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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....

China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says (apnews.com)

CEO of Chinese online game streaming firm arrested amid executive crackdown: "no reason has been given for arrest," company says (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5922505...

Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release and aid into Gaza (www.reuters.com)

Note that this isn’t ALL the hostages – just 50 in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. archive.org link...

Polish border protests lead to LPG shortage, price hikes in Ukraine - analyst (www.reuters.com)

Myanmar hands over to China thousands of telecom fraud suspects (www.reuters.com)

Spotify to phase out service in Uruguay following new copyright bill requiring ‘fair and equitable remuneration’ (www.theguardian.com)

Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths as 160 children are already being killed every day (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5906446...

Activist calls for a stronger international response to ongoing human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, ahead of the anniversary of a deadly fire in the provincial capital Urumqi - Feddit (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5900301...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea and call Israeli vessels ‘legitimate targets’ (www.theguardian.com)

Dutch party leaders clash in TV debate as election nears (www.theguardian.com)

Albania opposition starts fire in parliament during anti-government protest (www.theguardian.com)

World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)

Russian Airlines Invited to Launch Flights to North Korea – Reports (www.themoscowtimes.com)

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Anti-Mobilization Protests By Russian Soldiers' Wives and Mothers Quashed (libranet.de)

themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/20/…

40 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in India for over a week and 3 attempts to drill through the debris have failed so far (www.insider.com)

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

One-Year Anniversary: Human Rights Watch Urges China to Allow Commemorations of "White Paper" Protests, Calls for Release of People detained for Peacefully Protesting Against the Government (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5854842...

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

Argentina presidential election: far-right libertarian Javier Milei wins after rival concedes (www.theguardian.com)

U.S. President Biden says "Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under single government" and "extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop" (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5830159...

China’s Authoritarian Grip: How China Reinforces Social Control, Cultivates a Climate of Fear, and Minimizes Dissent - Study (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5822170...

APEC over, Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity (www.reuters.com)

Military lawyer David McBride pleads guilty to unlawfully sharing secret allegations of Australian war crimes (www.abc.net.au)

IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)