Many Displaced Sudanese Feared Dead After Shipwreck Near Libya – The New York Times

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  1. Many Displaced Sudanese Feared Dead After Shipwreck Near Libya  The New York Times
  2. Seven migrants rescued after Mediterranean shipwreck leaves 42 presumed dead  BBC
  3. At least 42 migrants presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, says U.N.  abcnews.go.com
  4. IOM Spokesperson on Deadly Shipwreck off Libyan Coast as Death Toll Tops 1,000 in 2025  International Organization for Migration
  5. 42 migrants presumed dead after boat sinks off Libya, and only 7 rescued after 6 days adrift, U.N. says  CBS News
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Poland hails Commission’s migration plan while claiming exemption – politico.eu

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  1. Poland hails Commission’s migration plan while claiming exemption  politico.eu
  2. Four European countries ready to challenge EU on migration rule  Euronews.com
  3. Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Italy eligible for new help dealing with migration, EU says  Reuters
  4. Brussels announces who’ll get — and who’ll pay for — new EU migration aid  politico.eu
  5. EU includes Poland among countries to be exempted from migrant relocation  Notes From Poland
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META, GOOGL, MSFT: EU Turns to Big Tech to Fight Information Manipulation – TipRanks

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  1. META, GOOGL, MSFT: EU Turns to Big Tech to Fight Information Manipulation  TipRanks
  2. EU looks to Big Tech, influencers to fight hybrid threats, fake news  Reuters
  3. Commission accused of setting ‘dangerous precedent’ in foreign interference plan  politico.eu
  4. European Commission unveils its big plan to save democracy  Euronews.com
  5. EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others  The Guardian
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Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

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Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tactic

When Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August to torment Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, the US’s former ambassador in Caracas, James Story, suspected the deployment was largely for show: a spectacular flexing of military muscle supposed to force the authoritarian leader from power.

But in recent days, as the world’s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group powered towards the region and the US president continued to order deadly airstrikes on alleged narco-boats, the diplomat’s thinking has shifted.

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Francesca Albanese: Why I’m accusing 63 nations of complicity in the Gaza genocide – Middle East Eye

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  1. Francesca Albanese: Why I'm accusing 63 nations of complicity in the Gaza genocide  Middle East Eye
  2. Is the 'Gaza genocide' label a delegitimization war?  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival  Jacobin
  4. Gaza Stories | Francesca Albanese on How Genocide is a Collective Crime  TheWire.in
  5. Study flags 'complicity' of oil-supplying states in Gaza war  AL-Monitor
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Italian ‘mystic’ faces fraud trial over claim Virgin Mary statue wept blood

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Gisella Cardia allegedly made €365,000 in donations from pilgrims to shrine in lakeside town near Rome

A self-styled mystic who drew hundreds of pilgrims to a town near Rome by claiming a statue of the Virgin Mary wept tears of blood has been sent to trial for alleged fraud.

Gisella Cardia, who also claimed the statue was transmitting messages to her, will be tried along with her husband, Gianni Cardia, in April next year.

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Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city

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Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutrition

There are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned relief operations were on the brink of collapse and an aid group said malnutrition in displacement camps had reached “staggering” levels.

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El Fasher – the capital of North Darfur state and the last urban centre outside of its grasp in the wider Darfur region – on 26 October. Survivor accounts and video and satellite evidence suggest more than 1,500 people were killed in ethnically targeted massacres in the immediate aftermath.

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New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside – The Guardian

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  1. New bridge in south-west China collapses into mountainside  The Guardian
  2. Video Shows the Moment Part of a New Bridge in China Fell  The New York Times
  3. Moment newly opened bridge partially collapses in China  BBC
  4. Major Chinese bridge collapses into river just months after opening to traffic  Fox News
  5. WATCH: Entire Section of China’s Newly Opened Bridge Collapses, Crashing Into River Below  Yahoo
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