Brace for a potentially record-breaking winter after sweltering summer and autumn, say researchers (phys.org)
Israel criminalized a human rights group following report of a sexually assaulted Palestinian child (electronicintifada.net)
Israel designated a human rights group as a terrorist organization shortly after the US State Department inquired about a report detailing the rape of a Palestinian child by Israeli prison authorities....
2023 is officially the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say "the temperature will keep rising" (www.cbsnews.com)
Kenya to send 1,500 workers to Israel amid farm labour shortage (www.africanews.com)
Kenya is set to send 1,500 farm workers to Israel, according to the country’s labour ministry. This move follows Malawi sending 221 workers to Israel, which faced criticism....
Burkina abandons French as an official language (www.africanews.com)
The Burkinabè government adopted on Wednesday a bill revising the Constitution and henceforth enshrining national languages as official languages in place of French which is relegated to the rank of “working language”....
French activists urge Biarritz district to drop 'racist' name (www.france24.com)
Activists on Thursday petitioned a French court to change the name of a neighbourhood and street in the seaside resort town of Biarritz over its racist connotations....
Spain expels two US embassy staff for allegedly bribing intelligence agents (www.aljazeera.com)
The Spanish paper El Pais reports that the US quietly withdrew two staff workers at the request of Spain’s government....
Temu, the Chinese e-commerce platform, is drawing shoppers from U.S. dollar stores, data shows (www.cnbc.com)
South Korea on brink of ‘extinction’ unless embraces immigration, says minister (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Turkey’s Erdogan visits Greece to forge ‘new era’ after years of friction (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkish president hopes the NATO allies and neighbours will mend relations despite deep-rooted differences....
South Africa: Transnet adds more trains to coal export corridor (www.businesslive.co.za)
The company plans to add seven trains a week on the coal line by mid-December, from 21 a week. Another seven would be added by March, bringing the total to 35 a week....
World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)
The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle....
Israel strikes on journalists in Lebanon must be investigated as war crime: Amnesty (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Myanmar Junta Asks China to Pressure Brotherhood Alliance to End Offensive (www.irrawaddy.com)
CPJ calls for accountability after reports find Israel likely targeted journalists in Lebanon (cpj.org)
New York, December 7, 2023 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes Thursday’s release of reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse (AFP) into the deadly October 13 strike on journalists in southern Lebanon, and reiterates its call for an immediate, independent, and...
Polish minister ‘saw UK special forces operating in Ukraine’ (www.declassifieduk.org)
Palestinian Resistance Organization Masar Badil Calls on Workers to Block Israeli Ships Amid Gaza Genocide (orinocotribune.com)
The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) has urged labor activists, trade unionists, and workers’ organizations around the world to block Israeli ships from sailing as protest against the genocide in Gaza....
Antonio Guterres Invokes Article 99 of UN Charter, Urges UNSC to Prevent Further Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
The UN and other aid groups warned of the grave humanitarian crisis, with virtually no safe places for civilians and medical supplies running critically low....
China launches fourth-generation nuclear reactor, world's first (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
How Exxon Captured a Country Without Firing a Shot (theintercept.com)
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
‘A place of fear’: Hong Kong activist recalls years of repression (www.bangkokpost.com)
Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo (apnews.com)
Scandal-stained Israeli 'rescue' group fuels October 7 fabrications (thegrayzone.com)
Ranked: Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Country (www.visualcapitalist.com)
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