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Earlier today Israel granted 12 exploration licenses to 6 companies incl BP, for natural gas along the coast. (www.reuters.com)

Jordan asked US to deploy Patriot air defence missiles, army says (www.reuters.com)

Staunch U.S. ally Jordan asked Washington to deploy Patriot air defence systems to bolster its border defence at a time of heightened regional tensions and conflict, the spokesperson for the country’s army said on Sunday....

AI's proxy war heats up as Google reportedly backs Anthropic with $2B (techcrunch.com)

Deaths in Gaza Cross 7,000 on Third Week of Non-Stop Israeli Bombing (peoplesdispatch.org)

Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital (www.israelnationalnews.com)

Edit: Replaced with Reuters link (Israel National News has a “mixed” factual reporting rating similar to Al Jazeera).

Why so many Hamas hostages are from Thailand (qz.com)

Israel’s dependence on migrant workers dates to previous conflicts with Palestine...

Australia sends aircraft and troops to Middle East in case ‘this gets worse’ (www.theguardian.com)

The Australian government is sending a “significant contingent” of aircraft and supporting troops to the Middle East on standby in the event “this gets worse”, as the death toll from Israel airstrikes passed 5,700....

Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia (www.washingtonpost.com)

French innovator aims to consign ticking quartz watches to history (usa.watchpro.com)

A French company (SilMach) backed by Timex Group is claiming to have opened a new chapter in watchmaking with the creation of a silicon motor that matches the accuracy of quartz-based movements with the elegance of a mechanical watch’s sweeping hands.

Dutch self-image challenged as country confronts its colonial past (www.theguardian.com)

Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence Indonesia

U.S. Govt Restricts Shipments of GeForce RTX 4090 to China, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Vietnam (www.tomshardware.com)

World's Biggest Energy Agency Warns 1 Fossil Fuel Must Be Cut Immediately (www.sciencealert.com)

GPT-4 Vision Prompt Injection (blog.roboflow.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2378757 (!chatgpt)

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.

With all eyes on Gaza, Israeli soldiers and settlers kill dozens of West Bank Palestinians (www.salon.com)

Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts (www.cnn.com)

Former San Diego detective, 3 women sentenced to prison for operating sex parlors (www.cbsnews.com)

A $1.4 million speeding ticket surprised a Georgia man before officials clarified the situation (apnews.com)

N.J. corrections official at center of corruption probe demoted after DUI arrest (newjerseymonitor.com)

State corrections officials have demoted and stopped paying a top Department of Corrections official who got arrested last week after police accused her of causing an August drunken driving crash in Ocean County that seriously injured an elderly woman....