Fourteen people killed in Serbia train station roof collapse
At least three people are hospitalised with serious injuries after the incident in the town of Novi Sad.
US asked Lebanon to declare unilateral truce with Israel, sources say; both sides deny it – AOL
- US asked Lebanon to declare unilateral truce with Israel, sources say; both sides deny it AOL
- Israel’s military leaders signal their work in Gaza and Lebanon is done. Will Netanyahu listen? CNN
- Israel said seeking US commitment for freedom of action if Hezbollah breaches truce The Times of Israel
- Lebanon’s PM denies US asked him to declare unilateral ceasefire with Israel The Guardian
- Israel’s Peace Talks in Gaza and Lebanon: What to Know The New York Times
Death toll from Spain floods passes 200 as rescue teams search for missing
Spain's worst natural disaster in decades leaves many communities without power, water and aid.
Ukraine’s AI drones are now actively deployed in combat. And they hit targets. – The Christian Science Monitor
- Ukraine’s AI drones are now actively deployed in combat. And they hit targets. The Christian Science Monitor
- Photos of Trench Warfare in Ukraine in the Age of Drones The New York Times
- US-made jam-resistant drones helped Ukrainians cut through Russia EW Defense One
- Exclusive | American Drone Startup Notches Rare Victory in Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
- Fighting Russia from a distance: Inside a Ukrainian drone school Al Jazeera English
Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power
President Mokgweetsi Masisi accepts defeat after his party loses its parliamentary majority.
Cheney slams Trump after he suggests she should have ‘guns trained on her’
Trump says Liz Cheney might not be such a 'war hawk' if she had guns pointed at her, prompting response by ex-lawmaker.
How Ivory The Contraband-Sniffing Giant African Pouched Rat Gets It Done – Defector
- How Ivory The Contraband-Sniffing Giant African Pouched Rat Gets It Done Defector
- How giant rodents could rat on wildlife traffickers CNN
- Giant Rats In Tiny Vests Trained To Sniff Out Illegally Trafficked Wildlife IFLScience
- These Giant, Vest-Wearing Sniffer Rats Could Help Combat the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Scientists Say Smithsonian Magazine
- Rats trained to sniff out smuggled rhino horn and pangolin scales The Guardian
Americans helping Ukraine’s war efforts say the US hasn’t done enough – The Associated Press
- Americans helping Ukraine’s war efforts say the US hasn’t done enough The Associated Press
- Has US Really Only Sent Ukraine 10 Percent of Arms Promised This Year? Kyiv Post
- 90% of the latest US aid package hasn't reached Ukraine, Zelenskyy says Business Insider
- Ukraine has received just 10% of US aid approved by Congress earlier this year, Zelensky says Kyiv Independent
- Russo-Ukrainian war, day 981: Kyiv reveals only 10% of US aid reached Ukraine Euromaidan Press
Moment police tackle teen accused of deadly Halloween shooting
Video shows the chaotic aftermath of the shooting on an Orlando street packed with revellers.
Andy Warhol prints stolen and damaged in ‘amateurish’ Dutch gallery heist
Thieves steal two works after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their car
Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands to try to steal four works from a famous series of Andy Warhol screen prints, but damaged them all and only managed to get away with two in the botched heist.
The gallery’s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had attempted to steal the works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist called Reigning Queens, which features portraits of the then-queens of the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark and Swaziland, which is now called Eswatini.
Continue reading...Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’
Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US
A Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison for “secret collaboration with a foreign state”.
Robert Shonov worked for more than 25 years for the US consulate until 2021, when Moscow imposed restrictions on local staff working for foreign missions.
Continue reading...Valencia MotoGP race cancelled due to deadly flood damage in Spain
MotoGP organisers confirmed that Valencia season finale will not go ahead after the region was devastated by floods.
63-year-old man arrested after allegedly stealing $400k worth of cheese – Dexerto
- 63-year-old man arrested after allegedly stealing $400k worth of cheese Dexerto
- 'Grate cheese robbery': Man arrested after 24 tons of cheddar totaling $390,000 is stolen in London NBC News
- Who stole 24 tons of cheddar? ‘Sophisticated’ cheese heist sparks police hunt. The Washington Post
- Man arrested over theft of 22 tonnes of cheese from Neal’s Yard Dairy The Guardian
- The great British cheese heist: Who stole $390,000 of cheddar? Al Jazeera English
The UN’s Kosher Stamp for Terror – Tablet Magazine
- The UN’s Kosher Stamp for Terror Tablet Magazine
- Interview: Jean-Pierre Lacroix (Under-Secretary… webtv.un.org
- UN positions in Lebanon risk being 'occupied': peacekeeping chief Yahoo! Voices
- Weekend long read CAMERA UK
- UN Peacekeepers Insist They Will Stay in Southern Lebanon Despite Israel-Hezbollah War Asharq Al-awsat - English
Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions – Reuters
- Iran braces for Trump victory, fearing more Israeli strikes, Western sanctions Reuters
- Iranians Divided Between Trump and Harris as U.S. Election Looms Newsweek
- Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election The Associated Press
- Both Harris and Trump may want a deal with a ‘desperate and vulnerable’ Iran Middle East Eye
- Why many in Iran want Donald Trump to win the US election DW (English)
Israeli Forces Detain, Beat and Brand Palestinians After Deadly West Bank Raid – Democracy Now!
- Israeli Forces Detain, Beat and Brand Palestinians After Deadly West Bank Raid Democracy Now!
- Destructive Israeli Raid in West Bank Kills 5, Palestinians Say The New York Times
- Security forces kill key terrorists, dismantle explosives in joint West Bank operation The Jerusalem Post
- IDF says 3 gunmen killed in airstrike, clashes during day-long West Bank raid The Times of Israel
- Israeli military kills three Palestinians in West Bank, health ministry says Reuters
Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis
Preserving previous year’s snow for start of season can combat increasingly unpredictable winters
Before the arrival of electric fridges and freezers, people across Finland would saw a block of ice from a river or lake before the spring thaw, thickly cover it in an insulating layer of sawdust and stack it in barns, pits or ice cellars to protect produce from the warm air of the summer months.
Amid global heating and increasingly unpredictable shorter winters, a modern twist on the traditional jään säilöminen (ice preservation) technique is now being touted as a way to save Europe’s struggling low- and medium-altitude ski resorts.
Continue reading...North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says – Reuters
- North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says Reuters
- A Russian Officer Ordered 16 Scouts To Attack Ukrainian Machine Guns Forbes
- North Korean soldiers sent to Ukrainian border equipped with standard infantry weapons, military intelligence says Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges allies to stop watching, start acting on North Korea Reuters
- 8,000 of the troops Kim Jong Un sent to support Russia are about to hit the front lines, the US says Business Insider
Russia sentences former U.S. Consulate worker convicted of “gathering information” on Ukraine war to prison – CBS News
- Russia sentences former U.S. Consulate worker convicted of "gathering information" on Ukraine war to prison CBS News
- Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’ The Guardian
- Russia jails ex-US consular employee on security charges Reuters
- Russia Jails Former U.S. Consulate Employee Nearly 5 Years for ‘Collaborating’ With Foreign State The Moscow Times
- Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly five years in prison Al Jazeera English
Conservative Christians, Israel and the US vote in 2024 election
Conservative Christians, notably evangelicals, are key Republican voters, but some are breaking with party on Israel.