- Storm Sara: Hundreds of Honduran villages cut off by rain BBC.com
- Southeast: Flood Threat From Sara’s Remnants The Weather Channel
- Tropical Storm Sara’s remnants to bring heavy rain, strong gusts to Florida Panhandle Pensacola News Journal
- Sara dissipates while moving into Gulf of Mexico, tropical moisture will spike Florida rain chances WESH 2 Orlando
- Sara weakens to tropical depression but could still add to Southeast weather woes USA TODAY
Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN Security Council
UK slams Russia for vetoing resolution urging immediate end to hostilities, talks to reach 'national ceasefire'.
‘A coding Mozart’: Seven-year-old gets job offer from Russian IT firm
The software company's boss said Sergey, who teaches coding in online videos, was "a kind of Mozart".
Furious row at UN as Russia blocks Sudan ceasefire move
The UK calls vetoing a ceasefire plan a "disgrace" but Russia says Sudan's sovereignty is being ignored.
Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan
Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries
Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.
“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said.
Continue reading...Home Office pressed on EU citizens removed while awaiting approval to stay
Watchdog seeks clarity on legal right to go on holiday or visit family abroad after applicants denied re-entry at UK border
Hopes have been raised for EU citizens who have faced being removed from the UK post-Brexit even while they wait on their applications to stay, after a statutory body wrote to the Home Office demanding clarity on their legal right to go on holiday or visit family abroad.
The move comes after a number of cases came to light involving the removal of EU citizens when they returned to the UK after a visit abroad.
Continue reading...UNIFIL draws criticism for blaming ‘non-state’ actors without naming Hezbollah – JNS.org
- UNIFIL draws criticism for blaming ‘non-state’ actors without naming Hezbollah JNS.org
- The peacekeepers under attack in the Israel-Hizbollah war Financial Times
- Italy protests to Israel over unexploded shell hitting Italian base in Lebanon Reuters
- UNIFIL says peacekeepers fired at 40 times during patrol of southern Lebanon The Jerusalem Post
- Israel continues strikes on Beirut, artillery shell hits UNIFIL HQ China Military
Poland’s Leader Says Scholz Is Undermining Trump Push to End War – Bloomberg
- Poland’s Leader Says Scholz Is Undermining Trump Push to End War Bloomberg
- Zelensky accuses German chancellor of opening ‘Pandora’s box’ with Putin CNN
- Putin's Phone Call With Germany Sparks NATO Anger Newsweek
- ‘Really strange strategy’: Senior European officials facepalm over Scholz’s Putin call POLITICO Europe
- Germany's Scholz defends call to Putin ahead of snap elections Reuters
‘My mother is still trapped after Tanzania building collapse’
The authorities say that 16 people are now known to have died after a building gave way in Dar es Salaam.
Lula launches alliance to combat world hunger as Brazil hosts G20
Summit’s first day notable for frosty meeting of far-right Argentinian leader Javier Milei and leftwing host
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has opened the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro with the launch of an alliance to combat hunger, which he described as the “ultimate symbol of our collective tragedy”.
Brazil holds the rotating presidency of the group and is hosting the meeting this Monday and Tuesday, attended by all but two – Russia and Saudi Arabia – of the 19 member countries.
Continue reading...Brazilian President Lula unveils anti-poverty, hunger alliance at G20
Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine overshadow the gathering of the world's largest economies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Photos: Super Typhoon Man-yi devastates Philippines, 4th typhoon to hit country in 2 weeks – Yahoo! Voices
- Photos: Super Typhoon Man-yi devastates Philippines, 4th typhoon to hit country in 2 weeks Yahoo! Voices
- Burst dike leaves Filipino farmers under water Yahoo! Voices
- Sixth typhoon in a month makes landfall in Philippines BBC.com
- Category 5 Super Typhoon Man-yi hits the Philippines Yale Climate Connections
- Philippines cleans up as Super Typhoon Man-yi leaves deadly trail Al Jazeera English
Is Gaza stuck between outgoing and incoming US administrations?
The Biden administration was complicit in Israeli war crimes, but will things be even worse under Trump's White House?
Dozens of medics tried in Turkey over baby deaths
Ten newborns died in an alleged scam in which babies were allegedly moved between hospitals for profit.
Australian goldminer to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives
Group were held after a meeting about what mining firm referred to as unsubstantiated claims regarding taxes and levies
An Australian goldmining company has agreed to pay $160m ($A247m, £126m) to Mali’s government after the west African country’s junta detained its chief executive and two other employees.
Resolute Mining’s chief executive, Terence Holohan, and the other two employees were detained on 8 November in Mali’s capital, Bamako, at the end of a meeting with government officials over tax and other state claims that the miner had previously said were “unsubstantiated”.
Continue reading...Amsterdam mayor regrets use of word ‘pogrom’ to describe attacks on Israelis – The Times of Israel
- Amsterdam mayor regrets use of word ‘pogrom’ to describe attacks on Israelis The Times of Israel
- Amsterdam violence exposes anti-immigrant Islamophobia in the Netherlands NBC News
- Who attacked Israelis in Amsterdam? Some Dutch politicians can’t bring themselves to say The Times of Israel
- Amsterdam mayor says she regrets use of word 'pogrom' to describe attacks on Israelis Euronews
- Amsterdam Mayor Regrets Calling Attack on Israeli Soccer Fans a Pogrom Haaretz
Ed Sheeran: I wish I wasn’t on 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid
Singer says his ‘understanding of the narrative’ around Do They Know It’s Christmas? has changed since 2014 appearance
Ed Sheeran has said he would rather not be on the forthcoming 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas?, aligning himself with criticism of it as dehumanising and damaging to Africans.
Sheeran is one of an all-star cast to be drawn from three previous recordings of the song, in 1984, 2004 and 2014 – he appeared on the latter version. Producer Trevor Horn has mashed up three sets of performances into a new “Ultimate Mix”, which will be released on 25 November, and also features George Michael, Robbie Williams, Sinéad O’Connor and many more.
Continue reading...Trump says ready to use military, national emergency for mass deportations
US president-elect says he may use controversial measures to fulfil campaign vow, but questions over authority remain.
Ethnic violence surges again in India’s Manipur state
Government buildings were ransacked and cars set on fire in India’s Manipur state.
Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks – POLITICO Europe
- Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks POLITICO Europe
- Sweden, Finland and Norway Update Crisis Advice as Ukraine-Russia War Grinds On The New York Times
- How are Nordic countries Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark preparing for potential war amid Russia-Ukraine conflict? The Times of India
- Stockpile diapers, medication, baby food: NATO members Sweden and Finland advise citizens on how to survive war CNN
- New guide instructs people how to prepare for incidents and crises in Finland Suomi.fi