California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire (apnews.com)
The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend was a kind of open-air warehouse with businesses storing everything from wood pallets to cardboard boxes to hand sanitizer on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny....
Samsung denies rumors of cheaper foldable smartphone (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/3209351 (!samsung)
PwC Cyprus moved £1bn for Russian tycoon on day he was put under sanctions (www.theguardian.com)
Xi arrives in US after Blinken takes veiled swipe at China over freedoms (www.reuters.com)
Gaza UN Operations 'Grinding to a Halt' as Fuel Runs Out (new.thecradle.co)
Ark: Survival Ascended XS X/S Release Date Delayed One Day Before Launch (twitter.com)
PS5 Version was already delayed on November 6th....
Lion sleeps it off after Saturday stroll through Italian town (www.reuters.com)
Tony Blair ‘discussing situation’ in Gaza and open to role in effort to end crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Yorkshire - Feddit UK - back from deletion (feddit.uk)
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Arab-OIC Summit Calls Israeli Assault on Gaza a War Crime (peoplesdispatch.org)
Call of Duty MW3 faces dramatic Steam drop-off from MW2 launch (www.pcgamesn.com)
Two South Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust: State media (www.channelnewsasia.com)
As Diwali celebrations begin, here's what to know about the festival of lights (www.nbcbayarea.com)
President’s War Against ‘Fake News’ Raises Alarms in South Korea (www.nytimes.com)
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Major volcanic event occuring in Reykjanes, Iceland (www.washingtonpost.com)
A barrage of hundreds of earthquakes, including two exceeding a magnitude of 5.0 and at least seven topping 4.5, rattled Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Friday. The seismic swarm suggests the eruption of an area volcano in the hours or day ahead and has prompted the Icelandic Meteorological Office to declare a Civil...
Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas (apnews.com)
The head of an Israeli media watchdog says it was simply ‘raising questions’ by wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 attack on Israel had been tipped off in advance that it had happened.
In South America's Andes, a shrinking Lake Titicaca rings climate alarm bell (www.reuters.com)
News organisations reject allegations of complicity in October 7 attacks (www.aljazeera.com)
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China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
Autonomous identity for the pluriverse based on OAuth/OIDC (socialhub.activitypub.rocks)
There’s a major convergence of OAuth/OIDC support across fediverse applications, Matrix is going all-in on it as its root default, and other social web protocols are tagging along as well....
FBI & Austria's C4 Hit Z-Library With a Massive New Wave of Domain Seizures. (torrentfreak.com)
November Google System Updates: Play Store tweaks, more (9to5google.com)
Pixel-exclusive 'Home Panel' is coming soon to more Android devices (www.androidauthority.com)
