Pop hit APT too distracting for S Korea’s exam-stressed students
A yearly blanket of silence has once again enveloped South Korea, as half a million students sit for the most important test of their lives.
Protests in Paris over pro-Israel gala organised by far-right figures
The event, intended to raise funds for the Israeli army, comes before a France-Israel football match in the capital.
North Korean soldiers fight alongside Russians in Kursk Oblast – Euromaidan Press
- North Korean soldiers fight alongside Russians in Kursk Oblast Euromaidan Press
- 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says The New York Times
- Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says CNN
- US warns Russia potentially aiding North Korea's nuclear program in direct threat to Europe, Asia Fox News
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press Department of State
Paul tries to goad Tyson at baffling news conference
A news conference between a disinterested Mike Tyson and an agitated Jake Paul ended with a cordial face-off.
Corruption overshadows Ukraine’s multi-billion reconstruction progam – Yahoo! Voices
Ukraine War Latest Update: Ukraine Braces for Critical Winter Phase as Front Line May Shift 35 km Westward – Kyiv Post
- Ukraine War Latest Update: Ukraine Braces for Critical Winter Phase as Front Line May Shift 35 km Westward Kyiv Post
- Further mass displacement possible in Ukraine if energy sector hit, UN warns Reuters
- Ukraine Is Scavenging for Power-Plant Parts as Mass Blackouts Loom The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine needs ‘fast and focused’ help with energy security, ERBD Ukraine head says Kyiv Independent
- Can Alternative Energy Get Ukraine Through The Blackouts This Winter? (video) Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
One dead following blasts at Brazil Supreme Court – BBC.com
- One dead following blasts at Brazil Supreme Court BBC.com
- Explosions Outside Brazil’s Supreme Court Leave 1 Dead The New York Times
- Explosives and timer found on suspect’s body after attack on Brazil’s top court CNN
- Bombings in Brazil’s capital revive fears over fate of democracy The Washington Post
- Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police The Guardian
Families reunite with bodies of missing British soldiers 70 years on
The four men had been in unmarked graves after they were killed in the Korean War.
CIA official Asif Rahman arrested in leak of secret files on Israel – The Washington Post
- 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
- FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran CNN
- C.I.A. Official Charged in Leak of Classified Documents About Israeli Military Plans The New York Times
- US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel's plans to strike Iran The Associated Press
Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US – Yahoo! Voices
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme
Emmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking up stalks of maize that had been bleached almost to bone white.
The 61-year-old chief of Shakumbila, a mainly agricultural community of about 7,000 people roughly 70 miles west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, had seen droughts before.
Continue reading...Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza
Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civilians
Israel is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity.
The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”.
Continue reading...Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings: the rapid rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders
At any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground, attached by magnets to lamp-posts or taped underneath window sills, waiting to be picked up by their intended customers.
From the streets of Moscow to remote towns in Siberia, hand-to-hand buying of illegal drugs – as is the norm in most of the world – is on the wane. Instead, retail-size bags of drugs are secreted using spycraft by an army of young kladmen (stash men) who upload dead-drop locations, which are unlocked when customers make an online purchase.
Continue reading...Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say – The Washington Post
- Israel prepares Lebanon cease-fire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say The Washington Post
- Israeli Forces Push Deeper Into Lebanon in Widening War Campaign The Wall Street Journal
- Netanyahu Plans a Big Gift for Trump—Two Months From Now The New Republic
- Lebanese ceasefire efforts inch ahead as Israel keeps up fierce bombardment Reuters
- Israel’s maximalist demands unlikely to lead to ceasefire with Hezbollah Al Jazeera English
Police bodycam shows man being rescued from submerged car
The man told officers he "accidentally stepped on the gas too hard" driving the vehicle into a pool.
China Silences Car Attack Mourners, Vows Tighter Grip on Society – Bloomberg
- China Silences Car Attack Mourners, Vows Tighter Grip on Society Bloomberg
- After Deadly Car Rampage, Chinese Officials Try to Erase Any Hint of It The New York Times
- Driver Kills 35 in China’s Deadliest Attack in at Least a Decade Bloomberg
- Hit and Run Driver Kills 35 People Before Airshow in China Newsweek
- Silence descends around China’s deadliest mass killing in years as flowers cleared away The Associated Press
‘Nowhere is safe’: Concerns grow as Israel strikes new areas of Lebanon – BBC.com
- 'Nowhere is safe': Concerns grow as Israel strikes new areas of Lebanon BBC.com
- Aid groups say Israel killed 20 workers in Gaza in the past month Al Jazeera English
- Israel Intensifies Strikes in Lebanon Amid Push for Cease-Fire The New York Times
- Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak The Associated Press
- IDF strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs; Israeli ministers welcome Trump Cabinet picks The Washington Post
Recess appointments eyed to speed up confirmation of Trump cabinet picks
Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some cases.
World’s largest coral found in the Pacific
The coral could be 500 years old and is bigger than a blue whale, scientists say.
Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police
Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília
The main target of a bomber who killed himself while attempting to attack Brazil’s supreme court was the justice leading the key investigations into the attempted coup of 8 January last year, when supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked the buildings to protest against his election defeat, police have said.
The explosions outside the court on Wednesday took place just five days before the G20 heads of state are due to meet in Rio de Janeiro, which will be followed by a state visit to Brasília, the capital, by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping.
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