India's Parliament votes on key bills with over 140 opposition members suspended (www.npr.org)
Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers (apnews.com)
Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S....
To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth (www.nature.com)
Israel's open rejection of a 'two-state solution' undermines US Middle East policy (news.sky.com)
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Bulgaria dismantles a Soviet army monument that has dominated the Sofia skyline since 1954 (www.bloomberg.com)
'Our season': Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray (apnews.com)
Australia to triple fees on foreigners buying existing homes, penalise them if they leave properties empty (www.scmp.com)
China warns against ‘undermining’ Belt and Road plan after Italy withdraws (www.aljazeera.com)
Italy, the only major Western power to have joined China’s global infrastructure initiative, is exiting in 2024....
China’s Xi goes full Stalin with purge (www.politico.eu)
600 North Koreans deported from China have ‘vanished,’ rights group says (www.nbcnews.com)
Tesla Whistleblower Wins Free-Speech Award | Silicon UK Tech (www.silicon.co.uk)
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study (www.theguardian.com)
World carbon dioxide emissions increase again, driven by China, India and aviation (apnews.com)
The world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India, a team of scientists reported....
Forest City: Inside Malaysia's Chinese-built 'ghost city' (www.bbc.com)
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India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deaths (www.reuters.com)
Russia planned Islamophobic campaigns in Finland, Sweden to delay Nato membership (yle.fi)
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Ukraine marines hacked a Russian drone's video feed to find its base and then shelled it, video shows (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukrainian forces say they found and attacked a Russian drone base after hacking a drone and geolocating the footage....
Ukraine blows up main railway connection between Russia and China (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine’s security service blew up a railway connection linking Russia to China, in a clandestine strike carried out deep into enemy territory, with pro-Kremlin media reporting that investigators have opened a criminal case into a “terrorist attack.”...
Israel army publishes map it says advises Gazans of safe evacuation areas (www.reuters.com)
Russia warns of tension as Finland shuts last border crossing (www.bbc.com)
Finland has closed the last crossing on its long Russian border, prompting the Kremlin to condemn an “absolutely redundant measure”....
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
All 41 Indian labourers rescued from collapsed tunnel (www.theguardian.com)
New video shows trapped laborers alive in Himalayan tunnel but rescue still no closer (edition.cnn.com)
The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its tenth day....
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)
