We just hit 1.5 C above per-industrial levels for the first time. (www.abc.net.au)
Calls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surges (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian Embassy Releases Map Recognizing Crimea as Ukraine's (www.newsweek.com)
The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine....
Ukraine says it landed troops on the shores of Russian-occupied Crimea (www.cnn.com)
Ukrainian forces have carried out their most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities in the occupied region of Crimea, officials in Kyiv have said....
US suicides hit an all-time high last year (english.elpais.com)
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.
Around 2,000 penguins wash up dead on Uruguay coast (www.france24.com)
Ukraine updates: Putin warns Poland not to attack Belarus (www.dw.com)
After Poland reacted to the arrival of Wagner mercenary troops to Belarus by moving some of its troops to its eastern border, Russia’s Vladimir Putin accused Warsaw of trying to seize more land in eastern Europe....
Macron's call to 'cut off' social media during riots sparks backlash in France (www.france24.com)
'I’m here for my grandchildren': Two pensioners storm Wimbledon court to demand climate action (www.euronews.com)
Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni (www.nytimes.com)
Macron Blames Video Games For Riots, Calls On Parents To Help (www.channelstv.com)
‘Putin must lose everything’: defiant Zelenskiy hosts western leaders in Kyiv to mark two years of war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president met the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium in a show of unity after recent battlefield defeats...
European leaders call for stronger defence ties after Trump’s Nato remarks (www.theguardian.com)
European leaders have called for greater unity and military cooperation across the continent in response to comments from Donald Trump that threatened to undermine the basis of Nato....
Anger as oil and gas industry veteran chosen to lead next COP climate talks (www.independent.co.uk)
Trump businesses received millions in foreign payments while he was in office (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump “repeatedly and willfully” violated the US constitution by “allowing his businesses to accept millions of dollars from some of the most corrupt nations on Earth”, prominently including China, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee charged on Thursday, unveiling a 156-page report on the matter....
Prince Andrew ‘tormented’ as Jeffrey Epstein documents set to be made public (www.independent.co.uk)
China uses AI to generate propaganda on YouTube, report finds (www.rfa.org)
In a YouTube video, a voice in English announces that China has researched and developed its own ultra-thin 1-nanometer chip – a staggering claim given that the chip isn’t expected in commercial devices for another decade....
War on Gaza: Important archaeological site 'mostly destroyed' by Israeli invasion (www.middleeasteye.net)
Auschwitz Museum Decries Israeli Mayor's 'Sick' Call to 'Empty' Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
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Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Number of Deserting Russian Troops Surges (www.kyivpost.com)
Zelenskiy to visit Washington in bid to break Senate deadlock on Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)
Do not let Putin win, Biden pleads with Republicans on Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden pleaded with Republicans on Wednesday for a fresh infusion of military aid for Ukraine, warning that a victory for Russia over Ukraine would leave Moscow in position to attack NATO allies and could draw U.S. troops into a war....
Israeli Strikes Kill World-Renowned Researcher Sofyan Taya, Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf (www.democracynow.org)
Among the dead is Sofyan Taya, president of the Islamic University of Gaza and a renowned researcher in physics and applied mathematics. Taya was killed along with his family in an Israeli airstrike Saturday in Jabaliya, just north of Gaza City....
Think of what happened to Hong Kong when you vote, Taiwan president says (www.reuters.com)
TAIPEI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen appealed to voters on Sunday to think of what had happened to Chinese-controlled Hong Kong when they cast their ballots next month, saying peace must be backed up with a commitment to boost defences....
