What happened when a city started accepting – not evicting – homeless camps
Faced with a housing and homelessness crisis, Halifax has set aside city sites for people to live in tents. Not everyone is behind the plan.
Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten by security camera – The Associated Press
- Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten by security camera The Associated Press
- The weasel took my shoe, and other adventures in parenting Deseret News
- Police track down unlikely shoe thief from Japanese kindergarten The Guardian
- Paws up! Police find shoe thief at a kindergarten is actually a weasel. The Washington Post
- Cameras installed at Japan day care after shoe thefts uncover unexpected culprit - The Mainichi The Mainichi
Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis
Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in more than 20 countries during Black Friday to press for better workers’ rights and climate action from the US retailer..
Workers and representatives from unions and workers’ groups intend to join protests against the Seattle-based company’s practices between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (29 November and 2 December), one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year.
Continue reading...Hezbollah fires rocket barrages into Israel after deadly Beirut strikes
It is one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in Lebanon in September.
Drone footage shows huge fire engulfing Manila shanty town
Around 1,000 houses were destroyed in the blaze, officials say, months after a similar incident in the Philippine capital.
Uruguay election: opposition centre-left figure Yamandu Orsi wins presidential runoff
Former history teacher says the ‘horizon is brightening’ as all political rivals pledged to work together to move the country forward
Centre-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay’s presidential election, official results showed on Sunday, with 97% of votes tallied, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.
Yamandu Orsi, the pre-election favourite by a few points, secured 49.77% of the vote to conservative Alvaro Delgado’s 45.94%, official results showed.
Continue reading...Live briefing: Director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza is injured – The Washington Post
- Live briefing: Director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza is injured The Washington Post
- Israel Has Killed Over 1,000 Doctors and Nurses in Gaza Common Dreams
- During offensive, IDF transfers patients from north Gaza hospital to safer areas The Times of Israel
- Director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital injured in attack Al Jazeera English
- Israeli Strikes Kill More Than 120 Palestinians in Gaza in Past 48 Hours, Damage Hospital Haaretz
Beijing orders investigations into local disputes after spate of deadly attacks
Mass stabbings and car rammings have prompted soul-searching about the state of society
Beijing is ramping up scrutiny of “common” disputes such as those involving marriages and property, the justice ministry said, as the public reels from a recent string of deadly attacks.
China has witnessed a spate of violent incidents in recent months – from mass stabbings to car rammings – a rare development for a country with a proud reputation for public security.
Continue reading...Israel and Lebanon on cusp of ceasefire deal, officials say – Axios
- Israel and Lebanon on cusp of ceasefire deal, officials say Axios
- Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah is ‘very close,’ regional source says, as Lebanon death toll climbs CNN
- Report: Israel agreed in principle to Hezbollah truce, Netanyahu now working on how to present it to the public The Times of Israel
- Israel moving towards deal with Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- The US says it wants a ceasefire in Lebanon, so what’s the hold-up? Al Jazeera English
‘Pregnant’ for 15 months: Inside the ‘miracle’ fertility scam
Women in Nigeria desperate to conceive are drawn into a disturbing scam involving trafficked babies.
Why Indians are risking it all to chase the American Dream
A surge in illegal border crossings by Indians into the US has left many puzzled -what’s going on?
From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
Scientists in the Caribbean are turning algae that have been choking beaches into biofuel.
Republicans push back against Democrats’ claims that Trump intelligence pick Gabbard is compromised – The Associated Press
- Republicans push back against Democrats' claims that Trump intelligence pick Gabbard is compromised The Associated Press
- GOP Sen. Mullin: 'Outright dangerous' for Dem senator to call Trump's intel chief pick 'compromised' CNN
- Republican senator: ‘We’ll have lots of questions’ for Trump’s controversial picks The Guardian US
- Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard are coming for the spooks The Economist
- Schmitt says it’s a ‘slur’ to call Gabbard a ‘Russian asset’ The Hill
South African anti-apartheid writer Breytenbach dies
The anti-apartheid critic spent seven years in prison for opposing the white minority regime.
Russian-made plane engine catches fire after landing in Turkey’s Antalya – CNN
- Russian-made plane engine catches fire after landing in Turkey’s Antalya CNN
- Passengers flee in terror after Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner bursts into flames on runway New York Post
- Russia Plane Evacuated In Turkey As Engine Catches Fire Barron's
- Russian plane catches fire after landing in Turkey but passengers and crew are safely evacuated ABC News
- Russian Plane Evacuated in Turkey as Engine Catches Fire The Moscow Times
Senate Intelligence Committee will ask Gabbard ‘lots of questions,’ Lankford says – The Hill
- Senate Intelligence Committee will ask Gabbard ‘lots of questions,’ Lankford says The Hill
- Republicans push back against Democrats' claims that Trump intelligence pick Gabbard is compromised The Associated Press
- Tulsi Gabbard terrifies Dems because she’ll clean house at DNI: Michael Shellenberge The Hill
- GOP Sen. Mullin: 'Outright dangerous' for Dem senator to call Trump's intel chief pick 'compromised' CNN
- Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard are coming for the spooks The Economist
Rabbi Found Dead in Dubai in What Israel Calls Terrorist Act – The New York Times
- Rabbi Found Dead in Dubai in What Israel Calls Terrorist Act The New York Times
- Missing Israeli rabbi who lived in UAE found dead, three arrested The Hill
- UAE arrests three suspects in killing of Israeli rabbi Reuters
- UAE announces arrests of three people linked to rabbi killed in ‘antisemitic terrorist’ murder NBC News
- US says murder of UAE rabbi a ‘horrific crime against all those who stand for peace’ The Times of Israel
50,000 Russians Are Poised To Attack 20,000 Ukrainians In Kursk – Forbes
- 50,000 Russians Are Poised To Attack 20,000 Ukrainians In Kursk Forbes
- Russian and North Korean Troops Shrink Ukraine's Gains in Kursk Newsweek
- 'The Ukrainian army is outnumbered, in men and equipment' FRANCE 24 English
- Ukrainian MiG-29 didn't take off – Russia struck it on the ground Bulgarian Military
- Ukrainian military: Kyiv forces disrupt Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast through Kursk operation Euromaidan Press
Romania election stunner: Unexpected hard-right candidate surges in presidential vote – POLITICO Europe
- Romania election stunner: Unexpected hard-right candidate surges in presidential vote POLITICO Europe
- Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania presidential election BBC.com
- Romanian leftist PM and hard-right candidate in a tie after initial presidential election round, partial results show Reuters
- Romania's PM tied with pro-Russia candidate in critical vote DW (English)
- Nationalist Georgescu Surges in Romania Presidential Vote Count Bloomberg
In Uruguay, a presidential run-off focused on ‘democratic coexistence’
Conservative Alvaro Delgado and left-wing rival Yamandu Orsi went head-to-head in the final round of Uruguay's election.