- Israeli Forces Keep Striking in Gaza Alongside Cease-Fire in Lebanon The New York Times
- Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip leave 15 dead, medics say Reuters
- LIVE: Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, imposes curfew on southern Lebanon Al Jazeera English
- Death toll in Gaza from Israel-Hamas war passes 44,000, Palestinian officials say The Associated Press
- Dozens reportedly killed in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza BBC.com
A Chinese ship is suspected of sabotaging undersea cables – The Verge
- A Chinese ship is suspected of sabotaging undersea cables The Verge
- Exclusive | Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables The Wall Street Journal
- European officials cry sabotage after two internet cables are cut in the Baltic Sea CNN
- Satellite Image Shows Chinese Ship Suspected of Sabotage in 'NATO Lake' Newsweek
- Displaced Lebanese Return to Their Homes Amid Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire The Daily Beast
Russian rouble drops to lowest level against the dollar in 32 months – Al Jazeera English
- Russian rouble drops to lowest level against the dollar in 32 months Al Jazeera English
- Russian Ruble Collapses As Putin's Economy in Trouble Newsweek
- Kremlin tries to reassure panicking Russians over collapsing rouble The Telegraph
- Russia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine war The Guardian
- Russian Central Bank Halts Currency Buying Until 2025 as Ruble Slides The Moscow Times
Russian rouble drops to lowest level against the dollar in 32 months
Currency falls beyond 110 to the US dollar for first time since just after Ukraine invasion, Russian state media report.
Malnourished Baby Who Had ‘Never Known Daylight or Fresh Air’ Kept In Drawer for Years: Prosecutors – TooFab
- Malnourished Baby Who Had 'Never Known Daylight or Fresh Air' Kept In Drawer for Years: Prosecutors TooFab
- Mother Sentenced for Hiding Baby Daughter in Drawer for First 3 Years of Her Life: ‘Extreme Neglect’ PEOPLE
- Woman sentenced for hiding malnourished child in bed drawer for years WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
- Mother who kept three-year-old locked in a drawer jailed for seven years The Guardian
- Mother jailed for hiding baby in drawer for 3 years: 'She hadn’t known daylight or fresh air' LiveNOW from FOX
NASA shows off image “acquired by chance” of U.S. military’s abandoned “city under the ice” in Greenland – CBS News
- NASA shows off image "acquired by chance" of U.S. military's abandoned "city under the ice" in Greenland CBS News
- NASA Found a Secret Military Base Buried 100 Feet Deep in Greenland’s Ice Shelf Yahoo! Voices
- New View of the “City Under the Ice” nasa.gov
- 'City under the ice': NASA scientists find abandoned Cold War military base in Greenland USA TODAY
- NASA radar accidentally finds secret Cold War 'city under the ice' in Greenland Fox Weather
Hell and high water: Gaza waits for a ceasefire of its own
Conflicting emotions in Gaza as the people there watch the ceasefire in Lebanon take effect.
China releases three US citizens held for years in prisoner swap
Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung freed after Biden administration forges rare agreement with Beijing
Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released in a prisoner swap, the White House has said, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.
The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug charges while Li and Leung were imprisoned on espionage charges.
Continue reading...South Korea’s Seoul hit by heaviest November snowfall on record
Seoul, South Korea’s capital, was blanketed by the heaviest November snowfall on record.
Russian Central Bank Halts Currency Buying Until 2025 as Ruble Slides – The Moscow Times
- Russian Central Bank Halts Currency Buying Until 2025 as Ruble Slides The Moscow Times
- Russian Ruble Collapses As Putin's Economy in Trouble Newsweek
- Russia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine war The Guardian
- US Sanctions Hit Ruble as Russia’s FX Sources Are Drying Up Bloomberg
- Ruble tumbles as Russia’s war economy comes under increasing strain POLITICO Europe
China releases three US citizens in final days of Biden term: White House
US says Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung were wrongfully detained and are returning home.
Nordics, Baltic States And Poland Ready To Expand Russia Sanctions – Barron’s
- Nordics, Baltic States And Poland Ready To Expand Russia Sanctions Barron's
- Nordic, Baltic countries and Poland to increase support, ammunition to Ukraine Reuters
- Baltics Sea region PMs meet to discuss regional security ahead of Trump’s return EURACTIV
- Group of European countries pledge expanded support for Ukraine By IANS Investing.com India
- Leaders of Poland, Nordic & Baltic countries affirm strong support for Ukraine GZERO Media
Lebanon ceasefire: What we know about Israel-Hezbollah deal – BBC.com
- Lebanon ceasefire: What we know about Israel-Hezbollah deal BBC.com
- A Battered and Diminished Hezbollah Accepts a Cease-Fire The New York Times
- The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in 4 maps and charts CNN
- Israeli northern residents fume at ceasefire, still feel vulnerable to attack Reuters.com
- Israel’s ceasefire with Lebanon makes peace in Gaza ever less likely The Guardian
How and why UNIFIL failed to ‘keep peace’ in Lebanon
And will continue to fail unless its mandate and aims change.
Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America JTA News - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Is Uruguay too stable for its own good? The Economist
- Uruguay’s Center Left Reclaims Power in Presidential Election The New York Times
- Uruguay ousts conservative government, elects leftist opposition candidate as turnout hits 90 percent Fox News
- Uruguay’s center-left candidate wins presidential election Semafor
Diver describes rescuing nephew from capsized Egypt boat
Seven people remain missing days after Sea Story sank after reportedly being hit by a large wave.
Pakistan army and police accused of firing on Imran Khan supporters
Multiple protesters said to have been killed and hundreds injured in Islamabad amid calls for Khan’s release from jail
Pakistan’s army and police have been accused of firing on civilians, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries to hundreds of protesters who had stormed Islamabad on Tuesday to demand the release of the former prime minister Imran Khan from prison.
As tens of thousands of Khan’s supporters stormed the capital on Tuesday in defiance of government orders, the army and paramilitary forces were deployed in huge numbers and issued with shoot-to-kill orders to try to stop the crowds reaching the heart of Islamabad’s sensitive Red Zone, which houses the parliament, supreme court and prime minister’s residence.
Continue reading...Beirut resident returning home: ‘Everything was gone’
25 year-old Rayane Salman describes how she and her parents lost their home and possessions in an Israeli air strike.
Private contractors in US eye windfall from Trump’s push to deport migrants
Trump’s pledge to pursue 'mass deportation' is likely to increase demand for detention facilities and surveillance.
Astronauts unbox Thanksgiving meal aboard ISS
"We're thankful for zero gravity" says stranded astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore.