China is slowly erasing Tibet's name ( feddit.de )
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Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians ( www.theguardian.com )
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Anti-corruption presidential candidate assassinated at campaign event in Ecuador's capital ( apnews.com )
Divers willing to go ‘Whenever, Wherever’ save dog named Shakira from bat-infested cave ( ca.sports.yahoo.com )
Sunak's family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences ( www.thelondoneconomic.com )
A firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP two months before the prime minister opened hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea....
The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of 1 billion people ( abcnews.go.com )
Spotify spotted prepping a $19.99/mo 'Superpremium' service with lossless audio, AI playlists and more | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
US proposes January start for Trump election trial ( www.reuters.com )
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday asked a federal judge to begin former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden on Jan. 2, 2024....
The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leased a plot of land to an oil and natural gas company while the judge was weakening the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, report says ( news.yahoo.com )
Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer To Fight In A Cage ( deadline.com )
Spotify to phase out service in Uruguay following new copyright bill requiring ‘fair and equitable remuneration’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands stranded at burning man ( www.npr.org )
Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito’s Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal ( www.propublica.org )
ProPublica strikes back....
Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result ( www.cnn.com )
Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank....
Matthew Perry dead ( www.tmz.com )
France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations ( www.bbc.com )
Five former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation ( www.gamesindustry.biz )
Russian mercenary boss vows to avenge alleged army attack; Moscow denies accusation ( www.reuters.com )
An unverified video posted on the "Razgruzka Wagner" (Wagner's Combat Vest) Telegram channel showed a scene in a forest where small fires were burning and trees appeared to have been broken by force....
"The West turned its gaze away from Iran, but the cruelties continued" - rights activist reminds the world on a regime still torturing its citizens ( www.euronews.com )
“Prisoners have been tortured into confessing, and if physical torture didn’t work, interrogators would threaten their families. Many women have reported being raped whilst in prison,” writes civil rights activist Nasrin Parvaz.
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony ( apnews.com )
Israel intensifies ground and air strikes on nearly cut-off Gaza while UN denounces 'war crimes' in conflict for first time and warns many will soon starve to death ( english.elpais.com )
“In the beginning, people could go to the market or to the stores. Now, no more. Stores have empty shelves. People are struggling to get food, but there are already people starving in Gaza,” warns Nebal Farsakh, spokesman for the Palestinian Red Crescent, speaking over the phone....
Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare ( www.wired.com )
The Guardian view on danger at sea: The contrast between the frantic hunt for a missing submersible and the failure to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is illuminating ( www.theguardian.com )
A massive operation is under way to find and save a stricken vessel and its passengers. As time passes, anxious families and friends wait with growing fear. The US coastguard, Canadian armed forces and commercial vessels are all hunting for the Titan submersible, which has gone missing with five aboard on a dive to the wreck of...
The pork industry’s forced cannibalism, explained ( www.vox.com )
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