Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax (www.reuters.com)
Multinational firms will have to pay a minimum of 15% tax on all of the profits they make worldwide, regardless of where the profits are generated.
India and Pakistan choked by heavy smog, leaving thousands sick (www.abc.net.au)
Brotherhood Alliance rewriting Myanmar's war narrative (asiatimes.com)
Over 10,500 Killed in One Month as Israel Continues its War on Palestine (unicornriot.ninja)
The online hate and conspiracies driving a new wave of antisemitism | Ben Judah (www.independent.co.uk)
There has been widespread condemnation of the antisemitism that has followed Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel and the subsequent bombing of Gaza. But the slurs have little to do with Jewish people; instead, they expose Western society as weak, polarised and poisoned by non-stop social media shares and comments, argues Ben Judah
Happy Diwali 2023 Messages and Quotes: Wish Your Family, Friends, Near Ones On the Festival of Lights (www.timesnownews.com)
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Protesters clash with police after Socialist Party deal confirmed (www.euronews.com)
Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (www.bbc.com)
First-ever images prove 'lost echidna' not extinct (www.bbc.com)
The Philippines and China report a new maritime confrontation near a contested South China Sea shoal (apnews.com)
Palestinian girl filming Israeli soldiers gets shot at in the West Bank (streamable.com)
So let me refer to my “stop using antisemitic words” chart…...
Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack (www.bbc.com)
Former Catalan politician shot in face in Madrid (www.reuters.com)
Romanian SMR Nuclear Plant Project with NuScale Technology Moves Forward Despite US Setback (www.romaniajournal.ro)
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5,500 women in Gaza set to give birth ‘in race against death’, UN official says (news.un.org)
Laila Baker, Regional Director for the Arab States at the sexual and reproductive health agency, said she fears for the fate of new mothers and their children amid the “loss of complete humanity” in Gaza....
Cyber security analysts accuse China of attacking Cambodian government infrastructure as part of a "long-term espionage campaign" (feddit.de)
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President Iohannis Embarks on African Tour Amid Controversies of Secrecy on His Costly Flights
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Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards on rallies (www.theguardian.com)
Biden wants to ban ripoff "financial advisors" (pluralistic.net)
3 children and woman killed in Israeli strike on car in south Lebanon (www.naharnet.com)
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German journalists detained by Israeli soldiers: 'Asked if we were Jewish at gunpoint' (www.haaretz.com)
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UN condemns Israel: 'It’s the innocent civilians who are losing’ (news.un.org)
UN human rights office (OHCHR) spokesperson Liz Throssell highlighted concerns over Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia and Al Bureij refugee camps in recent days with dozens of residential buildings destroyed, as well as the high number of casualties reported in the enclave and the “reported use of explosive weapons with wide area...
How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it (english.elpais.com)
The United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 cross-border attack and was followed by Israel’s relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza.
Doctor at a Gaza hospital pleads for help: "We had to perform a premature delivery from a mother’s womb while she was dying.” --- [video, 2 min] (www.unfpa.org)
Dr. Nasser Bulbul, Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, spoke to the UN about the extreme suffering of pregnant women and orphaned infants living in a state of fear and terror as the bombardment intensifies.
