bloomberg.com)
For context, deep-sea mining tends to kill an awful lot of sea life, and seems likely to reduce ocean carbon sequestration, which we depend on.
Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India (restofworld.org)
When Chinese engineer Li Hai left the wintry cold of northern China and flew into the humid heat of Tamil Nadu in southern India, he had little idea what to expect....
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Israeli intelligence leak details extent of warnings over Hamas attack (www.theguardian.com)
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The forex crisis is putting Nigerian lives at risk (continent.substack.com)
From Lilongwe to Abuja, foreign exchange shortages are revealing deep vulnerabilities in how African economies operate. In Nigeria, despite President Bola Tinubu’s attempted reforms, dollars remain scarce and the prices of imported goods are skyrocketing. Among them are life-saving drugs....
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Indian workers and farmers stage historic three-day protest (peoplesdispatch.org)
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Rescuers break through to trapped Indian miners (www.upi.com)
Rescuers in India have broken through a massive mound of debris blocking the entrance to a tunnel and have started freeing 41 trapped miners.
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More than 1 million now taking shelter in UN facilities (electronicintifada.net)
Rains and winds have intensified throughout the Gaza Strip since 17 November. Palestinians are facing the onset of winter without proper clothing, shelter and blankets....
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South Korea jails 68-year-old man for poem praising North Korea: Report (www.hindustantimes.com)
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