Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatening Central America
The late season storm is forecast to bring heavy rains to flood-prone Central America before moving east towards the US.
Almost half of Valencia’s flood victims were aged over 70, figures show
Police reveal ages and genders of the 216 people who died in Valencia, along with eight other victims elsewhere in Spain
Almost half of the 216 people known to have died in the catastrophic floods that hit the eastern Spanish region of Valencia at the end of October were 70 or above, according to a police analysis.
Figures from the data integration centre set up after the disaster show that 131 of the victims were male, 85 were female and 104 were aged over 70, including 15 aged over 90.
Continue reading...Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette sells for $4.8m
Experts say some of the stones in the piece are a match with the original diamonds central to a royal scandal.
Iran Plans To Send Women Revolting Against Hijab Mandate To Psychiatric Facilities – NDTV
Gulag History Museum in Moscow temporarily closed ‘for safety reasons’
Kremlin critics fear move is part of Russia’s efforts to whitewash Soviet past and shut independent cultural institutions
Moscow’s award-winning Gulag History Museum announced its surprise closure on Thursday, a move critics attribute to the Kremlin’s efforts to whitewash Russia’s Soviet past.
The closure was officially put down to alleged violations of fire safety regulations but comes amid an intense campaign by Russian officials against independent civil society and those who question the state’s interpretation of history.
Continue reading...The Onion buys Alex Jones’s Infowars at auction
Infowars was auctioned as part of a defamation ruling after Jones falsely called the Sandy Hook School shooting a hoax.
Israel’s maximalist demands unlikely to lead to ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel says it is open to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, but analysts say no truce is on the horizon.
South African authorities blockade illegal mine with 4,000 people inside
South African authorities are blocking supplies for an estimated 4,000 people who are underground in an illegal mine.
South Africa cuts supplies to thousands of illegal miners hiding underground
About 1,000 gold miners have already been arrested and the army and police are waiting for the rest.
At least 15 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Damascus
Israel has ramped up attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria since it began its war on Gaza last year.
French military systems in Sudan may break UN arms embargo, says Amnesty
Group says it has identified the Galix defence system on armoured vehicles imported from the UAE and calls for government to investigate
France must investigate the use of its military systems by Sudan’s paramilitary forces, which could be in breach of an arms embargo, Amnesty International has said.
The group said it had identified the French-made Galix defence system being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles manufactured in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – considered a key supplier of weapons to the Rapid Support Force (RSF).
Continue reading...Investigators Assess if Netanyahu’s Aides Forged Oct. 7 Phone Records – The New York Times
- Investigators Assess if Netanyahu’s Aides Forged Oct. 7 Phone Records The New York Times
- Gag order lifted: PM’s chief of staff suspected of forgery, illegally altering records The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu's Chief of Staff Suspected of Altering PM's Call Logs From Morning of Oct. 7 Attack Haaretz
- ‘Nonsense and disgrace’: Ex-Shin Bet Deputy Director slams PMO over classified leak The Jerusalem Post
- Shin Bet vs. Netanyahu Tablet Magazine
New Zealand: Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka – DW (English)
- New Zealand: Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka DW (English)
- New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill The New York Times
- Maori protesters march on New Zealand capital over contentious bill NBC News
- New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill Reuters
- New Zealanders are marching, performing haka to protest divisive bill The Washington Post
Staff ‘banana-proof’ areas for Swedish minister’s phobia
Government officials reportedly ask for no bananas to be present ahead of official visits.
South Korea May Reconsider Ukraine Arms Support as Trump Signals Peace Talks – Kyiv Post
- South Korea May Reconsider Ukraine Arms Support as Trump Signals Peace Talks Kyiv Post
- Trump’s Win Gives Seoul Second Thoughts About Arms for Ukraine Bloomberg
- South Korea’s Ukraine support strategy shifts with Trump’s re-election This Week In Asia
- South Korea less likely to send weapons to Ukraine after Trump election victory — Bloomberg Meduza
- Trump's win pushes Seoul to review stance on arms supplies to Ukraine - media Ukrinform
Chinese city still officially in summer as 30-year heat record broken
Temperatures in Guangzhou fail to drop below level that meteorological service uses to mark change in season
One of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed to drop below the threshold considered necessary to mark the change in season.
This week, Guangzhou, a hot and humid city of nearly 19 million people in southern China’s Guangdong province, broke a three-decade heat record, according to the local meteorological service. As of Wednesday the city had experienced 235 summer days, beating 1994’s 234-day season.
Continue reading...In northern Israel, migrant workers are farming while under fire from Hezbollah – NPR
‘Major supplier’ of people-smuggling boats arrested
The man was held in Amsterdam after an operation by the National Crime Agency and Dutch and Belgian police.
FBI video shows moment man sets ballot box on fire
The suspect used an “improvised incendiary device” to start the fire in Portland, Oregon, ahead of the US election.
U.S. Government Employee Charged with Two Counts of Unlawfully Transmitting National Defense Information – Department of Justice
- U.S. Government Employee Charged with Two Counts of Unlawfully Transmitting National Defense Information Department of Justice
- CIA employee accused of leaking classified info on Israeli attack plans to face charges in Virginia The Associated Press
- FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran CNN
- CIA official Asif Rahman arrested in leak of secret files on Israel The Washington Post
- CIA official charged with leaking classified documents about Israeli strike on Iran USA TODAY