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Chinese Ship Suspected of Severing Cables in Baltic Sea

US Blocks UNSC Resolution Calling for Gaza Cease-fire, Release of Hostages

Hong Kong: Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Testifies in Collusion Trial

Iran Offers to Cap Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile

Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru’s Desert

New York Times4 hrs

Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever

NPR Online News5 hrs

Oregon Poised To Force Health Insurers To Cover Trans Genital Surgeries for Children—or Risk Losing Their Licenses

Washington Free Beacon1 hr

They're here to finance climate action. But COP29 is more about bickering

US Lawmakers Call for Classified Briefing on Turkey's Hamas Ties

Iran Activates New Centrifuges After Criticism by UN Nuclear Watchdog

Senate Rejects Bernie Sanders' Bids to Block Arms Sale to Israel

Israeli Strike in Syria Kills Dozens

What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Get About Women in Combat

Atlantic39 mins

Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 11 in Beirut as diplomats push for cease-fire

Andrew Tate’s ‘Educational Platform’ Was Hacked

Trump Cabinet: Matt Gaetz withdraws attorney general nomination, Pam Bondi replaces him, and the week’s other top political stories.

Walmart CFO Predicts Higher Prices Under Trump Tariffs

China, Russia Oppose New UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti

Ukraine Alleges Russia Fired Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Hong Kong Jails 45 Pro-Democracy Activists for Subversion

Philippine Vice President Threatens to Have President Killed

Cold plunge or a hot bath: Which has more benefits?

Trump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals

New York Times4 hrs

What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison?

Dr. Oz Said Reopening Schools During Pandemic Would Be Worth 2%-3% More Kids Dying?

US Dept. of Justice Charges Indian Billionaire in $265M Bribery Scandal

Sri Lanka: President Appoints New Cabinet

India: New Delhi Pollution Hits 50 Times WHO Limit

India: New Delhi Shuts Primary Schools as Air Quality Worsens

Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

What you need to know about Adani's US bribery indictment

Korea Herald1 day

Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water

NPR Online News14 hrs

Segregation Academies in Mississippi Are Benefiting From Public Dollars, as They Did in the 1960s

ProPublica1 day

New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions − vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll

The Conversation1 day

Palau President Criticizes China as Re-election Confirmed

Typhoon Yinxing Batters Philippines

Canada Accuses India of Targeting Sikh Separatists

Indonesia: Prabowo Subianto Sworn in as President

The Laos methanol poisonings shine a light on a deeper tragedy

Spectator (UK)1 hr

Philippines vice president publicly threatens to have nation's president assassinated

Trump picks ex-N. Korea policy official as his principal deputy national security adviser

Korea Herald15 hrs

Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive

The Conversation1 day

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s deputy vows to have him assassinated if she is killed

Experts Say UN Climate Talks Need Urgent Overhaul

Podesta to COP29: US Committed to Climate Fight Under Trump

Taliban Makes First Appearance at UN Climate Summit

COP29 Set to Convene Following Trump Reelection

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow claims advance in Ukraine’s east has ‘accelerated’

EU state slams US for destabilizing regional energy security

Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change

New Scientist2 days

Trump’s Energy Pick, a Fracking Executive, Could Stymie Renewable Development

Scientific American5 days

Cop29 live: talks into overtime as Greta Thunberg says people in power ‘about to agree to death sentence’

DHS: IS-Linked Network Brought 400 Migrants Into US

US Arrests Eight Migrants With Suspected Islamic State Group Ties

Taliban Reaches Deal to Create Regional Logistics Hub

Russia Declares Ural Mountain Flooding a Federal Emergency

Trump makes next AG pick and Denzel Washington talks 'Gladiator II': Morning Rundown

[Herald Interview] Korea Expressway CEO leads push to export Korean road expertise globally

Korea Herald2 days

What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove

Wisconsin husband Ryan Borgwardt who faked his kayak death talks to cops 'every day' but won't reveal his location

Daily Mail10 hrs

Wisconsin Man Admits He Faked His Death and Left His Family for Europe