- Ukraine Claims Strike on Rosneft Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara Bloomberg.com
- Oil falls after loadings resume at key Russian export hub Reuters
- Ukraine war briefing: Drones hit Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery The Guardian
- Ukraine attacks key Russian oil hub as deadly strikes pound Kyiv CNN
- 2% of Russian global oil supply affected following Ukrainian attack Euronews.com
50,000 fans cheer for Palestine at friendly football match in Spain
The Palestinian national football team played their first match in Europe in a generation against Basque Country.
Iran says no prospect of talks as West builds pressure over nuclear issue
Foreign minister says Iran has not been enriching uranium at any of its sites since Israel and the US bombed them.
No medical training could prepare me for a ‘life-genocide balance’
I volunteered in Gaza as a doctor. The anger, guilt, and helplessness I continue to feel are unbearable.
What DNA analysis really reveals about Hitler’s health – dw.com
- What DNA analysis really reveals about Hitler's health dw.com
- Hitler's DNA reveals Nazi leader likely had syndrome that can affect genitals, researchers say CBS News
- Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA The Guardian
- Adolf Hitler Had a Rare Genetic Sexual Disorder, According to DNA Analysis People.com
- “We analysed Hitler’s DNA – and what we discovered made us gasp” HistoryExtra
Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up – The Guardian
- Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up The Guardian
- Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years CNN
- Iran Starts Cloud Seeding as Water Crisis Forces Rationing Bloomberg.com
- Iran water crisis: Taps run dry as Tehran evacuation looms NBC News
- Opinion | Hatred of Israel Caused Iran’s Water Crisis The Wall Street Journal
UN peacekeepers say Israeli forces fire on them in southern Lebanon
Latest Israeli attack on UNIFIL comes as it continues near-daily strikes on its northern neighbour in truce violation.
‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer is killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv
Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disaster
The widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four.
Continue reading...What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s AI-powered rival to Wikipedia?
Grokipedia copies Wikipedia’s format, but loose fact-checking and weak citations leave many of its claims unreliable.
Chile votes for new president in communist vs far-right contest
Elections pit governing leftist coalition against conservative challenger and will also redefine country's legislature.
Video: Gen Z protests in Mexico fuelled by mayor’s murder
Gen Z protesters in Mexico are demanding an end to impunity for gang violence and calling for justice.
Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children – Catholic News Agency
- Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children Catholic News Agency
- Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with more than 1,300 people in need at the Vatican Catholic News Agency
- Pope Leo: Persecuted Christians are witnesses of truth, justice, hope Vatican News
- Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Nov. 16, 2025, homily for Mass for Jubilee of the Poor OSV News
- Pope Assures the Poor They Are Loved by God, Calls on Governments to Act The Good Newsroom
Angela Rayner condemns Labour infighting but does not rule out running for leader
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood calls past week of leadership speculation ‘deeply mortifying’
Angela Rayner has condemned the “arrogant tittle-tattle” and Labour infighting dominating the past week in her first major interview since her resignation.
The former deputy prime minister, often considered as a potential successor to Keir Starmer, declined to rule out running for the job or returning to frontline politics, saying she had “not gone away”.
Continue reading...Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain momentum – Politico
- Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain momentum Politico
- Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as 'Gen Z' protests gain momentum NBC News
- Protesters Rage Against Mexico’s Government Over Corruption and Violence The New York Times
- Mexico’s new generation takes to the streets, accusing leaders of protecting cartels NPR
- Protesters attack police, breach barrier at Mexico's National Palace during rally against cartel violence Fox News
What will be the fallout from Ukraine’s worsening corruption scandal?
Several ministers have resigned in the wake of a $100m corruption investigation.
Why are biologic drugs expensive? Will Trump’s plans make them cheaper?
FDA aims to speed biosimilar approvals to increase competition, but experts warn drug prices may not drop quickly.
Dermatologists criticise ‘dystopian’ skincare products aimed at children
Marketing or celebrity-led treatments for toddlers and upwards described as ‘ridiculous’ and lacking in skin benefit
Dermatologists have criticised an actor’s new skincare brand, calling it “dystopian” for creating face masks for four-year-olds, warning that the beauty industry is now expanding its reach from teenagers to toddlers.
It comes as a growing number of brands are moving into the children’s, teenage and young adult skincare market. In October, the first skincare brand developed for under-14s, Ever-eden, launched in the US. Superdrug has just created a range for those aged between 13 and 28.
Continue reading...Lawyers describe harrowing abuse of detainees in underground Israeli prison
Palestinian and Lebanese detainees being held in an underground Israeli jail face horrific mistreatment.
Spanish Armada-era astrolabe returns to Scilly after mysterious global journey
Navigation aid from 16th century was on seabed for centuries before being bought and sold in US and Australia
It spent hundreds of years languishing on the seabed off the Isles of Scilly in the far south-west of Britain before being hauled back to the surface by divers and setting off a circumnavigation of the world.
Finally the Pednathise Head astrolabe – a rare example of a 16th-century navigational instrument once used by sailors to determine latitude – is back on Scilly after being rediscovered on the other side of the Atlantic.
Continue reading...Ukraine reaches gas-import deal with Greece, Zelenskyy says – politico.eu
- Ukraine reaches gas-import deal with Greece, Zelenskyy says politico.eu
- Ukraine to import US liquefied natural gas via Greece BBC
- Ukraine signs LNG deal with Greece as Athens adopts US energy agenda Euronews.com
- Ukraine war briefing: Greece signs deal to supply gas to Kyiv over ‘difficult’ winter The Guardian
- Greece and Ukraine sign a US gas supply deal as Zelenskyy visits Athens AP News