- Israel-Gaza war: US blocks Security Council ceasefire resolution BBC.com
- U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution The New York Times
- LIVE: Israel kills dozens in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria; US defends UNSC veto Al Jazeera English
- US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire, saying it doesn’t guarantee release of hostages CNN
- Biden admin vetoes UN Security Council draft resolution against Israel that would 'embolden Hamas' Fox News
Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they’re shooting civilians – NPR
Archegos’s Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud
Hwang had been convicted in July on 10 criminal charges including wire and securities fraud, market manipulation.
Final hours of missing Melbourne woman Isla Bell’s life captured by CCTV, police allege
Nineteen-year-old last seen leaving her Brunswick home in October and remains yet to be formally identified have been found in Dandenong
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The final hours of missing teen Isla Bell’s life have been captured on CCTV in the Melbourne apartment building of her alleged killer, according to court documents.
The documents released by the court on Wednesday afternoon detail how the 19-year-old allegedly ended up at Marat Ganiev’s St Kilda East apartment on 7 October.
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Continue reading...The model, British tech and Russia’s war machine
£1.6m of British kit shipped to companies tied to Russian military despite sanctions, customs documents claim.
European parliament reaches deal on approving von der Leyen’s top team
European Commission should take office on 1 December after centre-right EPP and Socialists forge compromise
European parliament leaders have reached a deal to approve Ursula von der Leyen’s top team, paving the way for the new European Commission to take office on 1 December.
Leaders of the centre-right European People’s party (EPP), the Socialists and the centrist Renew group – who between them have 56% of the parliament’s 720 seats – forged a compromise on Wednesday intended to ensure that von der Leyen’s nominees would be approved in a vote next week.
Continue reading...At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: UN
UN official warns millions of Haitians 'being held hostage' amid surge in gang-related violence in Haitian capital.
Indian conglomerate chair Gautam Adani indicted in the US
One of the richest people in the world, Gautam Adani, was indicted over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You’ll die alone – BBC.com
- Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You'll die alone BBC.com
- As Pelicot Rape Trial Nears End in France, Wife Speaks of ‘Banality’ The New York Times
- Pelicot trial: young vineyard worker proposed drugging and raping his own mother The Guardian
- Gisèle Pelicot held trial in public to force debate on rape culture, say lawyers The Guardian
- Children of Gisèle Pelicot decry 'house of horror' as French mass rape trial nears end FRANCE 24 English
National Security law under scrutiny as Jimmy Lai takes the stand
Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s ‘Apple Daily,’ testified Wednesday in his national security trial
Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Bunker-Busting Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles At Russian Commanders – Forbes
- Ukrainian Bombers Fire 10 Bunker-Busting Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles At Russian Commanders Forbes
- Ukraine fires UK-made Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for first time, say reports CNN
- Healey faces MP questions after ’12 Storm Shadow missiles used in Russia’ The Independent
- Ukraine fires UK-made missiles into Russia for first time The Guardian
- Ukraine Fires UK Cruise Missiles at Russia for First Time Bloomberg
US charges Indian billionaire with fraud
The allegations of bribery and fraud are the latest blow for the tycoon, one of India's richest people.
US vetoes Security Council’s Gaza ceasefire resolution
Fourteen of the 15 members voted in favour, but Washington said the text would send "dangerous message" to Hamas.
Are K-pop stars workers? South Korea says no
In a dispute involving band NewJeans, the government said celebrities were not entitled to the same rights as workers.
Three men arrested after bomb squad called to bus station in Glasgow
Bus station closed after report of ‘potential suspicious item’ but Police Scotland say ‘nothing suspicious found’ after controlled explosion
Three men have been arrested and a controlled explosion was carried out after a bus station was closed for several hours after reports of a “potential suspicious item” found in the area.
Police Scotland said at about 9.40pm on Wednesday that nothing suspicious was found, despite the controlled explosion at Buchanan bus station.
Continue reading...Anti-landmine groups criticise US for sending mines to Ukraine
It marks a "shocking and devastating development" in the war, says Human Rights Watch.
House ethics committee deadlocked on whether to release Matt Gaetz report
Panel met on Wednesday but didn’t reach a decision on releasing the report on Trump’s controversial AG pick
The House ethics committee deadlocked on releasing a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz, the former Republican representative and Donald Trump’s choice to lead the US justice department, after the panel met behind closed doors on Wednesday.
Emerging from the meeting after roughly two hours, most members of the panel declined to offer details on their discussion, but the Republican chair, Michael Guest, told reporters that there was “not an agreement by the committee to release the report”.
Continue reading...Police suspect arson behind overnight fire that destroyed Melbourne’s Lux nightclub
About 50 firefighters and 15 fire trucks called to battle blaze at venue in Chapel Street, South Yarra
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A Melbourne nightclub has been razed after a suspicious fire broke out in the middle of the night.
Lux nightclub on Chapel Street in South Yarra was engulfed in flames early on Thursday, with about 50 firefighters and 15 fire trucks called to battle the blaze.
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Continue reading...Biden urged to use clemency powers to tackle ‘crisis’ of US mass incarceration
Members of Congress call on president to pardon or commute sentences before he leaves White House
More than 60 members of Congress have written to Joe Biden calling on him to use his presidential clemency powers to reunite families, address unfair sentencing policies, and begin to tackle the scourge of mass incarceration, which they said was eroding “the soul of America”.
Biden has 61 days left before he leaves the White House in which he could pardon or commute the sentences of incarcerated Americans. The letter, signed by a number of prominent Democratic politicians and spearheaded by the progressive politician Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, urges Biden to act while he still can.
Continue reading...Canada’s employment minister resigns after shifting his claims of Indigenous ancestry
Randy Boissonnault to ‘step away from cabinet’ after being accused of ‘pretendianism’ and improper business dealings
Canada’s employment minister has resigned from the cabinet after weeks of scrutiny over both his business dealings and his shifting claims of Indigenous ancestry.
Moments before question period on Wednesday, prime minister Justin Trudeau’s office said Randy Boissonnault would “step away from cabinet effective immediately” and will “focus on clearing the allegations made against him”.
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