Chamoli: Fifteen electrocuted to death near India river (www.bbc.co.uk)
Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case (www.politico.com)
Biden, Xi to Announce Deal for China Fentanyl Crackdown at APEC in San Francisco (www.bloomberg.com)
US invests US$553 million in Gautam Adani’s Sri Lanka port to curb China’s influence (www.scmp.com)
Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads (www.irrawaddy.com)
Palestine Action Strikes Three Israel-Supplying Weapons Factories in One Day (www.palestineaction.org)
Pakistan's Imran Khan could face the death sentence in trial over revealing state secrets (apnews.com)
Venezuela's Maduro speaks to Abbas, condemns Israel's actions (www.reuters.com)
Christian Prayer Centre Demolished in Jaunpur, Claiming It Was Built on ‘Illegal’ Land (thewire.in)
Over the last two weeks, police have arrested at least 18 persons, including some pastors, associated with the centre, under charges of attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, for allegedly attacking the police and revenue officials when they had gone to survey the site....
Mbankolo landslides kill 30 in Cameroon capital Yaoundé (www.bbc.com)
Rescue efforts are hampered by flooding, forcing locals to pull out bodies with their bare hands.
European leaders condemn Hamas, pledge support for Israel and halt Palestinian aid (www.npr.org)
Governments in Europe pledge support for Israel and European Union freezes aid to Palestinians after days of escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.
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.
Thailand to Welcome Myanmar Coup Leader to Bangkok Summit (www.irrawaddy.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/6592761...
Yury Garavsky: Swiss trial acquits man who admitted abducting Belarus politicians (www.bbc.com)
A Belarusian is released despite giving a detailed account of disappearing opposition members.
The double-edged sword of privatisation is poised to cut deep into the heart of a failing South African state (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
An interesting assesment of how a failing state almost makes privatisation inevitable. But at the cost of not servicing the majority of the country’s population, and only catering to those who can pay for all services. Pay to win in reality.
A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm (www.wired.com)
Another man who India claims was a Khalistani terrorist has been murdered in Canada, this time in Winnepeg (video) (www.ctvnews.ca)
Global Sea-Ice Concentration Is Alarmingly Low (zacklabe.com)
Hawaii: growing threat of ‘devastating’ fires as island landscape dries and warms (www.theguardian.com)
Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio Assassinated Following Campaign Rally (peoplesdispatch.org)
The toughest plastic bag ban is failing: A tale of smugglers, dumps and dying goats (www.npr.org)
Kenya was hailed for its decision to outlaw single use plastic bags in 2016, with remarkably hefty penalties. So why are the bags back in stores, piling up in dumps — and being ingested by livestock?
Mexico and the U.S. are divided by guns and fentanyl (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The two neighbors see the toll taken on their citizens by violence and drugs in different ways and can’t agree on which poses the most pressing threat.
Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits (www.bbc.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/994013...
Japanese court sentences 'Joker' to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train (abcnews.go.com)
A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago
