Swiss bank Banque Pictet admits hiding $5.6 billion of Americans' money from IRS ( www.cnbc.com )
Tokyo taxi driver arrested for allegedly running into and killing pigeon ( www3.nhk.or.jp )
Catastrophic change looms as Earth nears climate ‘tipping points’, report says ( www.nature.com )
World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation ( apnews.com )
The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported....
Forest City: Inside Malaysia's Chinese-built 'ghost city' ( www.bbc.com )
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Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining ( abcnews.go.com )
The labor conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark where transport workers with the country’s largest trade union said Tuesday they will take action in solidarity with Swedish workers against the Texas-based automaker....
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids ( www.theguardian.com )
Russia planned Islamophobic campaigns in Finland, Sweden to delay Nato membership ( yle.fi )
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Depleted Myanmar Military Urges Deserters to Return to Barracks ( www.irrawaddy.com )
White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine ( apnews.com )
The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....
India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deaths ( www.reuters.com )
At least 13 killed in armed fighting in India’s ethnic riots-hit Manipur ( www.aljazeera.com )
Open secret at climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone ( www.politico.com )
Leading scientists worldwide delivered a striking dose of reality to the United Nations on Sunday: it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target they set eight years ago for limiting the warming of the Earth....
Cop28 chief says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels ( www.independent.co.uk )
The Cop28 president has claimed there is no science behind calls to phase-out fossil fuels as a way of limiting global heating to 1.5C....
Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China ( www.politico.eu )
Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...
Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist’ ( apnews.com )
Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization....
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms ( apnews.com )
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces....
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses ( www.reuters.com )
Taiwan president: China too 'overwhelmed' to consider invasion ( www.reuters.com )
Sudanese women describe being gang-raped in attacks by Arab forces ( www.reuters.com )
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions ( apnews.com )
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 ( apnews.com )
Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine ( www.businessinsider.com )
Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging Russians to have more children....
Four Palestinians, including two children, killed by Israeli forces in West Bank ( www.reuters.com )
Saudi Arabia wins bid for 2030 World Fair, beating Italy, S. Korea ( www.reuters.com )
