Barcelona may need water shipped in during worst drought on record in Catalonia, authorities say (www.pbs.org)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months....
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....
Argentina is Not For Sale: Unions Respond to Privatization (popularresistance.org)
Argentinian President-Elect Milei Moves To Privatise Energy… And Everything Else....
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...
UK 'among least transparent' countries in investigating civilian airstrike deaths (uk.news.yahoo.com)
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High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (apnews.com)
Exclusive: Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says (www.reuters.com)
Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed (www.theguardian.com)
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
‘Military camp’: Palestinian town of Huwara under 55-day Israeli closure (www.aljazeera.com)
High court challenge to ‘constitutionally unprecedented’ UK anti-protest law (www.theguardian.com)
Jailed without charge: How Israel holds thousands of Palestinian prisoners (www.aljazeera.com)
Erdogan tells UN chief Israel must be tried in international courts for Gaza crimes (www.reuters.com)
Chinese celebrity chef offends China with egg fried rice video (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon rainforest destruction slows sharply year to date, report says (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago.
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.
Russia limits women’s access to abortion, citing demographic changes (www.aljazeera.com)
Experts say crackdown on abortion drugs and services is part of a project to instil ‘certain values’ in society.
‘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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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....
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....
UP: Dalit Boy 'Forced to Drink Urine', Then Named in Sexual Harassment Case (thewire.in)
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Indian workers and farmers stage historic three-day protest (peoplesdispatch.org)
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....