Rare aid convoy to reach occupied Oleshky under temporary ceasefire, Melania Trump involved in brokering first mission of its kind in years
World euronews.com

World

World
Greenland opens new international airport in Ilulissat Third and final project in airport expansion partly funded by Denmark, direct Copenhagen route shifts access away from former US air base at Kangerlussuaq
euronews.com
World
Rare aid convoy to reach occupied Oleshky under temporary ceasefire, Melania Trump involved in brokering first mission of its kind in years Residents of flooded town have eaten weeds while strikes continue elsewhere
euronews.com
World
Putin says Russia ready for war with Europe Statement praised Nordic call to Kremlin that broke European ranks, Britain prescribes tinned food and urges seizure of £175bn in frozen Russian assets
independent.co.uk
World
Hong Kong housing secretary resigns over fire that killed 168 Inquiry blames contractor corner-cutting and regulators who preannounced their own inspections, cigarette on scaffolding started city's deadliest blaze in decades
wtop.com
World
Russian refineries raise crude processing 25 percent after three-day Ukrainian strike pause Trump sanctions license keeps diesel tanker sailing for New York while Washington drafts US majors into postwar Russian oil deals
zerohedge.com
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United States

Greenland opens new international airport in Ilulissat Third and final project in airport expansion partly funded by Denmark, direct Copenhagen route shifts access away from former US air base at Kangerlussuaq
euronews.com
El Salvador sends 2 000 more troops to Haiti after ambush on technicians Bukele threatens gangs with his domestic playbook, deployment runs parallel to UN mission with US support and opaque chain of command
breitbart.com
Zombie-costumed man stabs two at Austin coffee shop Fleeing pickup driver crashes into unoccupied robotaxi and is found three miles away on a walking trail
foxnews.com
GEO Group signs ten-year ICE contract for Tacoma detention center Deal worth roughly 140 million dollars a year covers 1,635 beds through October 2036, same-day congressional tour barred cameras as lawmakers hear of medication delays
fox13seattle.com
Justice Department subpoenas California election officials over noncitizen voting claims Courts twice reject ballot segregation while administration sues 30 states for voter data, counties warned to cooperate or face investigations themselves
nbcnews.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Zombie-costumed man stabs two at Austin coffee shop Fleeing pickup driver crashes into unoccupied robotaxi and is found three miles away on a walking trail
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
Patrick Stewart dies at 86 RSC veteran became Star Trek captain at 47 after Hollywood called him too old, Professor X role followed at 60 and his last interview vowed never to retire
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Gullan Bornemark dead at 98 Swedish children's song pioneer gave generations melodies their composers rarely get named for, son Dan says she was content and grateful for life
sydsvenskan.se
Miscellaneous
London preppers shrug off three-day government checklist and stock months of supplies Cabinet Office survey found quarter of Londoners could manage a day without utilities, torch sales jump 284 percent at Maplin
standard.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Delivery robot runs red light crashes into Tallinn bus and leaves the scene Nine passengers injured in Estonian capital, Bolt-operated machine has no licence to revoke and police have no one to charge
infobae.com
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Media

Media
Scotland may scrap Saturday 3pm football TV blackout SPFL invites bids on more live games for 2029 rights cycle, sixty-year-old attendance rule can lapse without ever being repealed
independent.co.uk
Media
Fundraiser for prank-accosted pizza worker passes 100000 dollars Viral Apple Pay theft clip monetized the assault as engagement, strangers pay the damages the platforms will not
newsweek.com
Media
Bluesky blocks links to leaked DHS employee database Platform built as X's freer alternative marks DDoSecrets posts malicious, agency pursues takedowns through ZeroFox while researchers still need the names for FOIA requests
techcrunch.com
Media
Hasan Piker puts Ted Cruz on notice after 72-million-dollar suit against Scott Jennings Filing alleges Jennings spliced three livestreams to portray Piker as advocating lynchings, Trump's 2022 suit against Clinton ended in dismissal and almost one million dollars in sanctions
newsweek.com
Media
Libs of TikTok revives theory that California ballot envelopes expose votes, perforations are an accessibility feature per the Secretary of State 1.5 million views meet a state where three in four Republicans distrust the count
motherjones.com
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Politics

Politics
Peru's Fujimori tours Bukele's CECOT mega-prison Latest leader to copy the model holding 1.5 percent of El Salvador behind bars, released Venezuelan deportees allege beatings and torture
independent.co.uk
Politics
Justice Department subpoenas California election officials over noncitizen voting claims Courts twice reject ballot segregation while administration sues 30 states for voter data, counties warned to cooperate or face investigations themselves
nbcnews.com
Politics
FBI and Homeland Security found evidence Ilhan Omar's marriage was fraudulent in 2016 Obama-era case stalled on the five-year statute of limitations before a Biden-era prosecutor reportedly shut it down in 2021, agents searched her Washington home a decade later
thegatewaypundit.com
Politics
Meloni freezes Italy's thirteenth Ukraine arms package pending US midterms Tajani had declared shipment finalized days earlier, last Italian weapons left for Kyiv nearly a year ago
zerohedge.com
Politics
North Korea launches 10 ballistic missiles off east coast Volley comes days before Pyongyang's border-loudspeaker deadline, Seoul's military called the previous launches a reply to its own hypersonic test
independent.co.uk
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Opinion

Opinion
Akram al-Sourani: A year after the ceasefire Gaza has no privacy, no peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing No peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing
theguardian.com
Opinion
Peter Apps: London builds fewer homes than in any recent decade while rents pass £2,200 The deficit is a planning choice not destiny and the 1970s show the city knows how to fix it
standard.co.uk
Opinion
Devi Sridhar: AI cancer survival models trained on 40 million faces outrun their evidence Lancet study shows 18 of 28 cancer links and no significant survival signal for Black patients
theguardian.com
Opinion
Mohamad Bazzi: US protection turns out to be priced per transaction A trillion dollars in Saudi pledges bought F-35s but no airstrikes against the Houthis, Trump met a missile strike that killed 13 with a promise to look at it
theguardian.com
Opinion
Polly Toynbee: Britain releases 2000 prisoners into a probation service staffed at half its need, union opens strike ballot as tags go unfitted and hostels close Privatisation was abandoned in 2021 but its low-bid pricing never was
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
Spain mourns 69 dead in Toledo train crash Government-released audio shows Madrid controller told Renfe driver to proceed under normal operations, Iryo train halted by same signal failure stayed put
theguardian.com
Europe
Thousands of patients lose online GP access after tech firm Silicon Practice collapses into administration Practice websites and online consultations vanish across Gloucestershire, Wales and London, tool was advertised as cutting surgery phone calls by 30 percent
standard.co.uk
Europe
Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president on 7 February 2027 Early exit opens the succession before France's presidential election as rates rise and bond fears mount, only president to leave early before her was Duisenberg under the bank's founding deal
zerohedge.com
Europe
EU withdraws offer of associate member talks with Canada Von der Leyen's landmark proposal collapses into an "ever closer association" to be defined by 2027, ambassadors rescued the Commission from its own announcement after Trump called it laughable
theguardian.com
Europe
Belgium's tax agency knocked offline by cyberattack MyMinfin portal taken down while officials investigate, state services that demand citizens' data cannot keep their own systems standing
euronews.com
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North America

North America
Convicted murderer Jacob Morley escapes Tennessee prison Manhunt spans three states after perimeter breach caught on camera, stolen truck found abandoned in Illinois
globalnews.ca
North America
Boulder firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crimes Mohamed Soliman admits attacking Jewish marchers with Molotov cocktails, visa overstayer had planned attack for a year
wtop.com
North America
Leak names 41,000 Homeland Security employees, personal details of ICE and CBP agents posted online in the Icepick database Third federal breach in weeks hits the agency running the hunt for leakers
bbc.com
North America
FTC orders Walmart Delta Uber and peers to expose personal-data pricing Study also examines whether gig-worker pay follows phone usage and acceptance history, agency that already holds consumer dossiers demands the private ones explain theirs
wtop.com
North America
E-bike battery fire kills 11-year-old boy in Bronx apartment Four critically injured as bike blocked the exit door, NYC counts 401 lithium fires this year while nobody in the chain owns the risk
bnonews.com
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Latin America

Latin America
El Salvador sends 2 000 more troops to Haiti after ambush on technicians Bukele threatens gangs with his domestic playbook, deployment runs parallel to UN mission with US support and opaque chain of command
breitbart.com
Latin America
Brazilian Supreme Court orders probe into foreign financing of Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign Investigation targets Rockbridge Network founded with involvement of Vice President Vance, police to examine rare earth interests and foreign-run Polymarket posts
english.elpais.com english.elpais.com
Latin America
UN condemns US embargo on Cuba for 34th consecutive year Germany Italy and Latvia abstain for first time after Trump administration pressure, support falls from 165 to 130 as US envoy tells Cuban foreign minister to back up
wtop.com
Latin America
Peru kidnapping gangs build bunkers and price ransoms against families' borrowing power Trujillo cell held gold trader 36 hours under mutilation threats, state of emergency since 2024 has not reached the districts where gangs collect
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Lula wins fourth term in Brazil runoff Court's two-hour voting extension turns first-round defeat into 4.3 million vote victory, Flávio Bolsonaro refuses concession and demands annulment
theguardian.com
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Asia

Asia
Taliban tortured Afghan teacher who ran secret school for girls Herat officials blindfolded Basir Arian and broke his nose jaw and finger, underground classes survive on UNICEF tents and borrowed hope while donors negotiate with the regime that wields the rifle butts
theguardian.com
Asia
US defense contractor with top secret clearance pleads guilty in North Korean IT worker scheme Same day Treasury sanctions network funding Pyongyang weapons programs, regime collects salaries from remote jobs companies fill without checking who types
bnonews.com
Asia
Suspected Chinese spy cultivated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, US intelligence shelved findings rather than shake AI market Washington weighs chip sanctions against Beijing while protecting the stock price of its target
theguardian.com
Asia
Residential cruise ship Odyssey halts in Cambodia and orders residents ashore Florida operator begins 60-day restructuring as Iran war fuel prices surge, residents who bought permanent homes at sea are offered temporary living arrangements
nbcnews.com
Asia
US Marine indicted for robbery and murder of Okinawan woman Washington answers Tokyo's protest with month-long curfew and alcohol ban, troops occupy a tenth of an island Washington administered until 1972
zerohedge.com
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Middle East

Middle East
Hegseth fires Pentagon's top war planner over Iran and Ukraine leaks Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia failed three polygraph tests per CBS while no successor is named, purge reaches the officers who draft the campaigns
zerohedge.com
Middle East
Taiz governor declares famine under Houthi siege Rights groups say rebels dynamite the last supply road and use starvation as a weapon, Saudi strike kills 13 as a million residents run out of gas and oxygen
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Gulf states draft multipart peace deal to avert renewed US-Iran war Iran rejects Qatari proposal but offers to reopen Hormuz four days after sanctions lift, Washington tells the same monarchies to prepare for short intense campaign after midterm vote
zerohedge.com euronews.com
Middle East
Iran hangs mountaineer who documented his Everest ascents, Ali-Sina Mostafavi executed after supreme court upholds protest sentence Oslo campaigners count six athletes executed and at least six more on death row
theguardian.com
Middle East
Russian satellites circled targets before all 40 Houthi and militia strikes on Saudi Arabia Geneva firm finds 100 percent match between Cosmos flybys and attacks, Houthis now claim direct hits on defense ministry and Ras Tanura refinery
independent.co.uk
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Africa

Africa
Machete mob kills Ebola nurse in eastern Congo Health workers shelter under police guard in Bafwasende, village chief lost four relatives who refused the hospital that saved eleven others
independent.co.uk
Africa
36,000 Ethiopians flee into Kenya as border fighting continues Moyale-area leaders warn host communities cannot absorb the influx, Kenya now manages an Ebola front and a refugee front at once
independent.co.uk
Africa
Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases ECDC dispatches experts to Nigeria as Kenya reports infected contacts, EU disease agency activates as outbreak reaches Abuja's flight paths
euronews.com
Africa
Bus crash on Nairobi-Mombasa highway kills 22 Passengers returning from their pastor's funeral, 17 died on the same road three weeks earlier
independent.co.uk
Africa
Multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh, shops open on ground floor while upper storeys under construction County that approved the plans cannot prosecute those who broke them
bnonews.com
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Economy

Economy
GEO Group signs ten-year ICE contract for Tacoma detention center Deal worth roughly 140 million dollars a year covers 1,635 beds through October 2036, same-day congressional tour barred cameras as lawmakers hear of medication delays
fox13seattle.com
Economy
Nearly three in ten US car trade-ins are underwater Edmunds finds decade-high average deficits as pandemic purchases age into debt, borrowers rolling old loans into new ones pay $952 a month and 83 percent more interest than in 2019
zerohedge.com
Economy
Netherlands locks all poultry indoors after three bird flu outbreaks Outbreaks in Groningen and Noord-Holland trigger shelter order as migrating wild birds carry the virus, biosecurity becomes a permanent annual cost the price of eggs quietly absorbs
dutchnews.nl
Economy
Drone stocks tumble 40 percent on Democratic sweep fears Bank of America ecosystem index crashes while S&P 500 climbs 11 percent, valuations hinge on a $55 billion reconciliation tranche voters have never heard of
zerohedge.com
Economy
Utah files felony charges against Kalshi and its founders Prediction market operator charged under state gambling law despite federal registration, NFL forces Barkley to sell Polymarket stake while other leagues take sponsorship money
independent.co.uk
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Technology

Technology
AI doorbell cameras begin polar-bear watch in Churchill Polar Bears International trials Bear-vision at waste site where a 2024 fire drew bears to the rubbish, melting sea ice now strands bears on land a month longer than their grandparents
independent.co.uk
Technology
Psychologists warn of harmful mental-health advice from AI chatbots BPS poll of 197 practitioners finds 49 percent rise in patients turning to chatbots, 43 percent of children aged 11 to 17 already use AI for emotional support
independent.co.uk
Technology
Billions leave Binance wallets in suspected hack Tether and Circle freeze more than two billion dollars in stablecoins within hours, censorship-resistant money has an off switch and two companies hold it
zerohedge.com
Technology
Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz says his field needs rizz in the AI era Bestselling author and podcast host argues human worth shifts to taste and persuasion as machines take over execution, advice comes from the profession's most media-trained voice
businessinsider.com
Technology
BYD brings luxury brand Denza to India on November 13 Electric D9 MPV expected at 80 to 90 lakh rupees will rival the MG M9, premium segment becomes a contest between two Chinese car groups
timesnownews.com
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Science

Science
Feral deer spread toward Australian cities despite five-year national action plan Every state flounders except South Australia which chose eradication over management, deer remain legally wildlife in Victoria as damage exceeds 91 million dollars a year
theguardian.com
Science
Microplastics rain down on Mount Everest all year Chinese study finds empty northern slope collects nearly three times more plastic than the tourist-filled base camp, more than 56 tonnes may settle on the Tibetan Plateau annually
independent.co.uk
Science
Anthropic study steered experts with coin-toss AI opinions Analysts adopted the agent's random preferences in up to 86 percent of decisions and judged the results their own, expertise education and distrust of AI made no measurable difference
the-decoder.com
Science
Bears that raided Index trash cans euthanized after backyard attack on leashed dog-walker Washington policy mandates lethal removal of bears involved in human attacks and relocation of food-habituated bears has poor record, the animals paid first for the garbage that drew them
fox13seattle.com
Science
Indonesia's worst fire season in a decade chokes Kalimantan and sparks Jakarta protests Nearly two million hectares have burned and four volunteer firefighters died this month, the cheapest way to clear land loads the bill onto everyone who breathes
theguardian.com
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