Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan
All eyes are on the president-elect's picks for his top team as his party closes in on full control of Congress.
Huge crime network forging Banksy, Warhol and Picasso uncovered in Italy
Art police and Pisa prosecutor say 38 people being investigated, with about 2,100 fake artworks seized
Italian police have dismantled a Europe-wide forgery network suspected of producing sophisticated replicas of works by some of the world’s most famous artists, including Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Gustav Klimt.
Thirty-eight people had been placed under investigation in Italy, Spain, France and Belgium on suspicion of conspiracy to handle stolen goods, forgery and illegal sale of artworks, Italy’s art police and Pisa’s prosecutor’s office said in a joint statement on Monday.
Continue reading...COP29 opens for talks on climate funding
The United Nations climate summit has kicked off in Azerbaijan.
Case of doctor’s brutal rape and murder opens in India as suspect claims he was framed – CBS News
- Case of doctor's brutal rape and murder opens in India as suspect claims he was framed CBS News
- Trial over rape and murder of doctor in India begins Al Jazeera English
- Trial in R.G. Kar rape-murder case begins at Kolkata court The Hindu
- Accused in Kolkata doctor rape, murder case says he was framed by former top cop Deccan Herald
- As trial begins, RG Kar victim’s father deposes The Times of India
Man who allegedly disguised killing as bear attack captured in South Carolina
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett arrested almost one month after police found body of Steven Lloyd of Tennessee
Authorities in South Carolina have captured a man who allegedly murdered a hiker in woodlands in Tennessee then attempted to disguise the killing as a bear attack.
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was arrested in Columbia on Sunday night almost one month after police found the body of the hiker, Steven Lloyd of Knoxville, Tennessee, close to the Cherahola Skyway in Monroe county, 80 miles north-east of Chattanooga.
Continue reading...LED lights on underside of surfboards may deter great white shark attacks
An Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys found underside lighting disrupted ability of great whites to see silhouettes against sunlight above
Using LED lighting on the underside of surfboards or kayaks could deter great white shark attacks, new research suggests.
In an Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys, underside lighting disrupted the ability of great whites to see silhouettes against the sunlight above, reducing the rates at which the sharks followed and attacked the artificial prey. The brighter the lights, the more effective the deterrent was.
Continue reading...War update: Ukrainian forces repel 8 attacks in Kurakhove sector, 13 battles still ongoing – Ukrinform
- War update: Ukrainian forces repel 8 attacks in Kurakhove sector, 13 battles still ongoing Ukrinform
- Russia Says Street Battles Start in Strategic East Ukraine City Bloomberg
- As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city The Associated Press
- Frontline update: 185 combat engagements, Russians intensifying activity in Vremivka sector Ukrinform
- Ukraine commander says challenges increase in war with Russia Reuters
Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts
Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille as country rocked by worsening gang violence
Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new prime minister, according to the official gazette in the country.
The businessman replaces Garry Conille, who was named prime minister in May. The shake-up is the latest blow to political stability amid soaring levels of gang violence.
Continue reading...Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change?
Delegates gather in Azerbaijan for UN climate conference.
US House results: What to expect as Republicans eye control of Congress
Republicans inch towards winning the House after securing Senate majority in boost to Trump's legislative agenda.
Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months despite US ultimatum to Israel
US government wrote to Israel a month ago threatening sanctions if there was no increase in humanitarian supplies
The amount of aid reaching Gaza has dropped to the lowest level since December, official Israeli figures show, despite the US having issued a 30-day ultimatum last month threatening sanctions if there was no increase in humanitarian supplies reaching the territory.
The ultimatum was delivered on 13 October, so will expire on Tuesday or Wednesday. It is unclear what measures Israel’s apparent failure to fulfil US demands will trigger, but they may include a temporary halt to the supply of some munitions or other military assistance.
Continue reading...Mauritius election: Pravind Jugnauth accepts ‘huge defeat’ – BBC.com
- Mauritius election: Pravind Jugnauth accepts 'huge defeat' BBC.com
- Mauritius opposition wins country’s election by a landslide The Hill
- Mauritian Leader Concedes Defeat as Election Results Flow In Bloomberg
- Mauritius election 2024: Amid wiretapping scandal, what’s at stake? Al Jazeera English
- Mauritius holds election, with cost of living on everyone's minds Reuters
Saudi Arabia’s MBS demands immediate end to Israel’s war in Gaza, Lebanon – Al Jazeera English
Netanyahu’s office confirms Israel was behind devastating pager attacks on Hezbollah – The Times of Israel
- Netanyahu’s office confirms Israel was behind devastating pager attacks on Hezbollah The Times of Israel
- Israel’s Netanyahu acknowledges pager attack, says he sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with Trump on Iran CNN
- Netanyahu acknowledges Israel was behind Hezbollah pager, walkie-talkie attack USA TODAY
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu confirms he was behind deadly pager attacks against Hezbollah, faced ‘opposition’ New York Post
- Netanyahu Confirms He Okayed Pager Attacks That Killed Nearly 40 In Lebanon NDTV
Russia masses troops for Kursk offensive; Putin-Trump call denied by Kremlin – NBC News
- Russia masses troops for Kursk offensive; Putin-Trump call denied by Kremlin NBC News
- Ukraine rushes to reinforce east as pressure mounts in south and Russia's Kursk Reuters
- Russia amassing tens of thousands of troops for Kursk offensive, Ukraine military chief says The Hill
- Kursk Is A Graveyard For Russian BTR-82 Fighting Vehicles—And Their Passengers Forbes
- Big Kremlin Offensive to Kick Ukraine’s Army Out of Russia Is Off to Rocky Start Kyiv Post
Israel Calls for New Lebanon Evacuations as Cease-Fire Talks Ramp Up – The New York Times
- Israel Calls for New Lebanon Evacuations as Cease-Fire Talks Ramp Up The New York Times
- Israeli attack on town in Lebanon’s far north kills 14 people: Mayor Al Jazeera English
- Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza while Netanyahu and Trump speak The Associated Press
- Lebanon, Gaza and Syria hit by deadly Israeli strikes, reports say CNN
- Terror in Nabatieh: On the front line of Israel’s war on Lebanon Middle East Eye
Mauritius prime minister accepts ‘huge defeat’ in election
"The population has decided to choose another team," says Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine up against 50,000-strong force in Russia’s Kursk
Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into the Russian border region in August.
Europe marks Armistice Day with two-minute silence – BBC.com
- Europe marks Armistice Day with two-minute silence BBC.com
- Silence falls for Armistice Day commemorations BBC
- Watch live: Elizabeth Tower chimes as UK falls silent to mark Armistice Day The Independent
- Pictures of the Day | November 11, 2024 MSN
- Video: Drone footage captures the crowds gathering on Remembrance Sunday in Harborough Harborough Mail
No, Trump will not be worse than Biden for Palestine and the Middle East
That is because the Biden administration simply continued the first Trump administration’s foreign policy in the region.