- You’ll never guess the Louvre’s onetime CCTV password. (You absolutely will) CNN
- Employee reveals what Louvre's video surveillance password was at time of heist Yahoo
- France mourns its stolen crown jewels as their uncomfortable colonial past returns to view abcnews.go.com
- Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say The Guardian
- Louvre Heist: What to Know About the Suspects and Investigation The New York Times
5,000-year-old wine press and evidence of religious rituals unearthed during highway construction project in Israel – CBS News
- 5,000-year-old wine press and evidence of religious rituals unearthed during highway construction project in Israel CBS News
- Archaeologists unearth 5,000-year-old winepress and Canaanite ritual artifacts near Tel Megiddo Archaeology News Online Magazine
- Earliest Winepress in Israel and Cultic Set Discovered in Canaanite Megiddo Haaretz
- 5,000-year-old grape press, oldest proof of wine production in Israel, found near Megiddo The Times of Israel
- An Intact 3,300-Year-Old Ritual Kit from the Ancient Canaanite Civilization Discovered La Brújula Verde
Russian soldier jailed for life after being found guilty of shooting dead Ukrainian PoW, in unprecedented ruling – CNN
- Russian soldier jailed for life after being found guilty of shooting dead Ukrainian PoW, in unprecedented ruling CNN
- Russian soldier sentenced to life in jail in unprecedented Ukrainian trial BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian court jails Russian soldier for killing PoW in landmark sentence The Guardian
- Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life for executing prisoner of war Financial Times
- Ukraine jails Russian soldier for life for killing POW in first such ruling Reuters
Philippine death toll from devastating typhoon nears 200 – The Washington Post
- Philippine death toll from devastating typhoon nears 200 The Washington Post
- Typhoon Kalmaegi kills three in Vietnam after leaving 188 dead in Philippines BBC
- Sustainable Switch: COP30 starts as Typhoon Kalmaegi kills hundreds Reuters
- Philippine Flood-Corruption Scandal Comes to Fore After Latest Typhoon Time Magazine
- Is it safe to travel to Vietnam and Thailand during Typhoon Kalmaegi? The Independent
World’s biggest polluters are no-shows at start of UN climate summit in Brazil – PBS
- World’s biggest polluters are no-shows at start of UN climate summit in Brazil PBS
- COP30 U.N. Climate Talks Are Starting in Brazil. Here’s What to Know. The New York Times
- COP makes me excited about emerging companies again Financial Times
- ‘Love motels’ and Amazon oil drilling are just a few of the ways this global gathering is mired in chaos CNN
- Planet in peril: 30 years of climate talks in six charts Reuters
Donald Trump wants South Africa out of the G20 as it gears up for world summit – BBC
- Donald Trump wants South Africa out of the G20 as it gears up for world summit BBC
- Trump, 79, Gets Basic Geography Wrong in Awkward Senior Moment The Daily Beast
- Trump confuses South America and South Africa during speech in Miami The Independent
- Trump says he’ll skip G20 summit, calls for South Africa’s removal africanews.com
- ‘Shouldn't even be in the Gs anymore’: Trump says he won’t attend G20 Summit in South Africa The Hindu
Trump wants South Africa out of the G20 as it gears up for world summit
The US leader has repeatedly accused South Africa of persecuting its white minority - which Pretoria denies.
Appeal to stop ostrich cull dismissed by Canada’s top court
The farmers have few legal options left, as officials say they will now kill more than 300 ostriches.
World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term in Cameroon
Paul Biya has been in power since 1982 - the opposition says the election was rigged.
Is Mary Still Mediatrix of Graces? – Catholic Answers
- Is Mary Still Mediatrix of Graces? Catholic Answers
- Vatican Clarifies Mary’s Role and New Polygamy Document EWTN Vatican
- Mary was not co-redeemer, Vatican says amid spread of cult of the Madonna The Guardian
- Doctrinal Note on Marian titles: Mother of the faithful, not Co-redemptrix Vatican News
- Jesus, not Virgin Mary, saved the world, Vatican says Reuters
Weapons cache linked to Hamas found in Vienna by Austria’s intelligence service – AP News
- Weapons cache linked to Hamas found in Vienna by Austria’s intelligence service AP News
- Weapons cache believed linked to Hamas found in Vienna by Austria’s intelligence service CNN
- Man suspected of helping plan Hamas attacks on Jewish targets in Europe is arrested The Times of Israel
- Hamas weapons cache for ‘possible terrorist attacks in Europe’ found in Vienna The Telegraph
- UK man Hamas terror cellmember suspect arrested The Jerusalem Post
Western Media Won’t Call IDF Gang Rape What It Is – Novara Media
- Western Media Won’t Call IDF Gang Rape What It Is Novara Media
- Torture in Israeli prisons rose sharply during war, says freed Palestinian author The Guardian
- ‘The Silence after the Screams’: How Western Media Helped Justify the Rape of Palestinians Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
- Nearly half of Palestinian child detainees have no charge Defense for Children Palestine
- Israel released around 2,000 Palestinians from prisons as part of the ceasefire deal. But thousands of other Palestinian detainees and political prisoners remain locked up in Israeli jails. What will happen to them? facebook.com
Exclusive: Egypt and Turkey boost support for Sudan’s army following RSF capture of el-Fasher – Middle East Eye
- Exclusive: Egypt and Turkey boost support for Sudan's army following RSF capture of el-Fasher Middle East Eye
- One man’s story inside the siege of El Fasher, Sudan – podcast The Guardian
- The Bloodlands of Africa Tablet Magazine
- Satellite images suggest evidence of mass burials ongoing in Sudan's el-Fasher The Washington Post
- Terror Returns to Darfur Foreign Affairs
Ukraine says it has hit a major Russian oil refinery with long-range drones – AP News
Russian oil discounts widen as Indian and Chinese refiners cut purchases, sources say – Reuters
- Russian oil discounts widen as Indian and Chinese refiners cut purchases, sources say Reuters
- Russian Oil Finds Fewer Takers in China After Hit From Sanctions Bloomberg.com
- Russian oil discounts said to widen as Indian and Chinese refiners cut purchases The Economic Times
- Impact of Reliance exposure to US? RIL cuts Russian crude buys; prepares to stop imports from sanctioned Times of India
- India's Russian oil imports rise in October, shiptracking data shows Reuters
Typhoon which killed almost 200 in Philippines and Vietnam weakens
One of the year's deadliest storms has headed west to Cambodia and Laos after barreling through Vietnam.
German police detain man over painting swastikas on cars in own blood – Euronews.com
- German police detain man over painting swastikas on cars in own blood Euronews.com
- Dozens of swastikas painted in human blood daubed on property across German city abcnews.go.com
- Man held after cars in German city found smeared with swastikas in blood BBC
- Germany news: Police investigate swastika vandalism DW
- Police detain man who allegedly painted swastikas with his own blood on cars, buildings in Germany AP News
Man held after cars in German city found smeared with swastikas in blood
Cars, walls and postboxes were defaced, in what appeared to be human blood.
‘She wasn’t afraid of the bombs’ — Kherson locals in awe over Angelina Jolie’s visit – The Kyiv Independent
- 'She wasn't afraid of the bombs' — Kherson locals in awe over Angelina Jolie's visit The Kyiv Independent
- Angelina Jolie’s Driver in Ukraine Is Taken Away for the Draft The New York Times
- Angelina Jolie visits Ukraine's frontline city Kherson Reuters
- Angelina Jolie visits Kherson and Mykolaiv in support of civilians Euronews.com
- As Angelina Jolie tours war-torn Ukraine, her driver is arrested and drafted into the army Meduza
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
After New York City’s race for mayor catapulted Zohran Mamdani from state assembly member into one of the world’s most prominent progressive voices, intense debate swirled over the ideas at the heart of his campaign.
His critics and opponents painted pledges such as free bus service, universal childcare and rent freezes as unworkable, unrealistic and exorbitantly expensive.
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