Israeli hostages killed in Gaza were holding white flag, official says (www.reuters.com)
Ukrainian commander Zaluzhnyi preparing major 2024 counteroffensive (english.nv.ua)
U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive (www.nytimes.com)
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In the Shadow of the Holocaust - How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today (www.newyorker.com)
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Israeli Army Says It Killed Three Hostages Mistakenly Identified as a Threat in Northern Gaza (www.haaretz.com)
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Ukraine needs new troops so badly it is taking people's passports and tried to recruit a mentally disabled man (www.businessinsider.com)
Civilians sheltering inside a Gaza school killed execution-style (www.aljazeera.com)
UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing unarmed Palestinians...
$6 Billion in PhRMA Network Grants Flood the Non-Profit World, Muddying the Advocacy Landscape (www.commondreams.org)
A new report by Public Citizen has uncovered that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and its member pharmaceutical companies — the PhRMA Network — have showered the nation’s largest patient advocacy groups, universities, professional associations, and more, with at least $6 billion in grants.
Sunrise Responds to Biden 45X Tax Credit Announcement: “A Step Forward, but Only a Start” (www.commondreams.org)
Following the Biden administration’s announcement of uncapped 45X tax credits to support a green manufacturing revolution, Michele Weindling, Political Director of Sunrise Movement, released the following statement:...
Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards (fair.org)
JD BLACK ONLINE MALE STALKER AND RENESIA SIMONE DIARREAH TREATS (www.youtube.com)
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Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to address the territorial spat.
Protesters Shut Down Los Angeles Highway to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza (truthout.org)
No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media....
Yazidis, led by Nobel winner, sue French cement maker over ISIS support (www.reuters.com)
Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court in October last year to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria. Lafarge, which became part of Swiss-listed Holcim (HOLN.S) in 2015, agreed to pay $778 million in forfeiture...
Pakistan media ban on Imran Khan trial raises transparency concerns (www.reuters.com)
RSF’s 2023 Round-up: 45 journalists killed in the line of duty worldwide – a drop despite the tragedy in Gaza (rsf.org)
According to the annual round-up compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the number of journalists killed worldwide in connection with their work (45 as of 1 December 2023) is the lowest since 2002, despite the war in the Middle East. In Gaza, at least 13 journalists have been killed because of their work as journalists...
U.S. Empire Humiliated at the UN: The World Stands with Palestine! (www.liberationnews.org)
Disgusted by the United States blocking a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, an emergency procedure was used at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday to force a vote. By a margin of 153-10, the countries of the world called for an end to Biden and Netanyahu’s massacre....
‘People Snatchers’: Ukraine’s Recruiters Use Harsh Tactics to Fill Ranks (archive.today)
With Ukraine’s military facing mounting deaths and a stalemate on the battlefield, army recruiters have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to replenish the ranks, in some cases pulling men off the streets and whisking them to recruiting centers using intimidation and even physical force....
Tunnels once connected Egypt and Gaza. Here's what they looked like 10 years ago (www.npr.org)
MARTIN: There’s a report that the military was using artificial intelligence to try to map these tunnels. Do you have any sense of how that would work?...
Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO (thehill.com)
Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress. The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of...
Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds (edition.cnn.com)
TikTok set to restart e-commerce in Indonesia with $1.5 billion Tokopedia investment (web.archive.org)
South Africa selects Russia's Gazprombank as partner for PetroSA refinery (web.archive.org)
China ‘mediated Myanmar peace talks’ (www.bangkokpost.com)
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