- Repression Intensifies in the Country Hosting a Major Climate Meeting The New York Times
- Know Your Host: Why It Matters That Azerbaijan Is Hosting the COP29 Climate Summit OCCRP
- Urgent action needed to safeguard integrity of COP as fossil fuel influence looms large in Baku, report warns Transparency International
- Armenian Students Condemn Azerbaijan’s Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians Asbarez Armenian News
- Azerbaijan Railways augments accessibility for visually impaired passengers Trend News Agency
Labour government’s shift on Gaza not enough, say British Muslims, scholars
Despite the prime minister taking a slightly tougher line on Israel, the UK continues to supply weapons, avoid sanctions
North Korea says video shows launch of new type of missile
North Korean state TV has shown video of what it says was this week’s test of a new ballistic missile.
Their fireworks lit up Delhi at Diwali for decades. Pollution wiped them out. – NBC News
- Their fireworks lit up Delhi at Diwali for decades. Pollution wiped them out. NBC News
- Delhi Environment Minister thanks people who gave firecrackers a miss; BJP claims AAP ‘defamed’ Sanatan community The Indian Express
- New Delhi’s air quality plunges into ‘severe’ category a day after Diwali The Associated Press
- Warmer, windier: why post-Diwali Delhi air was cleaner this year The Indian Express
- 7 In 10 Families Have At Least 1 Person Suffering: Delhi Pollution Survey NDTV
Cooking in Bellevue garage led to explosion that left 3 seriously injured, authorities say – WOWT
- Cooking in Bellevue garage led to explosion that left 3 seriously injured, authorities say WOWT
- Bellevue house explosion that injured 3 people caused by cooking with propane in garage KETV Omaha
- 'I'm just happy to be here': 3 injured, 2 families displaced after duplex explosion KETV Omaha
- Propane leak believed to be cause of house explosion in Bellevue; 3 suffer severe burns Omaha World-Herald
- Three injured in home explosion in Bellevue KMTV 3 News Now Omaha
Could legal bid stop ‘cruel’ UK government plan to axe winter fuel benefit?
Labour government’s decision to scrap a winter allowance for elderly people to meet heating costs was met with outrage.
Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs – Al Jazeera English
- Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs Al Jazeera English
- Rockets from Lebanon wound 11 in Israel Reuters
- Attack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran’s leader promises a punishing response The Hill
- Rockets hit central Israel, eleven injured, several rescued from damaged building The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah rocket attacks kill seven in northern Israel BBC.com
Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs
Seven civilians killed in rocket fire from Lebanon as Israeli forces conduct deadly air raids on Lebanon's Beirut.
Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel – The Times of Israel
- Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel The Times of Israel
- Resistance in Iraq: Ops against Israeli targets in north & south Al Mayadeen English
- Iraqi resistance carries out six drone strikes on Israeli targets نورنیوز
- IDF says drone, likely from Iraq, exploded in Golan Heights baha news
- Washington to Baghdad: We’ll Help Prevent Israeli Attack in Retaliation for Militia Strikes Kurdistan24
Who’s the famous face behind this E.T. Halloween costume?
Model Heidi Klum unveiled her latest extravagant costume at her annual Halloween bash.
Instagram-famous squirrel euthanised by authorities
New York authorities say Peanut the Squirrel bit a person while it was being confiscated this week.
Iraq’s parliament elects new speaker, ending yearlong deadlock
Former Sunni speaker secured 182 votes in the 329-seat legislature with significant support from Shia political blocs.
US election: 4 days left – What polls say, what Harris and Trump are up to
On Friday Trump heads to Michigan, while Harris will focus on Wisconsin.
Transcript of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks altered by White House: AP
The news agency says the email it obtained shows a White House transcript was altered despite stenographers' objections.
Australia news live: PwC reveals it sacked eight staff over data breaches; Perth man dies after being taken to police watch house
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Court to rule in Pauline Hanson-Mehreen Faruqi case
A federal court judge is ready to rule on whether Pauline Hanson made a racial slur when she told Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi to go back to Pakistan.
Continue reading...Typhoon Kong-rey moves from Taiwan to Chinese coast – DW (English)
- Typhoon Kong-rey moves from Taiwan to Chinese coast DW (English)
- Typhoon Kong-rey bashes Taiwan, the largest storm to hit island since 1996 CNN
- Karaoke and Kong-rey: Taiwan sings through biggest typhoon in decades The Guardian
- Video: Typhoon Kong-rey Makes Landfall The New York Times
- Plane fails to land amid fierce typhoon in Taiwan BBC.com
NSW police dogs died in car’s special cooling ‘pod’ when engine switched off, force says
Investigation under way into whether mechanical failure resulted in deaths of German shepherds Xtra and Soldier in Sydney
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New South Wales police are investigating whether engine failure led to a police car’s air conditioning failing and the subsequent death of two police dogs inside a special “dog pod”.
The German shepherds Xtra and Soldier were found dead inside the police vehicle by their handler on Thursday at about 12.30pm.
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Continue reading...Not one government has paid into fund for victims of Uganda warlord, says ICC
The international criminal court awarded a record €52.4m to survivors of Dominic Ongwen’s crimes but member states have failed to contribute
Not a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen, despite the international criminal court awarding €52.4m (£44m) in February, according to the ICC Trust Fund for Victims (TFV).
The ICC reparations order – the largest in the court’s history – was issued after a 2021 ruling in which the court found Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army militia group, guilty of various war crimes committed between 2002 and 2005, including murder, torture, sexual enslavement, the conscription of children into hostilities, and brutal attacks on four camps for internally displaced people in northern Uganda.
Continue reading...Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region – The Associated Press
- Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region The Associated Press
- Israeli Troops in North Gaza: You May Be Complicit in a War Crime Haaretz
- Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza Al Jazeera English
- ‘The Arabs will disappear’: emboldened Israeli settlers eye return to Gaza The Guardian
- Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza +972 Magazine
Qantas and Virgin among 1,200 major companies that paid no income tax in Australia in 2022-23
ATO finds 31% of large businesses reported nil tax paid as many companies deducted losses and used offsets to dial their bills down to zero
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A major streaming service, media outlets, big airlines and a pizza chain are among more than 1,200 large companies that paid no income tax in 2022-23, a new ATO report reveals, as many businesses deducted losses and used offsets to dial their tax bills down to zero.
Netflix’s Australian operations generated more than $1.15bn in income in the 2023 financial year, documents show, but had no tax payable.
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