How the Killing of a Rabbi in Dubai Upended a Community That Thought It Was Safe – The Wall Street Journal

  1. How the Killing of a Rabbi in Dubai Upended a Community That Thought It Was Safe  The Wall Street Journal
  2. U.A.E. Arrests 3 Uzbeks Linked to Murder of Israeli Rabbi  The New York Times
  3. Murder of Chabad emissary tests UAE relations with Israel  The Jerusalem Post
  4. NYT changes headline about murdered Dubai rabbi following public outcry: 'Call it for what it is'  Fox News
  5. UAE Official Flies to Israel to Comfort Family of Rabbi Kogan  COLlive
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80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France – The New York Times

  1. 80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France  The New York Times
  2. For the first time, France's Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre  The Associated Press
  3. Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiers  Al Jazeera English
  4. Thiaroye killings: France admits West African colonial 'massacre', Senegal President Faye says  BBC.com
  5. Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French massacre of African soldiers  Reuters
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Australia PM says Musk pushing agenda after social media ban – DW (English)

  1. Australia PM says Musk pushing agenda after social media ban  DW (English)
  2. Australia bans social media for everyone under 16  Fox Business
  3. Australian PM ready to 'engage' with Musk on social media teen ban  Yahoo! Voices
  4. 'I will still use it' vows youth, as Australia's under-16 social media ban sparks anger, relief  KSL.com
  5. Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law  The Associated Press
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Australia restricting number of domestic workers foreign diplomats can bring into the country, UN official says

Information campaign directed at diplomatic missions expected after court cases highlighted ‘slave-like’ working conditions for domestic workers


The Australian government has restricted foreign diplomats bringing domestic workers into the country, a UN anti-slavery expert has reported, after two recent federal court cases exposed systemic exploitation a judge described as “slave-like working conditions”.

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See the scale of destruction in Hezbollah’s stronghold near Beirut – The Washington Post

  1. See the scale of destruction in Hezbollah’s stronghold near Beirut  The Washington Post
  2. Jake Sullivan reacts to Republicans crediting Trump for Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire  NBC News
  3. Former NATO chief says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire a ‘direct result’ of incoming Trump admin  The Hill
  4. After setbacks, Iran sees Lebanon cease-fire as chance to regroup  The Washington Post
  5. Israel Strikes Sites in Lebanon Amid Fragile Cease-Fire  The New York Times
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Man charged with murdering his parents after bodies found at Sydney shop

Allan Chiem, 31, will remain in custody after allegedly murdering his father, 69, and mother, 68

A 31-year-old man has been charged with allegedly murdering his parents at their shop in western Sydney.

Allan Chiem appeared in Parramatta local court on Sunday morning after he was arrested just after midnight at a home in Canley Heights in the city’s west and charged with two counts of domestic violence murder.

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Anthony Albanese insists environment laws still on agenda despite killing deal with Greens

PM overruled negotiations between environment minister and the Greens after speaking with WA premier last week

Anthony Albanese insists Labor’s plans to establish a national environmental watchdog are still on the table after he quashed a deal with the Greens in parliament’s final sitting week.

Last-minute negotiations between the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, and the Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, were overruled by the prime minister on Tuesday after he spoke with the Western Australian premier, Roger Cook.

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Hamas says open to ‘all ideas and proposals’ ahead of hostage-truce talks in Cairo – The Times of Israel

  1. Hamas says open to ‘all ideas and proposals’ ahead of hostage-truce talks in Cairo  The Times of Israel
  2. Egypt hosts Hamas in new Gaza ceasefire push, looting halts aid  Reuters
  3. Gaza’s hopes for ceasefire dim despite renewed US efforts following Lebanon truce  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Hamas may agree to gradual withdrawal of IDF troops from Gaza, Saudi outlet reports  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Hamas Delegation in Cairo to Discuss 'Day After' in Gaza, Not Hostage Deal  Haaretz
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Venomous tiger snake slithers up driver’s leg on Melbourne freeway

Woman weaves through traffic at 80km/h before fleeing from snake in car barefoot and attempting to flag down passing motorists

Victoria police have carried out one of the “more bizarre welfare checks” after a deadly tiger snake slithered up a driver’s leg as she was travelling at 80km/h on a major freeway.

Police said they were called to Monash Freeway near the Toorak Rd exit in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs on Saturday morning after receiving reports of a barefoot woman trying to flag down passing traffic.

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American-Israeli hostage urges Trump to free Gaza captives in new video

Edan Alexander, who was taken prisoner on 7 Oct, asked Donald Trump to secure his freedom in a Hamas video condemned by the White House

The White House has condemned a Hamas-issued propaganda video of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander urging president-elect Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a deal to free remaining hostages in Gaza, calling it “a cruel reminder of Hamas’s terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own”.

In the video, titled “Soon … Time is running out” and posted on Saturday on the Telegram channel of Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, Alexander calls on Trump to use his “influence and the full power of the United States to negotiate for our freedom”.

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After setbacks, Iran sees Lebanon cease-fire as chance to regroup – The Washington Post

  1. After setbacks, Iran sees Lebanon cease-fire as chance to regroup  The Washington Post
  2. Israel Strikes Sites in Lebanon Amid Fragile Cease-Fire  The New York Times
  3. Several wounded in two Israeli strikes in south Lebanon, health ministry says  Reuters.com
  4. Analysis: Can the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire hold?  Al Jazeera English
  5. Israel cease-fire deal has critics worried over Biden, Obama officials looking to stymie incoming Trump admin  Fox News
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Greek city of Thessaloniki gets new metro system with driverless trains after years of delays – The Associated Press

  1. Greek city of Thessaloniki gets new metro system with driverless trains after years of delays  The Associated Press
  2. New Greek metro is archaeological window on the past  Reuters
  3. New subway system in Greece puts archaeological finds discovered during construction on display for passengers  Fox News
  4. PM highlights Thessaloniki metro launch  Kathimerini English Edition
  5. Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city gets new metro  Euronews
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