Xi hails Peru megaport as new era in China’s belt and road ambitions – South China Morning Post

  1. Xi hails Peru megaport as new era in China’s belt and road ambitions  South China Morning Post
  2. China megaport paves way into Latin America as wary US looks on  BBC.com
  3. China's president will unveil a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Starting Latin America trip, Xi Jinping opens huge port in Peru funded by China  Reuters
  5. China’s $1.3 Billion Gamble on Peru Port Faces Snags From Andes to Amazon  Bloomberg
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North Korea orders mass production of suicide drones: report – DW (English)

  1. North Korea orders mass production of suicide drones: report  DW (English)
  2. Why North Korea Is Building Drones  The New York Times
  3. Kim Jong Un said to order mass production of suicide drones  NBC News
  4. North Korea’s Kim orders mass production of attack drones: State media  Al Jazeera English
  5. North Korea leader Kim orders mass production of suicide drones, KCNA says  Reuters
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Argentina stokes concerns it could quit Paris climate accord – Financial Times

  1. Argentina stokes concerns it could quit Paris climate accord  Financial Times
  2. Argentina Mulls Exiting Paris Climate Deal  The New York Times
  3. Argentina mulls Paris climate agreement exit with Trump  POLITICO Europe
  4. COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries  Reuters
  5. Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit  The Guardian
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Sri Lanka election results: President Dissanayake’s NPP headed for landslide victory – The Times of India

  1. Sri Lanka election results: President Dissanayake's NPP headed for landslide victory  The Times of India
  2. Meet Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's New President  NDTV
  3. Sri Lankan president's coalition wins big majority in general election  Reuters
  4. Sri Lankan Leader’s Leftist Coalition Wins Elections  The New York Times
  5. Voting ends in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president  The Associated Press
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2024 – Institute for the Study of War

  1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2024  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Russian forces capture village in eastern Ukraine  VOA Asia
  3. Russia Says Seized Another Village in East Ukraine  The Defense Post
  4. Russia claims it took control of another settlement in Ukraine’s Donetsk region  Anadolu Agency | English
  5. Russians occupy Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast – DeepState  Ukrainska Pravda
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Zhuhai reels after China’s biggest mass killing in a decade – Financial Times

  1. Zhuhai reels after China’s biggest mass killing in a decade  Financial Times
  2. After Deadly Car Rampage, Chinese Officials Try to Erase Any Hint of It  The New York Times
  3. Suspect in China’s deadly car attack registered as store owner, database suggests  South China Morning Post
  4. Safety, educational videos resurface online in China after deadly car attack  Reuters
  5. What Beijing’s response to Zhuhai reveals about China’s internal tensions  Semafor
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Gaza: HRW accuses Israel of war crime with displacements – BBC.com

  1. Gaza: HRW accuses Israel of war crime with displacements  BBC.com
  2. Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of mass displacement in Gaza amounting to a war crime  CNN
  3. Does Israel Plan to Occupy North Gaza?  TIME
  4. “Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza | HRW  Human Rights Watch
  5. Palestinians say north Gaza destruction is widespread as rights group warns some may never return  Reuters
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Elon Musk meets with Iran’s UN ambassador – report

Contact was reportedly at Trump-allied billionaire’s request and could be significant for dismal US-Iranian relations

Elon Musk reportedly met with Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, a day before Donald Trump named the SpaceX founder as one of the heads of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.

The meeting was a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States, according to two Iranian officials who spoke with the New York Times. One of the Iranian officials said that the Tesla executive requested the meeting and that the ambassador picked the site.

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