Exclusive: US intelligence confirms Islamic State's Afghanistan branch behind Iran blasts ( www.reuters.com )
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (ISIS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters on Friday....
Boy survives Gaza strike that kills family after futile search for tents ( www.reuters.com )
Boy survives Gaza strike that kills family after futile search for tents ( www.reuters.com )
India orders new drug-making standards after overseas deaths ( www.reuters.com )
Auto dealers challenge new US FTC car-buyer consumer protection rules ( www.reuters.com )
The FTC said the new rules will ban bait-and-switch advertising tactics, prohibit charging for add-on costs that do not benefit consumers and require dealers to make key disclosures to consumers, including accurate pricing disclosures in advertising and sales communications....
Sudanese women describe being gang-raped in attacks by Arab forces ( www.reuters.com )
Rape is widespread amid the war in Sudan. Young women from the ethnic-African Masalit tribe say they were sexually assaulted at gunpoint by RSF paramilitary and Arab militia forces during attacks on the city of El Geneina in West Darfur.
Florida abortion rights measure gets enough signatures to go before voters ( www.reuters.com )
A state constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Florida has received enough signatures of support to appear on ballots in the November election, but a challenge by the state's attorney general could still block it....
Consumer Reports finds 'widespread' presence of plastics in food ( www.reuters.com )
Black Americans would feel the sting of Republican budget cut proposals ( www.reuters.com )
When Charla Plaines saw the toll lead paint took on her granddaughter, she was able to get the hazardous substance scrubbed from her home thanks to a federally funded program that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to cut....
Islamic State claims responsibility for attacks that killed nearly 100 people in Iran - group on telegram ( www.reuters.com )
Gaza's child amputees face further risks without expert care ( www.reuters.com )
Gaza's child amputees face further risks without expert care ( www.reuters.com )
Japan Airlines counts losses from wrecked Tokyo plane ( www.reuters.com )
The airline estimated losses of more than $100 million.
Israel bombed Beirut with a Drone, targeting a Hamas official and killing 4-5 others ( www.reuters.com )
Israel bombed Beirut with a Drone, targeting a Hamas official and killing 4-5 others ( www.reuters.com )
This is a major escalation that could greatly expand the war and drag hezbollah deeper into the war, which was already involved in skirmishes with Israel in Lebanese regions that Israel occupies....
[2013] Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N. ( www.reuters.com )
North Korea's Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations ( www.reuters.com )
TIL: A South Korean software engineer commemorated a headstone for Internet Explorer which read "He was a good tool to download other browsers" ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli troops kill 12 Palestinians, desecrate West Bank mosque ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli troops killed a youth at a hospital and read out Jewish prayers at a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids that Palestinian authorities said on Thursday killed 12 and that Israel said helped capture dozens of militants....
New COP28 draft text does not mention phase out of fossil fuels ( www.reuters.com )
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Nvidia CEO aims to set up a base in Vietnam ( www.reuters.com )
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COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C -IEA ( www.reuters.com )
A raft of new pledges announced at the COP28 climate summit - from tripling renewables to reining in methane emissions - won't be enough on their own to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Sunday....
Russia tries to unfreeze gold reserves for climate funds at COP28 ( www.reuters.com )
FedEx faces US racketeering lawsuit by former delivery contractor ( www.reuters.com )
PYNQ alleged that FedEx violates laws governing contractors by exercising the same level of control over those service providers as it would over employees....