- Herd helps guide blind elephant as they escape rising floodwater in Thailand's Chiang Mai province The Associated Press
- Dozens of elephants forced to evacuate due to flash flooding CNN
- About 100 Elephants Are Rescued from Flooded Sanctuary: 'Biggest Evacuation We Have Ever Done' PEOPLE
- Watch: Elephants escape floodwaters in Thailand BBC.com
- Flooding in northern Thailand prompts mass evacuation of residents and animals KOMO News
EU hits China with tariffs in electric car sales battle
The vote risks sparking a trade war as the EU looks to protect its own car makers.
A year on, how the Hamas attack has profoundly affected UK political life
From general election upsets to protests on the streets, the shockwaves from the Middle East have resonated in Britain
When Shockat Adam, the newly elected independent MP for Leicester South, addressed his supporters at the July election count, he brought his speech to an end with a dedication – not to the constituents of the East Midlands city he now represents, but to people more than 2,000 miles away.
“This is for the people of Gaza”, he said, holding a Palestinian keffiyeh aloft.
Continue reading...Nibi the ‘diva’ beaver allowed to stay at wildlife rescue centre
Newhouse Wildlife Rescue said Nibi - raised in captivity - was not ready to live in the wild.
What next for the Middle East? 10 experts give their analysis – BBC.com
- What next for the Middle East? 10 experts give their analysis BBC.com
- Countdown to Middle East war? How the region can step back from the brink Reuters
- Israel has lost its patience Atlantic Council
- The bloodshed in the Middle East is fast expanding The Economist
- A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran The New York Times
Melania Trump is latest Republican First Lady to back abortion
Her apparent support of abortion access puts her at odds with her husband, who has taken credit for helping to overturn Roe v Wade.
Six hours at hands of Hamas – new accounts reveal how Israeli base fell on 7 October
The BBC has seen an army account of how Hamas overran a base, and spoken to survivors and bereaved families.
US dockworkers suspend ports strike until January
The walkout threatened to plunge the holiday shopping season into turmoil and become an issue in next month's presidential election.
EU leaders back extra Chinese EV tariffs despite split vote
Decision opposed by five countries including Germany, where car firms say it could be ‘fatal’ blow for industry
EU leaders have given the green light to extra tariffs on electric vehicles from China despite opposition from five countries including Germany, where car manufacturers condemned the decision as a potential “fatal” blow for the auto industry.
The European Commission – which provisionally approved the step in June after an inquiry found that Beijing’s state aid to auto manufacturers was unfair – now has free rein to impose steep tariffs for five years from the end of this month.
Continue reading...The female soldiers who predicted Oct. 7 say they are still being silenced – The Washington Post
- The female soldiers who predicted Oct. 7 say they are still being silenced The Washington Post
- Questions for IDF over fall of Israel border post Nahal Oz by Hamas on 7 October BBC.com
- Israel’s Oct. 7 Early Warning Failure: Who Is to Blame? War On The Rocks
- Israel-Hamas War: Netanyahu's Sophisticated Deception of the Israeli Public Haaretz
- October 7 attacks: Israel's intelligence failures - Reporters FRANCE 24 English
Is climate change making monsoons more extreme?
Monsoons have become increasingly erratic each year, with experts pointing to climate change as a significant factor.
What might happen next with conflict in the Middle East? 10 experts share their analysis
A group of experts on whether the map of the region is being redrawn, what comes next, and what can help avert all-out war
Israel strikes Beirut suburbs and cuts main Lebanon-Syria border crossing – WKRC TV Cincinnati
Israel targets occupied West Bank in rare jet attack
A rare Israeli air attack by military jets on the occupied West Bank has killed 18 Palestinians.
Bosnia hit by heavy floods and landslides, killing at least 16 people
Floods from torrential rain kill several people across Jablanica, authorities say, while more are missing.
Mike Lynch died from drowning, Bayesian yacht inquest hears
Tycoon’s daughter’s cause of death still under investigation after vessel sank in August
The millionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s cause of death has been recorded as drowning after the Bayesian superyacht disaster but his daughter’s cause of death is still under investigation, an inquest has heard.
Seven of the 22 people onboard the Bayesian died when it sank in a storm in August. On Friday, inquests into the deaths of the four British nationals – 59-year-old Lynch, his daughter, Hannah, 18, and Judy and Jonathan Bloomer, 71 and 70 – were opened and adjourned at Ipswich coroner’s court.
Continue reading...Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?
Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
‘It didn’t have to happen’: Wife of man killed at Trump rally struggles with loss
Corey Comperatore was killed in the Trump rally assassination attempt. His wife is furious at the security failures that led to his death.
Israel launches intense attacks on Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut’s south
Reports suggest strikes were targeting Hashem Safieddine, seen as most likely candidate to replace Hassan Nasrallah
The Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut on Thursday night, in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week as Hezbollah continued to attack northern Israel.
The raids came as Israel also cut off a key road near to Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing with Syria that has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee Israeli bombardments in recent days.
Continue reading...No place for foreign workers being displaced in Lebanon
Some of them were born and raised in Lebanon, but in war they have no place in the authorities' support programmes.