US President Biden approves emergency military aid package to Israel worth $8 billion (www.firstpost.com)
Biden considering huge ‘one and done’ Ukraine aid package (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Full article: imgur.com/a/3rRKzbA
Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on fifth day of Sukkot (www.aljazeera.com)
Article is from October 4th.
Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
How Israel once nurtured Hamas (archive.ph)
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Chinese hybrid rice helps Africa enhance food security (english.news.cn)
Israel-Palestine escalation live: Strikes hit Gaza after Hamas offensive (www.aljazeera.com)
How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press (www.france24.com)
NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times…
2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea (www.pbs.org)
World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days (www.bbc.com)
Non-stop Rocket Barrage on Israel: Woman killed, terrorist infiltration from Gaza, strike on Tel Aviv (www.haaretz.com)
First Thought - 100 Million Children Risk Displacement, Biden Builds The Wall, New Malaria Vaccine Approved (www.youtube.com)
International Commentators Slam Modi's BJP for anti-Semitic Poster (thewire.in)
CW: Article contains images depicting the anti-Semetic puppeteer trope...
NYT assists Modi govt's assault on India's free press : Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick (www.thehindu.com)
In this statement, Jason Pfetcher, manager of Worldwide Media Holdings, clarifies on the provenance of the funds that the for-profit investment vehicle based in the U.S. invested in NewsClick
India's coal production rises 16 per cent in September (m.economictimes.com)
‘They miscalculated’: Ukraine turns the tables on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (www.aljazeera.com)
Kazakhstan may prohibit wearing hijab and niqab in public places (www.azerbaycan24.com)
US tourist destroys 'blasphemous' Roman statues at the Israel Museum (m.jpost.com)
Iran’s jailed rights advocate Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize (www.aljazeera.com)
Sunak’s ‘spiteful’ sale of land intended for HS2 dashes hopes of revival (www.theguardian.com)
23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews (www.wired.com)
At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.