U.S. F-16 fighter jet shoots down an armed Turkish drone over Syria (www.cbsnews.com)
Himalayan lake flooding in India kills 18, nearly 100 missing (www.reuters.com)
Pope Francis Signals Support for Fossil Fuel Phase Out Ahead of Crucial Climate Negotiations (www.commondreams.org)
Taiwan to probe suppliers helping Huawei with China chip plants (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Russia-Ukraine war: at least 51 people killed in Russian strike on village food shop (www.theguardian.com)
Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections (www.reuters.com)
Does glyphosate cause cancer? Australia’s Roundup case against Monsanto will offer a fresh legal answer (www.theguardian.com)
The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says
EU says it can't fill US funding gap for Ukraine (www.bangkokpost.com)
Southeast Asian Casinos Emerge as Major Enablers of Global Cybercrime (www.propublica.org)
Closure of maternity wards fuels Chinese debate over population decline (www.theguardian.com)
France starts pulling soldiers out of Niger (www.politico.eu)
Niger Denies Accepting Algerian Initiative to Resolve Crisis (bnn.network)
Contrary to recent reports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Niger has refuted claims that the country has accepted Algeria’s initiative to resolve an ongoing crisis. The Algerian foreign ministry had previously announced that military leaders in Niger, currently under a coup-instigated regime, had agreed to Algerian...
Global South should learn from Big Pharma’s bullying of South Africa (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine is ‘freaking out’ as McCarthy chaos threatens US aid (www.politico.eu)
Uncritical support for Ben Norton against the LaRouchite cranks at The Grayzone (like Max Blumenthal). (twitter.com)
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Fears for Khaled El Qaisi’s wellbeing after his release in Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
The Palestinian Italian researcher has been released from Israeli custody but still isn’t allowed to return to his wife and child in Italy....
Ties with India ‘could get worse’ due to Canada row, US envoy told team: Report (www.indiatoday.in)
Australian Aboriginal child separation at ‘devastating rates’: Commissioner (www.aljazeera.com)
UN Indigenous experts are visiting Australia while a new report warns of the risk of a new stolen generation.
September hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin: EU monitor (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The average surface air temperature for the month was around 1.75 C hotter than the September average in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.
Raids on Indian media 'aim to muzzle free speech' (www.bbc.co.uk)
India's spies infiltrated West long before Canada's murder claim (www.reuters.com)
Biden administration waives 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas (apnews.com)
Second malaria vaccine to win global approval is cheaper and easier to make (www.nature.com)
The World Health Organization has recommended a shot called R21 to prevent the disease in children....