‘A place of fear’: Hong Kong activist recalls years of repression (www.bangkokpost.com)
Myanmar Junta Asks China to Pressure Brotherhood Alliance to End Offensive (www.irrawaddy.com)
Polish minister ‘saw UK special forces operating in Ukraine’ (www.declassifieduk.org)
How Exxon Captured a Country Without Firing a Shot (theintercept.com)
Scandal-stained Israeli 'rescue' group fuels October 7 fabrications (thegrayzone.com)
No Sign Of Forced Labour At Xinjiang Site, Says VW (www.barrons.com)
Ranked: Per Capita Carbon Emissions by Country (www.visualcapitalist.com)
source visualcapitalist.com/ranked-per-capita-carbon-emi…
China's export dominance is getting stronger, not weaker (asia.nikkei.com)
The 7 charts that show Australians struggling as saving falls to near zero (theconversation.com)
Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo (apnews.com)
Biden says Hamas raped, mutilated women during Israel assault (www.reuters.com)
Peru: Fujimori’s Release Violates International Law (www.hrw.org)
Ruling to Free Ex-President Runs Counter to Peru’s International Obligations...
Wieambilla shootings: US arrests man over Australian religious terror attack (www.bbc.co.uk)
Kishida to Offer Free University Tuition for Families with 3+ children Starting 2025 (stoppopulationdecline.org)
China launches fourth-generation nuclear reactor, world's first (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)
The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle....
Exxon Mobil forecasts increases in project spending, oil output (www.reuters.com)
Exxon forecasts production of 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2024, from 3.7 million this year, as it bets on a lift from the Permian shale basin and Guyana....
Antonio Guterres invokes Article 99 of UN Charter, urges UNSC to prevent further humanitarian crisis in Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
Climate change shown to cause methane release from the deep ocean (www.ncl.ac.uk)
Global Chip Equipment Sales Plummet by 11%, Taiwan Nearly Halves, China Breaks Records (www.trendforce.com)
Academic Freedom Under Fire as Gaza Burns (consortiumnews.com)
As Israel resumed its bombing campaign, now focusing on southern Gaza, the push to hold back the growing tide of disgust is intensifying, Mick Hall reports.
Two Gaza brothers stripped, jeered at by Israeli army, one taken captive (www.aljazeera.com)
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (social.hackerspace.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
As expected, Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady at 5% (www.cbc.ca)
China accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban government in Afghanistan (www.indiatoday.in)
