Starbucks Union Plans to Strike Over Pride Décor and Labor Practices ( www.nytimes.com )
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Israel storms Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing scores ( www.reuters.com )
South Korean true crime fanatic murdered stranger ‘out of curiosity’ ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Israel drops leaflets warning people to flee southern Gaza towns ( www.theguardian.com )
Chinese officials cover up anti-Beijing placards in San Francisco as Xi Jinping arrives for Apec summit ( feddit.de )
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Explosion at Canadian embassy in Nigeria kills two ( www.reuters.com )
The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world ( www.theguardian.com )
20,000 people feared dead in Libyan city destroyed by floods.A precise tally of the rising number of people killed is incredibly difficult ( www.nbcnews.com )
U.S., Florida Gov. DeSantis says shorter lifespans should protect people from losing Social Security and Medicare protection ( web.archive.org )
"I think it started before COVID and I think it’s continued even here afterwards. I think it’s more than, more than just COVID. I mean, I think that there’s deaths of despair. I think you have (drugs),” DeSantis said. Life expectancy in the U.S. has decreased to 76.4 years in 2023 from 77.28 in 2020, according to Centers...
Russian rouble sinks, Kremlin blames loose monetary policy ( www.reuters.com )
The rouble has lost around a quarter of its value against the dollar since Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, as Western sanctions shrink Russia’s balance of trade and military spending soars....
Hong Kong: Human Rights Groups Urge Tech Firms To Oppose Protest Song Ban ( web.archive.org )
Tech companies should oppose the Hong Kong government’s application for an injunction to ban broadcasting and distribution of the 2019 protest song, “Glory to Hong Kong,” Human Rights Watch says. The sought-for injunction reflects the Chinese government’s expanding efforts to control information not just within its...
Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study ( www.timesofisrael.com )
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Russia wages electronic warfare ‘using UK-made tech’, Ukraine dossier claims ( www.theguardian.com )
Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera? ( www.972mag.com )
Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says ( apnews.com )
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Indonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, largely funded by China ( apnews.com )
Victims of Guatemalan military seek justice for war crimes ( theworld.org )
France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation exposure levels ( www.bbc.co.uk )
Apple disputing tests by watchdog that showed radio frequency exposure was higher than permitted.
Decades After Dictatorship, Chile Mounts Search for Hundreds Who Vanished ( www.nytimes.com )
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Russia may annex Georgian breakaway regions -Medvedev ( www.reuters.com )
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Canada’s raging fires have burned the equivalent of Alabama ( wapo.st )
Large blazes in the Northwest Territories have forced evacuations and military deployments....
China's sliding yuan could be next 'black swan event' for markets, hedge fund EDL says ( www.reuters.com )
EDL Capital, which manages about $1 billion, said factors weighing on the yuan include geopolitical tensions driving Western countries to re-home supply chains that will starve China of foreign investment. China’s labour market has also grown less competitive versus other Asian countries such as Vietnam and India, while a...
Albury resident 'crying out' for justice 19 years after surviving horrific massacre in east Africa ( www.abc.net.au )
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Myanmar’s military said it bombed ‘terrorists.’ It killed children. ( wapo.st )
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