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Islamic State Chief Is Dead and New One Is Picked. Both Are Unknown.

https://ift.tt/oYFDHxX group has been reduced from the world’s most fearsome terrorist organization to a low-level insurgency operating in limited parts of countries torn by conflict. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/EFsaS1Q

Firefighters: At least 30 engulfed by Brazil landslide

Firefighters in the Brazilian state of Parana are looking for about 30 people thought to have been engulfed in a landslide that hit a coastal highway in the city of Guaratuba from World https://ift.tt/O9aQwq6

Explosion at Ukraine Embassy in Madrid Injures One Employee

https://ift.tt/tM5nmAR employee was slightly injured. Ukraine ordered all Kyiv’s embassies to strengthen security after the attack. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/rYphg6X

Cuba calls migrant boat crash an accident, denies ramming

Cuba says it was not aggressive actions by officials that caused a boat of migrants and the Cuban Coast Guard to crash, but rather that the migrants’ boat made an abrupt turn, leading to the deaths of seven people including a two-year-old girl from World https://ift.tt/6FmDVG8

Why This World Cup Is Dogged by Corruption Allegations

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/world/world-cup-corruption.htmlFIFA’s system allegedly fostered bribery, but despite years of investigations and arrests it’s still in place. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/BWn2HJZ

German parliament labels 1930s Ukraine famine as genocide

Germany’s parliament has approved a resolution recognizing as genocide Ukraine’s 1930s “Holodomor” — a famine believed to have killed more than 3 million Ukrainians under the repressive rule of Soviet leader Josef Stalin from World https://ift.tt/gY3sI0k

Turkish strikes harming counter-IS operations, US, Kurds say

U.S. and Kurdish military officials say Turkish airstrikes and a threatened ground invasion in northern Syria are impacting their joint operations against the Islamic State extremist group from World https://ift.tt/McytTf1

Vatican Swiss Guard slayings back in spotlight with new book

One of the most sensational crimes in recent Vatican history is back in the spotlight thanks to a book about the 1998 slayings of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife by a lower-ranking guard who then killed himself from World https://ift.tt/XthO3xn

Hurricane Season Ends, Marked by Quiet August and Deadly September

https://ift.tt/C9vHBje six-month total of 14 named storms was about average. But two late-season hurricanes proved catastrophic in Florida and Puerto Rico. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/T3BqQyr

Report: Many female Israeli conscripts suffer sexual abuse

A new report has found that roughly one in four women performing compulsory national service in Israel’s police force and prison service have suffered sexual abuse on the job from World https://ift.tt/VnpD0Xm

Alabama 'execution survivor' reaches settlement with state

Alabama won’t seek another lethal injection date for an inmate whose September execution was halted when the state tried unsuccessfully for more than an hour to connect an IV line from World https://ift.tt/79JaLXn

Qatar to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany from 2026

Qatar is to supply liquefied natural gas to Germany under a 15-year deal as the European economic powerhouse scrambles to replace Russian gas supplies that were cut during the ongoing war in Ukraine from World https://ift.tt/uqOglAp

Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country’s armed forces from World https://ift.tt/C0bLFMt

Your Tuesday Briefing: Anxiety in China

https://ift.tt/taNSWXd Ukraine updates, a U.S.-Iran World Cup preview and a “She Said” interview. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/gdnw7sf

Chinese Unrest Over Lockdowns Upends Global Economic Outlook

https://ift.tt/DHX3mAa protests in the world’s biggest manufacturing nation add a new element of uncertainty atop the Ukraine war, an energy crisis and inflation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AbH7aMF

US: 5 officers charged after Black man paralysed in police van

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Russian army chief in Syria meets Kurds over Turkey tensions

A Kurdish spokesman and an Arab TV station say the chief of Russian forces in Syria has met with a Kurdish commander over threats by Turkey to launch a new incursion into northern Syria from World https://ift.tt/ZOvig8j

Groups ask EU to drop carbon removal from climate plans

Scores of environmental groups have issued a joint appeal for the European Union to drop carbon removal methods from its climate plans from World https://ift.tt/EdwRDrY

Pakistan Taliban ends cease-fire with govt, vows new attacks

The Pakistani Taliban on say they have ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad, ordering its fighters to resume attacks across the country, where scores of deadly attacks have been blamed on the insurgent group from World https://ift.tt/wWr0L1O

Landslide Kills at Least 14 at Funeral in Cameroon

https://ift.tt/7P18JXx were still searching for people who might have been swept up in the disaster. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/MuVEQTK

Camilla replaces traditional ladies-in-waiting with ‘Queen’s Companions’

Camilla’s new "Queen’s Companions" include long-standing and close friends. from World https://ift.tt/dv73y4g

Camilla replaces traditional ladies-in-waiting with ‘Queen’s Companions’

Camilla’s new "Queen’s Companions" include long-standing and close friends. from World https://ift.tt/dv73y4g

Al-Shabab extremist group attacks hotel in Somali capital

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Your Monday Briefing: Covid Protests Intensify in China

https://ift.tt/g9ybKur World Cup updates, Kiribati’s judicial shake-up and “Gangnam Style,” 10 years later. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Y2Auehb

Al-Shabab extremist group attacks hotel in Somali capital

The extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an unfolding armed attack on a hotel in the Somali capital from World https://ift.tt/Z1zryYq

Ukraine’s Progress Threatened by the Challenges of Winter Weather

https://ift.tt/K0Y5Ts6 urged Ukrainians to continue conserving energy, as analysts said that deteriorating weather was one factor slowing Ukraine’s battlefield progress. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/NcJ4uT6

US will work with India to bring to justice 26/11 perpetrators: Blinken

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On the 14th anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the US said that it would continue to work with India and other international partners to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks. “We express our deep condolences to the families and friends of the victims lost in this act of cruelty, including six American citizens,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/WOGljmp

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan says his party will quit all assemblies

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Pakistan’s Imran Khan pulls his party out of legislatures, vows to press peacefully for new elections

The rally in Rawalpindi city, 14 miles from the capital, was the culmination of Khan’s “long march” for “real freedom.” from World https://ift.tt/zbW8pDu

Pakistan’s Imran Khan pulls his party out of legislatures, vows to press peacefully for new elections

The rally in Rawalpindi city, 14 miles from the capital, was the culmination of Khan’s “long march” for “real freedom.” from World https://ift.tt/zbW8pDu

Police: Brazil school shooter wore swastika, planned attack

The former student armed with a semiautomatic pistol and a revolver who killed three people and wounded 13 in two schools in Brazil had a swastika pinned to his vest and had been planning for two years, police said Saturday from World https://ift.tt/wEW20gq

Saudi fans put on brave face after World Cup loss to Poland

It was a home crowd for Saudi Arabia as it played Poland in its second match at the World Cup from World https://ift.tt/nxyahfD

This Country’s Top Judges Were All Foreigners. Now They’re Gone.

https://ift.tt/hdA2lYm president’s suspension of five jurists in the Pacific nation of Kiribati highlights the outsize role noncitizen judges play in the region. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/qUJpHQ0

Honduras declares state of emergency against gang crime

Honduras became the second country in Central America to declare a state of emergency against gang crimes like extortion from World https://ift.tt/oXL6UpN

The short life of baby Serhii, killed in a Ukraine maternity ward

One of the youngest casualties of the war, two-day-old Serhii was among the more than 440 Ukrainian children killed and hundreds more wounded so far as a result of Russia’s invasion. from World https://ift.tt/h7Kcqu3

Kherson Evacuates Hospitals Under Relentless Russian Shelling

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-kherson.html“This is the revenge of those who lost,” the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said of Russia’s attacks. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Afjmp9H

UK: Sunak to crack down on int'l pupils not in top univs?

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Shootings at 2 Brazil schools leave 3 dead, 11 wounded

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A shooter armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people, including two teachers, and wounded 11 on Friday after barging into two schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/n6lFvA9

Mexico wants American extradited on charges in tourist death

Mexican prosecutors said Thursday they have filed charges against a U.S. woman on suspicion of killing another American seen being beaten in a viral video from World https://ift.tt/Nkyz4R9

Mexican president suffers court reverse, tensions rise

Mexico’s Supreme Court has struck down part of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ‘jail, no bail’ program from World https://ift.tt/hTWQSyw

Ex-ISI head Lt Gen Asim Munir appointed new Pakistan army chief

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Former ISI head Lt General Asim Munir will be Pakistan’s next army chief, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced Thursday and ended weeks of speculation about who succeeds Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa in a position considered the most powerful in the country. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Oi3GY9r

Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activists

Egyptian authorities have announced the release of 30 political activists from jail from World https://ift.tt/ybB2C08

Your Friday Briefing: Covid Protests Grow in China

https://ift.tt/rjL4Whi Malaysia’s new prime minister and the week in culture. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/sg3B4tF

Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees

The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case has heard from an unusual witness from World https://ift.tt/KleA9Lh

How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings

Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand all enacted more restrictive gun legislation after mass shootings. from World https://ift.tt/qFrP4bs

Walmart manager opens fire in break room, killing 6

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A Walmart manager opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday. The gunman, who apparently shot himself, was dead when officers found him, police said. There was no clear motive for the shooting, which also left at least six people wounded, including one critically. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/RzCdf5H

Pak govt-army stalemate over next military chief ends as PM's office gets list of names

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Missiles strike Kyiv as E.U. brands Russia a state sponsor of terrorism

Russia again bombed critical infrastructure, plunging parts of Kyiv, Lviv and other cities into darkness, and an airstrike near Zaporizhzhia killed a 2-day-old baby. from World https://ift.tt/HXVcCkF

WHO, CDC: A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year from World https://ift.tt/fb4SVKm

At Qatar’s World Cup, Biden’s envoy balances firmness and flattery

Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s World Cup appearance represents the Biden administration’s difficult balancing act with regard to Qatar. from World https://ift.tt/lVwDRGP

Hebe de Bonafini, 93, Who Rallied Mothers of ‘the Disappeared,’ Dies

https://ift.tt/Er57HkN was a key force behind a 1970s human rights movement demanding justice from Argentina’s brutal military dictatorship. Her extreme leftist views later made her a polarizing figure. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/hDPT0KZ

Hebe de Bonafini, strident voice for Argentine ‘dirty war’ victims, dies at 93

She drew international attention as a leader of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo but was a polarizing figure at times within Argentina. from World https://ift.tt/N26uKIc

Huge horde of Celtic gold coins stolen from German museum

A huge horde of ancient gold coins dating back to around 100 B.C. has been stolen from a museum in southern Germany from World https://ift.tt/UHlR8vT

Drone Attack Strikes Sevastopol in Crimea, Kremlin-backed Official Says

https://ift.tt/WMtrXKS a drone attack in October, Russia temporarily suspended its cooperation with a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain safe passage through the Black Sea. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/NXM9ivC

Iran to close schools in Tehran over of high air pollution

Iran’s state television says all schools the country’s capital, Tehran, will close for a day because of dangerously poor air quality from World https://ift.tt/LYqe5Gh

Malta proposes bill to ease EU's strictest anti-abortion law

Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk from World https://ift.tt/CL5p64f

French President Emmanuel Macron slapped again, video goes viral

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French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped again across the face on Sunday, reported Mehr News Agency citing a viral video. A video clip, which went viral on social media, purportedly shows a woman in an olive green t-shirt slapping President Macron while he was going somewhere. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/GQa0vi4

General Qamar Bajwa’s family became billionaires in six years

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Pakistan’s outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s extended family became billionaires after he took command of the military in 2016, accumulating assets and businesses of more than Rs 12.7 billion within and outside the country over the past six years, said a report published on investigative website FactsFocus. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/zxPyaeT

Small plane crashes in Colombian neighborhood; 8 dead

Aviation authorities say a small plane has crashed in a neighborhood in the central Colombian city of Medell�n, killing eight people on board from World https://ift.tt/PbXF0rG

Al-Shabab gunman kills 3 Kenyan peacekeepers in Somalia

A lone gunman has entered a military base in Somalia and killed at least three Kenyan peacekeepers from World https://ift.tt/tFbg1Wv

Planning for a Dark Christmas in Kyiv

https://ift.tt/UhmDQOA attacks have left millions across Ukraine without electricity. Our reporter went out in Kyiv to see how the city is preparing for a dark holiay. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ChEwGLS

A soap opera captured French hearts and changed minds. Now it’s ending.

At its peak, “Plus Belle La Vie’s” episodes reached a weekly audience of 13 million people, or about 1 in every 5 French. from World https://ift.tt/zTbPAyn

Canada Imposes Sanctions on Haiti’s Former Leader and Other Officials

https://ift.tt/cDmbXvj the six targeted over possible ties to criminal gangs were former President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2iguKDO

Gunman kills 5 at gay nightclub, subdued by patrons

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A 22-year-old gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 18 injured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrested by police who were on the scene within minutes, authorities said Sunday. Two firearms, including a “long rifle,” were found at Club Q after the Saturday night shooting, said Police Chief Adrian Vasquez. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/i9lfPVD

Leader of Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza dies at 93

A housewife who became a human rights campaigner when her two sons vanished after being arrested under Argentina’s military dictatorship has died from World https://ift.tt/nYMsjo5

Inmates Who Killed a Writer and a Publisher Escape in Bangladesh

https://ift.tt/qD531Pa convicted of fatally stabbing the Bangladeshi-American author Avijit Roy and his publisher fled custody in an unsettling reminder of extremist violence against intellectuals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/UsRjAEO

Greek police nab German suspect sought on 4 arrest warrants

Greek police say that they have arrested a 35-year-old German citizen who has four outstanding arrest warrants on him for fraud and cybercrime, three from Germany and one international from World https://ift.tt/lA3pcnU

Kyiv Train Arrives in Kherson for the First Time in 9 Months

https://ift.tt/pS7QKdV 11-hour journey signaled the start of regular service between the two cities for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AgwNTz8

Fireball Flashes Above Ontario and Parts of the U.S.

https://ift.tt/GCQiKUz bright meteor was the sixth object detected in space before striking Earth, the European Space Agency said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/T8Po729

Joy ride: Kherson cheers as first train rolls in from Kyiv after occupation

For more than eight months of Russian occupation, the southern port city of Kherson was cut off from rail service to the rest of Ukraine. On Saturday, train came back. from World https://ift.tt/kntZQUN

Amid political turmoil, Pakistan holds its breath for new army chief

The deadline for installing a new army chief is ten days away and an escalating political standoff has polarized the country and threatened to erupt in violence. from World https://ift.tt/Owhcugq

Plane catches fire on runway of Lima airport; no casualties

A plane has suffered an accident and caught fire on a runway at Lima’s international airport from World https://ift.tt/obkcEws

Stealthy Kherson resistance fighters undermined Russian occupying forces

During eight months of Russian occupation in Kherson city, a secret network of resistance fighters known as partisans worked with the Ukrainian military to sabotage invaders. from World https://ift.tt/p6iELu1

21 Killed in Fast-Moving Gaza Fire in Jabaliya Neighborhood

https://ift.tt/7DWFT46 family celebration turned deadly, and officials said that gasoline stored in an apartment fueled the fire and contributed to the high death toll. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZpcKVA4

The killing of a 9-year-old boy further ignites Iran’s anti-government protests

Kian Pirfalak is believed to be the youngest victim of the bloody crackdown by Iran’s government during two months of nationwide protests. from World https://ift.tt/p9FvB5R

Down to its last panda, Mexico ponders what could come next

Xin Xin, the last panda in Latin America, is not your average bear from World https://ift.tt/qfM6GFB

Syrian group claims capture of Italian drug trafficker

A Syrian group is claiming to have captured one of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers back in March, just days after Italy’s justice minister thanked the United Arab Emirates for its role in his arrest and extradition to Italy this week from World https://ift.tt/CEO8feS

The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs

https://ift.tt/dG6xwIg Biden administration has called for the retirement of the B83 superweapon, but nuclear experts say its most destructive parts will live on indefinitely in one form or another. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/h7DX2OB

US sanctions Mexico's Familia Michoacana drug cartel

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which it accused of manufacturing so-called rainbow fentanyl pills purportedly aimed at children from World https://ift.tt/JNeAHM6

Lab-Grown Meat Receives Clearance From F.D.A.

https://ift.tt/6wqSQDL a first step toward cultivated meat reaching dinner tables and restaurant menus, regulators said that a start-up company’s chicken was safe to eat. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/xQ1emiT

Afghan Taliban say group will stick to strict Islamic law

A Taliban spokesman says the group will stick to its strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia from World https://ift.tt/K01ntRo

Nigeria floods 80 times more likely with climate change

Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely by climate change, a rapid analysis by scientists found from World https://ift.tt/iWcyN6f

Your Thursday Briefing: Crisis Averted?

https://ift.tt/mORgxut call an explosion in Poland an “unfortunate accident.” Plus, Tuvalu’s “digital twin.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jv32uKb

Sanctioned tycoon says Russia wants to engage on climate

A Russian billionaire under sanctions by the United States and Europe over his alleged ties to the Kremlin says he was not surprised by protests against his country at this year’s U.N. climate talks, but insists that Russia wants to remain engaged on the issue of global warming because it deeply affects the nation from World https://ift.tt/GemusVS

Without Fox News, Ivanka, and Twitter, Trump says he's the right fit for White House again

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He does not yet have the full backing of the Republican Party or Fox News, his daughter Ivanka is bailing out on him, and he still doesn't have access to Twitter. Undeterred, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday unfurled his third bid for the White House, "in order to make America great and glorious again." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/XgPiAp1

US rescues 12 Haitians from tiny island near Puerto Rico

A dozen Haitian migrants who spent five days on a tiny, uninhabited island near Puerto Rico where human smugglers abandoned them have been rescued from World https://ift.tt/NH1acWU

Foreign Trade Competition Has Hurt Black and Disadvantaged Workers Most, Report Says

https://ift.tt/G15HTrl government trade agency report suggested that the impact of trade policy differed for workers depending on their race and socioeconomic status. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/fYAu2W6

Russia sees its role on the global stage diminished by Ukraine war

At the G20 in Bali and COP27 in Egypt, Russia has found itself in an unusual position - a leading topic of discussion rather than a leading player. from World https://ift.tt/MsBoSdN

Russia sees its role on the global stage diminished by Ukraine war

At the G20 in Bali and COP27 in Egypt, Russia has found itself in an unusual position - a leading topic of discussion rather than a leading player. from World https://ift.tt/MsBoSdN

Guatemala expat community roiled by relic smuggling charges

Two Americans, one a photographer and the other a connoisseur of Mayan folk art, are facing charges of smuggling pre-Hispanic artifacts in Guatemala from World https://ift.tt/WTBecbz

UK polar research ship to make 2nd voyage to Antarctica

Britain’s polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity from World https://ift.tt/0etE6Sk

Poland Calls a Crisis Meeting After Grain Plant Explosion Near Ukraine Border

https://ift.tt/5CpgiEr plant lies just a few miles from the border with Ukraine, and the explosion reported there came on the same day that Russia launched a widespread missile attack on Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7lr8JV2

Israel PM rejects US probe into killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Israel’s departing prime minister says Israel will not participate in an American investigation into the fatal shooting of a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent in the occupied West Bank from World https://ift.tt/8YldTxQ

4 dead, 2 missing off Tunisia in migration boat sinking

Tunisian authorities say four people drowned and two are missing after the inflatable boat they were on sank off the coast of Tunisia after departing for Europe from World https://ift.tt/Y2JWyvt

C.I.A. Director Warns Russian Counterpart Against Using Nuclear Weapons

https://ift.tt/pGJUxKX Burns’s talks with Russia’s foreign intelligence chief are the most senior in-person meetings since the start of the war in Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/wnS3TFs

US woman accused of smuggling Mayan relics in Guatemala

Officials in Guatemala say they’ve arrested a U.S. woman who was caught trying to smuggle two 1,000-year-old Mayan relics out of the country — and then was found again in a vehicle with 166 other pre-Hispanic artifacts from World https://ift.tt/pPNl8MX

Dominican drug lord pleads guilty in US federal court

A powerful drug lord from the Dominican Republic known as “The Abuser” has pled guilty to drug trafficking charges in U.S. federal court from World https://ift.tt/X3JreH1

Funerals Held for Victims of Istanbul Bombing

https://ift.tt/LTRxPNG least six people were killed and dozens of others were wounded in an attack on a crowded shopping street near the city’s Taksim Square. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/vc976YI

Moroccan citizen arrested in Germany on spying allegations

Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office says a Moroccan citizen has been arrested in the western Cologne area in for possible spying and that his premises have been searched from World https://ift.tt/ghroYt4

Russian zookeeper kidnaps animals from Kherson, Ukraine says

Videos show Oleg Zubkov taking animals from Kherson Zoo to his Crimean safari park. It's one of many instances of fleeing Russians looting Ukrainian cities. from World https://ift.tt/CZ3smyV

Here’s what we know about the attack.

https://ift.tt/2tVzBCr blast tore through a busy pedestrian thoroughfare popular with tourists. It was unclear who carried it out. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Oop1tBf

Massive turnout in defense of Mexico's electoral authority

Tens of thousands of people have packed the capital’s main boulevard to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four years in office from World https://ift.tt/YonQqcV

Russia’s War Hawks Step Up Criticism of the Military Over Kherson Withdrawal

https://ift.tt/knwH6bS Vladimir Putin and the Russian government were targets, but there was no evidence that the volume of blame would be a real liability. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/0SJx3aU

Zelensky Calls the Fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region ‘Hell’

https://ift.tt/hGEiyaW military analysts said that the recapture of Kherson might enable Ukraine to shift forces as well as artillery east to Donetsk. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7j6UJgX

Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen

Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has acknowledged that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week from World https://ift.tt/VcE0421

US: Six feared dead after military planes collide midair at Dallas airshow, probe underway

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Two planes collided and crashed at an air show in Dallas, Texas, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday. Emergency crews were responding to the scene at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show at the Dallas Executive Airport. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Wmg3XH

Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft

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Amid Joy in Kherson, a Humanitarian Disaster Looms

https://ift.tt/Jo7R4W5 forces encountered a city without heat, water, electricity or cellphone service, with Russian artillery digging in just miles away. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JjuXd1Y

Banksy Unveils Mural in War-Torn Ukrainian Town

https://ift.tt/pTDkENw anonymous artist appeared to confirm his latest creation in Borodyanka, a town that was among the first to be hit by Russian airstrikes. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/W6E0CDN

Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe trauma of occupation

Amid the exuberance after Russia's retreat, residents of Kherson described abuses by the occupying forces including detentions, torture and disappearances. from World https://ift.tt/JzkFIhX

Iranian who inspired "The Terminal" dies at Paris airport

French officials say an Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” has died in the airport from World https://ift.tt/2p9QuBf

Midway through UN climate talks, Egypt pushes to bridge gaps

Egypt is pushing to bridge the gaps between negotiating parties at the United Nations’ climate conference as negotiators finalize draft deals as the first week of the summit wraps up in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh from World https://ift.tt/MNT8mH5

Ukrainians in Kyiv Cheer Russian Retreat From Kherson

https://ift.tt/eyv38L6 celebrated in Ukraine’s capital after the country’s forces swept into the southern port city of Kherson, which Russia had occupied for months. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QpPVxYj

Gal Costa, central figure in Brazil’s Tropicália song movement, dies at 77

She was one of Brazil’s most revered singers. from World https://ift.tt/N1FW3RJ

Scotland rules U.S. fugitive who faked death is not an Irish orphan

Nicholas Rossi had fled the United States, where he is wanted on sexual assault charges, and was discovered at a hospital in Glasgow last year. from World https://ift.tt/08mic9B

Gal Costa, central figure in Brazil’s Tropicália song movement, dies at 77

She was one of Brazil’s most revered singers. from World https://ift.tt/N1FW3RJ

Biden Hails U.S. Climate Initiatives at COP27 in Egypt

https://ift.tt/MFbt30o Biden apologized for his predecessor’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement and stressed a renewed U.S. commitment to tackling the climate crisis. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/e3YVcXt

Court to Reconsider Trump-Era Decision That Favored Alaska Road Project

https://ift.tt/l4Q6wnA groups, joined by former President Carter, had sued to reopen the case after a March ruling upheld an Interior Department deal for a road through a national wildlife refuge. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TOeCmIa

Haitian police briefly lose control of armored car

Just weeks after the United States and Canada sent a fleet of armored vehicles to Haiti to keep gangs at bay, Haitian police briefly lost control of one of the cars from World https://ift.tt/wFJIyMK

Mexico's colonial-era city of Oaxaca choked by trash piles

The mayor of Mexico’s most iconic and beloved colonial-era city, Oaxaca, has made a desperate public plea for federal authorities to declare a public health emergency over the mounds of uncollected garbage piling up in the city’s cobblestone streets from World https://ift.tt/6Aly1fj

Your Friday Briefing: Xi and Biden to Meet

https://ift.tt/a5iC7tP cryptocurrency chaos and Ukraine’s wary advance toward Kherson. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/f5TKAdh

Vatican auditor sues over ouster as new dirty laundry aired

A new chapter has opened in Pope Francis’ financial reform effort: The Vatican’s first auditor general and his deputy have sued the Holy See for 9.3 million euros ($9.5 million) for wrongful dismissal from World https://ift.tt/VS6giw7

Report by Brazil's military on election count cites no fraud

A much-awaited report from the Brazilian military has highlighted flaws in the country’s electoral systems and proposed improvements from World https://ift.tt/4rAQZ0a

Israel readies indictments in death of Palestinian-American

The Israeli army has moved toward the indictment of two commanders over the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian-American man who was dragged from a car, bound and blindfolded after being stopped at a checkpoint from World https://ift.tt/p9ro5Gt

Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas wins Cervantes Prize

Venezuelan poet Rafael Cadenas has been awarded the Cervantes Prize from World https://ift.tt/PhwIQqN

Your Thursday Briefing: No ‘Red Wave’ in U.S. Midterms

https://ift.tt/kuscTtH Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/nXVrdKo

Some Russian War Bloggers Denounce Kherson Withdrawal Order

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/world/europe/russian-war-bloggers-kherson.html“This betrayal is now carved up on my heart for centuries,” one military blogger wrote online. Another blogger lauded the move as a way to preserve the army. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/9CV0bDA

Ukraine war, Russian energy attacks loom over COP27 climate conference

Ukrainian delegates hope their presence at COP27 will keep the war fresh in people's minds and spark broader discussions about the world's reliance on fossil fuels. from World https://ift.tt/ZDVMU8c

Credibility Questions Dog World Bank President at Climate Summit

https://ift.tt/gtCaFQY Malpass has faced continuing criticism from those who question his commitment to climate action as well as the bank’s track record. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/w2tWQLf

Burst sewage pipe adds to infrastructure woes at COP27

Attendees of this year’s U.N. climate conference in Egypt found themselves stepping over streams of foul-smelling fluid Wednesday after a pipe or tank holding liquid waste appeared to have burst near one of the venue’s main throughfares from World https://ift.tt/G03sBD4

Key fuel depot in Haiti reopens for 1st time since September

Trucks are lining up at a main fuel terminal in Haiti’s capital to fill up their tanks for the first time since a powerful gang federation seized control of the area nearly two months ago from World https://ift.tt/Utnd3sD

Your Wednesday Briefing: The U.S. Votes

https://ift.tt/LQGizsu Europe makes climate pledges and Kenya discloses details of a Chinese railroad contract. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/42GeYW7

Apartment building collapse kills 3 in Egyptian capital

Emergency services officials say a building has collapsed in a neighborhood in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing at least three people, The five-story residential structure came down in the densely populated area of Imbaba, an official from the civil protection services said from World https://ift.tt/eOlmj8Q

Zelensky Tells Climate Meeting Russia’s War Undercuts Needed Action

https://ift.tt/wcT3iux from the ground and research on previous armed conflicts suggest that the ecological impact of the conflict could be enormous. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/LMfY9wI

After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid

https://ift.tt/oxK180C European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations recover from loss and damage caused by climate change. The United States was silent. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1B9qWJd

Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27

The second day of leaders’ speeches at the UN’s climate conference included bold proposals, recommendations to crack down and standardize “net zero” claims and continued discussion about the situation of a jailed pro-democracy activist who is on a hunger and water strike from World https://ift.tt/UhI4vtp

11 French bishops accused of sexual abuse, church says

Among those under investigation was Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, who admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a priest 35 years ago. from World https://ift.tt/tuyzNgf

American Aid Worker Is Shot Dead in Baghdad

https://ift.tt/JvKxV0A officials said that gunmen opened fire on the aid worker’s vehicle in a drive-by shooting in the central Baghdad neighborhood where he lived. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/SidP7BH

Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27

Reparations to poor countries suffering the impacts of climate change and calls to drastically slash greenhouse emissions are two of the biggest storylines the first day of the U.N. climate summit, known as COP27 from World https://ift.tt/IWT9npS

Polish court acquits men in toppling of priest statue

A Polish court has acquitted three men who in 2019 toppled a statue of a late priest suspected of sexually abusing minors from World https://ift.tt/di5zrJO

Dubai fire races up high-rise near world's tallest building

A fire has broken out at a 35-story high-rise building in Dubai near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building from World https://ift.tt/hoO9a3w

Imran Khan's long march to resume on Tuesday

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Russia Looks to Private Militia to Secure a Victory in Eastern Ukraine

https://ift.tt/5NBG3Uy Group forces launched attacks from several directions on the city of Bakhmut, though analysts said seizing it would yield little strategic value. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/fJSuGX0

War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt

Each year there are high hopes for the two-week United Nations climate gathering and, almost inevitably, disappointment when it doesn’t deliver another landmark pact like the one agreed 2015 in Paris from World https://ift.tt/PyB1Sei

Your Monday Briefing: COP27 Begins

https://ift.tt/MfUpKRG India could be key to peace in Ukraine and a child’s death in China sparks new outrage over the zero Covid policy. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Fomitlf

Fire, building collapse injures 20 people in Iraq's capital

Iraq’s state news agency says that at least 20 people have been injured after a commercial building in the capital Baghdad caught fire and collapsed from World https://ift.tt/x1a3HE2

U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia

The encouragement is aimed not at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table but ensuring it maintains a moral high ground in the eyes of its backers. from World https://ift.tt/PhvCxBw

The U.S. and Europe seek to assure Ukraine of support.

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Biden’s “consequences” for Saudi Arabia are reaping quiet results

Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut OPEC oil production was met with fury in Washington. But the White House is taking its time on any public punishment. from World https://ift.tt/DGjHQoV

Israeli army shoots dead Palestinian rock thrower

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot and killed a young man in the occupied West Bank from World https://ift.tt/6iSVvB2

3 more migrants bodies found on Greek sea; toll at 26

The bodies of three more migrants have been found in the western Aegean Sea near where an overloaded sailboat smuggling dozens of people to Europe sank in rough seas this week from World https://ift.tt/GHzN8me

The Taliban wants to segregate women. So it’s training female doctors.

In a highly conservative Islamic society, the Taliban says women should be treated by female physicians and nurses. from World https://ift.tt/hMzI0ko

Global statesmen: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war

Members of the group of prominent former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela say the war in Ukraine can only end with a diplomatic solution that gives both sides something from World https://ift.tt/WtsrV1H

The Search for Missing Russian Soldiers

https://ift.tt/DSp1LH7 families searching for loved ones say the system for finding missing soldiers is as disorganized as Vladimir Putin’s military effort, which has been marked by dysfunction from the beginning. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/s2G6OFZ

In a First, US Pays Tribes to Move Away From Climate Threats

https://ift.tt/Qvrp23c Interior Department has selected the winners of a new competition to relocate communities vulnerable to climate change. It could become a model for the rest of the country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/tpAZe3l

Toxic smog engulfs New Delhi, prompting school and factory closures

India's capital, New Delhi, was blanketed again this week in filthy smog that experts say is harmful to residents' health. from World https://ift.tt/Qk3rAG7

Toxic smog engulfs New Delhi, prompting school and factory closures

India's capital, New Delhi, was blanketed again this week in filthy smog that experts say is harmful to residents' health. from World https://ift.tt/Qk3rAG7

Your Friday Briefing: A COP 27 Preview

https://ift.tt/qSCQJAi Benjamin Netanyahu retakes power in Israel and Imran Khan is wounded in Pakistan. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/yvh2ckS

Troubled Loner? Political Terrorist? Both? It’s Often Hard to Say

https://ift.tt/6tTBY3l attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband has raised questions about the role of demonizing political speech in violent acts, not for the first time. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Tq2eyhN

Lisa slams Belize as Martin becomes farthest-north November hurricane

Lisa’s ocean surge swamped Belize City before delivering heavier rain farther inland. from World https://ift.tt/Ysub1R5

Lisa slams Belize as Martin becomes farthest-north November hurricane

Lisa’s ocean surge swamped Belize City before delivering heavier rain farther inland. from World https://ift.tt/Ysub1R5

Battle Over Deep-Sea Mining Takes on New Urgency as Trial Run Winds Down

https://ift.tt/4Hz0LIq Canadian company is testing mining equipment in the Pacific Ocean in its quest for metals needed for electric vehicles. Environmentalists oppose the mining, which could begin in 2024. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/dwXJ9ju

UK raised India’s neutrality on Ukraine with Jaishankar and PM Modi

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The No. 10 readout of Sunak’s call with Modi did not mention Ukraine but it did say the two leaders “discussed shared global challenges”. But in a debate on Ukraine in the House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, UK junior minister for South Asia, confirmed the matter had been raised at the highest level. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/27wqDce

Russia Rejoins Grain Deal, but Warns It Could Pull Out Again

https://ift.tt/s4Scmad agreement allows Ukraine, a major food producer, to export grain by sea, easing the threat of famine in other countries. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JqEyDVa

With Bolsonaro defeated, some supporters want military intervention

The president described the protests as a fair expression of “indignation" and "injustice.” That was all the encouragement many bolsonaristas needed. from World https://ift.tt/rojvF36

With Bolsonaro defeated, some supporters want military intervention

The president described the protests as a fair expression of “indignation" and "injustice.” That was all the encouragement many bolsonaristas needed. from World https://ift.tt/rojvF36

El Salvador destroys gang members' tombstones

El Salvador’s government has taken its efforts against the country’s powerful street gangs to another level by sending inmates into cemeteries to destroy the tombs of gang members at a time of year when families typically visit their loved ones’ graves from World https://ift.tt/7v6i5aE

Your Thursday Briefing: A Truce in Tigray

https://ift.tt/GLy3tac North Korea fired a record number of missiles, and Russia rejoined the grail deal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/LUN0ISy

Database of videos exposes the horrors of war in Ukraine

The Washington Post has catalogued and verified more than 200 videos from the war in Ukraine into a searchable visual database. from World https://ift.tt/teMpTgK

Climate activists get a month in prison for Vermeer protest

Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in a climate protest last week have been sentenced to two months in prison, with prosecutors saying their action “crossed a line” of acceptable protest from World https://ift.tt/DOu4q0e

Canadian man in custody after allegedly killing Mexican cop

Mexican prosecutors say a Canadian man is in custody after allegedly shooting and killing a police officer responding to a call in the resort town of Tulum from World https://ift.tt/96FJa1H

Federal judge appoints receiver to manage Mississippi jail

A federal judge has appointed a receiver to temporarily manage a Mississippi jail to improve conditions from World https://ift.tt/8noUczG

Human remains recovered from clandestine graves in Mexico

At least two clandestine graves holding human remains have been found in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato from World https://ift.tt/WpuP8yB

Israel Election: Here’s what’s at stake.

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Russian defense minister insists Ukraine infrastructure is military target

Ukraine says water service is restored in Kyiv after airstrikes; United Nations warns grain will no longer ship from Ukrainian ports after Russia nixes agreement from World https://ift.tt/HQV84X2

Invasive mosquitoes could unravel malaria progress in Africa

Scientists say an invasive mosquito species was likely responsible for a large outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia earlier this year from World https://ift.tt/0cIrvgB