Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Journalist in Gaza Describes Last 24 Hours as the Deadliest in Months ( truthout.org )
Trial begins for religious sect accused of killing child ( www.bbc.com )
Members of an Australian religious group have gone on trial accused of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl by denying her medical care and offering prayer instead....
Purgatory in paradise: how a shipwreck off Diego Garcia led to three years of hell and horror ( www.theguardian.com )
It was 10 days into the journey when the boat sprang a leak. Dozens of men, women and children were crowded on to a fishing boat, all Tamils fleeing persecution in their home country, Sri Lanka. They had hoped to reach sanctuary in Canada....
Iranian Warship Sahand Capsizes And Sinks ( www.navalnews.com )
Russian Wrestlers Refuse Olympic Invite to Participate Under Neutral Flag ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Increasingly Isolated US Leans on Anglophone Countries Instead of Policy Changes ( truthout.org )
Top Vatican Official Accused of Lying Over €350 Million Real Estate Deal ( www.bloomberg.com )
Biden backs Starmer’s bid to renegotiate Brexit and bring UK closer to EU ( www.independent.co.uk )
US justice department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation ( www.theguardian.com )
“Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground ( www.democracynow.org )
Germany gets top marks for integration of migrants ( www.dw.com )
A new OECD study has found Germany is successfully integrating migrants despite obstacles such as migrants often having little education....
IDF ordered Hannibal directive on October 7 to prevent Hamas taking soldiers captive ( www.haaretz.com )
Gaza Division operations and airstrikes in the first hours of October 7 were based on limited information. The first long moments after the Hamas attack was launched were chaotic. Reports were coming in, with their significance not always clear. When their meaning was understood, it was realized that something horrific had taken...
Scammed by the fake Chinese police ( www.bbc.com )
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
US blocks British court from British territory ( www.bbc.com )
Greece defends new six-day working week legislation, says it's an 'exceptional measure' ( www.cnbc.com )
The Greek government has defended its new six-day working week policy, saying it is an “exceptional measure” that would only be applied in “specific circumstances.”...
Russian court finds playwright and director duo guilty over Isis wives play ( www.independent.co.uk )
A military court in Moscow convicted a Russian playwright and a theatre director for “justifying terrorism” in a play about Isis brides and sentenced them to six years in prison each....
A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that ( apnews.com )
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas ( apnews.com )
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm ( electrek.co )
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
