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Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race (apnews.com)

After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a redesign (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/22390...

What it was like inside the last living room caucus (ghostarchive.org)

ghostarchive.org/…/15iowa-caucuses-living-room-01…Sharon McNutt spent much of Caucus Day on Monday baking fresh cherry-chip cookies, cleaning bathroom sinks and taking her coffee pot out of storage....

Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza (nitter.unixfox.eu)

cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/7496184...

Iran, 33-year old women received 74 lashes for “not wearing the hijab" (www.niacouncil.org)

Roya Heshmati likened her punishment to a medieval torture chamber. She revealed her quiet act of rebellion during the actual lashing, where she whispered a song symbolic of women’s struggle for freedom....

Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows (theintercept.com)

2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record (www.bbc.co.uk)

A year after China ended its harsh COVID policies, it’s struggling to rebound (www.opb.org)

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10706886

Polish government puts public media into liquidation amid dispute with president (notesfrompoland.com)

China's Uyghur Drama: Wiping Out An Entire Ethnic Minority --- [documentary in French with English subtitles, 105 min] (www.arte.tv)

Tortured in huge internment camps, forced labour and mass sterilisations: The Chinese state’s attack on the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in western China, is akin to genocide, with an estimated one million people arbitrarily detained. An in-depth look at how Beijing has committed grave human rights offences over decades....

Satellite imagery and video shows some Gaza cemeteries razed by Israeli forces (www.seattletimes.com)

Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them (www.reuters.com)

Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip (www.theguardian.com)

Three dead as first heavy snowfall and blizzards of winter hit eastern Europe

independent.co.uk/climate-chan…

Dozens arrested in Dublin as far-right mob runs riot over immigration (www.euronews.com)

Canadian former intelligence chief found guilty of leaking state secrets (www.theguardian.com)

Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result (www.cnn.com)

Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank....

Revealed: the huge climate impact of the middle classes (www.theguardian.com)

Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says (www.theguardian.com)

Prominent settler leader pushes Netanyahu to rebuild Israeli homes in Gaza (www.politico.eu)

Chinese firm Hikvision linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank, Amnesty International says (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5617892...

Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (www.bbc.com)

Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack (www.bbc.com)

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.