China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times ( www.aljazeera.com )
The number of candidates taking China’s civil service exam reaches a record high as graduates seek secure jobs.
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos ( www.theguardian.com )
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
South Korea to see population plummet to 1970s levels, government says ( www.cnn.com )
South Korea, the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, expects it to fall even further in the next two years while its overall population is expected to plummet to levels not seen since the 1970s....
Quebec to raise university fees and mandate French for out-of-province students ( www.bbc.com )
India tries to discredit anti-modi news since 2020 using state intelligence agents ( archive.today )
NEW DELHI — Since 2020, an opaque organization calling itself the Disinfo Lab has published lengthy dossiers and social media posts claiming to reveal the personal relationships and funding sources behind U.S.-based critics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Ukraine starts mass production of 750 km range “kamikaze” drones ( euromaidanpress.com )
IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says ( edition.cnn.com )
Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in Vatican financial trial sentenced to 5 1/2 years ( www.nbcnews.com )
More young people in South Korea consider marriage, childbirths as nonessential ( www.koreatimes.co.kr )
Videos show Israeli soldiers in Gaza burning food, vandalizing a shop and ransacking private homes | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
Finland to reseal entire border with Russia as temporary reopening sees new influx in migrants | Euronews ( www.euronews.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....
Ukraine faces heavy attack from air and cyberspace while Zelenskyy in US presses for more funding ( apnews.com )
Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation ( www.theguardian.com )
Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza....
Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment ( www.cnn.com )
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN....
Man flies from Denmark to Los Angeles with no passport or plane ticket ( www.theguardian.com )
The United Nations approves a cease-fire resolution despite U.S. opposition ( www.npr.org )
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power ( www.businessinsider.com )
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
‘We will not sign our own death certificate’: COP28 talks on the cusp of failure ( www.smh.com.au )
Climate-vulnerable nations’ hopes that the world was on the cusp of an agreement to rapidly phase out the use of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate summit were shattered when a new draft text emerged from negotiations drastically watering down such language....
Saudi Arabia is trying to block a global deal to end fossil fuels, negotiators say ( www.carbonbrief.org )
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny declared missing ( www.independent.co.uk )
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been declared missing by his lawyers and allies just days after Vladimir Putin announced he would run for a fifth presidential term next year....
Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95 ( apnews.com )
Renowned Chinese doctor and activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS virus epidemic in rural China in the 1990s died Sunday at the age of 95 at her home in the United States....
