France cuts off aid to Niger amid growing Western condemnation of coup (www.france24.com)
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, receiving close to $2 billion a year in official development assistance, according to the World Bank....
Plans approved to turn Birmingham car park into urban farm (www.bbc.com)
The upper floors of the car park are to be turned into vegetable plots and greenhouse space.
Man charged in assault of Asian American woman, 88, had prior hate crime charges dropped in plea deal (www.nbcnews.com)
James Lee Ramsey, 27, allegedly kicked the woman to the ground in San Francisco two years after being charged with a hate crime in an assault on an Oakland Chinatown leader.
US State Department orders departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti (www.cnn.com)
The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates.
Trump loses retrial bid in E Jean Carroll defamation case (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google’s 36% search revenue share with Apple is 3x what Android OEMs get (arstechnica.com)
Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (yt.artemislena.eu)
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OnePlus Open brings back Facebook/Meta bloatware apps (9to5google.com)
US Commercial fishing groups sue tire manufacturers over fish-killing chemical (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft 365 apps have a lot of new security vulnerabilities - here's what we know | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
New York Times Writer Jazmine Hughes Resigns After Opposing Israel-Gaza War (www.yahoo.com)
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As Gaza crumbles, those speaking up for innocent Palestinians are being silenced and sacked (www.theguardian.com)
‘We’re the tip of the iceberg,’ say PFAS contaminated farmers (www.mlive.com)
British Navy Stops Using 'Chinese Servants,' But Not For The Reason You Expect (jalopnik.com)
Incredibly, they’re still going to pick laundry workers based on race...
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave steps down in wake of controversy over his Israel comments (www.businessinsider.com)
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave steps down in wake of controversy over his Israel comments::Paddy Cosgrave said his “personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors, our startups and the people who attend.”
Home sales fell again in September as surging mortgage rates, rising prices discouraged homebuyers (apnews.com)
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes in September fell for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade as prospective homebuyers grapple with surging mortgage rates and a near historic-low level of properties on the market.
Instagram ‘Sincerely Apologizes’ For Inserting ‘Terrorist’ Into Palestinian Bio Translations (www.404media.co)
The "see translation" feature for user bios was auto-translating phrases that included "Palestinian" and “alhamdulillah” into "Praise be to god, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom."
Amid financial stress, workers are asking for emergency savings accounts as a job benefit, survey finds (www.nbcchicago.com)
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‘They miscalculated’: Ukraine turns the tables on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (www.aljazeera.com)
US Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport (apnews.com)
Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and brought back to the U.S. in her luggage....
Portugal to scrap ‘unjust’ tax breaks for foreign residents (www.theguardian.com)
Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO (apnews.com)
The highest mortgage rates in more than two decades are keeping many prospective homebuyers out of the market and discouraging homeowners who locked in ultra-low rates from listing their home for sale....
Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US (www.theguardian.com)
'Emotional support' alligator denied entry into baseball stadium (news.sky.com)
Fans were surprised to see an alligator turn up at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball match with its owner. Joie Henney has said they were there to meet the players in an arranged visit, but will have to go another time.
