How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft (www.propublica.org)
Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)
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Exclusive: ‘Culture Of Silence’ In Biden Admin Stifling Debate About Israel’s Actions In Gaza, Sources Say (www.huffpost.com)
A career civil servant described tension between their commitment to challenging rights abuses and their job....
Failed Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó lands new gig as visiting prof at Florida International U - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
US gives Israel ‘private backing’ for ground invasion of Gaza. Fuck the US and Israel. (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Here's the available evidence of what happened at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza — NPR (apple.news)
Videos and photos provide some clues, but much remains unknown about the horrific explosion at the site.
Who was behind the Gaza hospital blast – visual investigation (www.channel4.com)
Video debunks lies about the Hospital bombing
Chris Hedges: Israel’s Culture of Deceit: Israel […] is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza (chrishedges.substack.com)
Israel was founded on lies. The lie that Palestinian land was largely unoccupied. The lie that 750,000 Palestinians fled their homes and villages during their ethnic cleansing by Zionist militias in 1948 because they were told to do so by Arab leaders. The lie that it was Arab armies that started the 1948 war that saw Israel...
Elon Musk is considering taking Twitter out of Europe amid EU compliance investigation (www.businessinsider.com)
As Twitter, renamed X, faces increased scrutiny in the EU and usage falls, Elon Musk has floated drastic action.
Majority of the UN Human Rights Council participants turn their backs in protest as US ambassador gives her speech. The world has had enough! (mas.to)
From hospital, to shelter, to deadly inferno: Fleeing Palestinians lose another sanctuary in Gaza (abcnews.go.com)
US Curbs Set Off Sales, Tech Boom for China Chip Equipment Firms (www.asiafinancial.com)
Israel to allow aid into Gaza via Egypt border crossing (news.retiolus.net)
US opposes peace as Israel ethnically cleanses Palestinians, waging war on ‘entire nation’ of Gaza (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
Berkeley Lab to lead US hunt for element 120 after breakdown of collaboration with Russia (www.chemistryworld.com)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is setting its sights on creating element 120 as part of a new US effort to discover the first elements in row eight of the periodic table. The move follows the breakdown of the US–Russian partnership, which had previously discovered the five heaviest elements, following the Russian...
Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al Ahli hospital blast (www.bbc.com)
A deadly blast at the crowded Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City is feared to have killed hundreds of people.
“We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South,” said one senior G7 diplomat. "Forget about rules, forget about world order. They won’t ever listen to us again.” (www.ft.com)
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New York Times: US Intel has reported they have "HIGH CONFIDENCE" intelligence from multiple sources, that the hospital strike was a failed rocket fired from within Gaza.
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Global south leading efforts to improve air quality while major polluters lag (www.theguardian.com)
US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza (www.reuters.com)
How has the narrative shifted since the Gaza hospital explosion? (www.aljazeera.com)
'Anonymous' hacks Chinese government site to protest Israel–Hamas war | Taiwan News | 2023-10-18 19:03:00 (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble (theconversation.com)
The first comprehensive assessment of trends in Southern Ocean ecosystems reveals an urgent need to address climate change. The summary for policymakers can guide decision-makers.
Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict (apnews.com)
Within hours after a blast was said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan.
