Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)
Post-affirmative action, Asian American families are more stressed than ever about college admissions (www.latimes.com)
Elon’s Censorial Lawsuit Against Media Matters Inspiring Many More People To Find ExTwitter Ads On Awful Content (www.techdirt.com)
Moroccan Activists Arrested for Demanding End to Normalization of Ties with Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)
US Bases in Iraq, Syria 'Plagued by Weapons Thefts': Report (new.thecradle.co)
Media Holocaust Revisionism After Canada’s Standing Ovation for an SS Vet (fair.org)
China, IMF and investors can’t reach a deal on Zambia’s debt. What does it mean for other distressed African nations? (www.scmp.com)
South Korea jails 68-year-old man for poem praising North Korea: Report (www.hindustantimes.com)
In Brazil’s Amazon, a clandestine road threatens a pristine reserve (news.mongabay.com)
The makeshift road tears through the emerald canopy, splintering one of the Amazon’s most pristine corridors of rainforest. Along the edges of the road, running through the heart of the Terra do Meio Ecological Station, swaths of jungle have been razed and turned into pasture....
Sri Lanka tech workers demand pay in dollars or euros after rupee crashes (restofworld.org)
Entrepreneurs say local talent is too expensive and are outsourcing to countries like Peru....
Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion (www.hrw.org)
The explosion that killed and injured many civilians at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023, resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition, such as those commonly used by Palestinian armed groups, that hit the hospital grounds, Human Rights Watch said today. While misfires are frequent, further investigation...
Sunday's Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding (fair.org)
Tesla sues Swedish agency as striking workers stop delivering license plates for its new vehicles (abcnews.go.com)
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden’s Transport Agency after striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country stopped delivering license plates for new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker
Ipsos Global Happiness 2023. China tops at 91%. (lemmy.ml)
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An alliance of Myanmar ethnic groups claim capture of another big trade crossing at Chinese border (apnews.com)
China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas (www.hrw.org)
The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.
Thailand's Cabinet approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights (apnews.com)
Thailand’s Cabinet has approved an amendment to its civil code to allow same-sex marriage, with an expectation for the draft to be proposed to Parliament next month.
Israel, Hamas raise concerns over lists of people due to be freed, says official (www.reuters.com)
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas have raised concerns over the lists of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners due to be released on Monday, the final day of an agreed four-day pause in the fighting, an official briefed on the matter said.
Trial Opens for Beheading of French Teacher Samuel Paty (www.wsj.com)
Six teenagers are accused of helping the man who killed Paty after he showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as part of a class on free speech.
Israel-Lebanon border: The Irish troops watching Israel’s hidden conflict (www.bbc.com)
As one of the region's most dangerous borders hots up, peacekeepers have an ever more perilous job.
‘Devastating’: the final hours at Gaza’s besieged Indonesian Hospital (www.aljazeera.com)
Another 45 people released due to high court ruling on indefinite immigration detention (www.theguardian.com)
Australian Border Force alleges four people previously released have breached their visa conditions
Home affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo sacked for breaching government code of conduct (www.theguardian.com)
Termination comes days after salary umpire quietly revokes requirement that secretaries receive payout if they’re sacked for breaching rules
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
Delhi pollution: Indian Supreme Court's 40-year quest to clean foul air (www.bbc.com)
The Supreme Court has a mixed record in cleaning up pollution in India's capital.
