Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World: China’s Colonial Boarding Schools In Tibet Come Under UN Scrutiny (feddit.de)
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Chinese officials cover up anti-Beijing placards in San Francisco as Xi Jinping arrives for Apec summit (feddit.de)
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Hit by floods and drought, quarter of Somali people at risk of 'crisis-level' hunger, WFP says (www.reuters.com)
Cyprus to clamp down as investigation reveals oligarchs moved assets after Ukraine invasion (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Palestinian civilians being killed en masse are simply “collateral damage” (www.huffpost.com)
The right-wing leader appeared on multiple cable news shows to speak on the current state Israel’s monthlong siege on Gaza, which human rights experts have warned amount to ethnic cleansing and war crimes....
China is slowly erasing Tibet's name (feddit.de)
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John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend (apnews.com)
Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...
Bedbug infestation fears in Hong Kong spark panic buying of insecticides (www.scmp.com)
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony (apnews.com)
Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza (theintercept.com)
British fighters in Israel’s military: Is it legal? (www.declassifieduk.org)
Hundreds of Britons have joined the Israel Defence Force, which is illegally occupying Palestinian land and has killed thousands of children in Gaza. Now lawyers are asking: Is their recruitment lawful?
What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang? (www.theguardian.com)
Which islands will become uninhabitable due to climate change first? (www.livescience.com)
Gaza’s Largest Hospitals Close, Premature Babies Taken Out of Incubators, Israeli Forces Reportedly Entered Hospitals and Fired at Patients (www.democracynow.org)
“Five kids in the pediatric [Shifa Hospital] ICU left alone in Rantisi Hospital, and we don’t know what’s going on with them. The communications were lost, so they might be dead or alive,” one of the doctors said....
Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks? (www.cnn.com)
BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China (feddit.de)
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Chinese firm Hikvision linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank, Amnesty International says (feddit.de)
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Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation, UN says (news.un.org)
Meanwhile on Monday, the UN flag flew at half-mast at the Organisation’s offices around the world in memory of the 101 staff members of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s retaliation for Hamas’ massacres perpetrated in southern Israel on 7 October.
Hamas denies refusing fuel from Israel for Al-Shifa Hospital (www.reuters.com)
Israel-Palestine, lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip (www.unicef.org)
The Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital was damaged again yesterday in an attack, including lifesaving equipment, according to reports. Another children’s hospital in the north has stopped operating due to damage and a lack of fuel, and a specialist maternity hospital is in desperate need of fuel to keep functioning....
Israel military reportedly surrounding hospitals in Gaza and shooting at those trying to flee, UN says (feddit.de)
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Brotherhood Alliance rewriting Myanmar's war narrative (asiatimes.com)
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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