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Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards

New York Times Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/microfarms-cropswapla-food-deserts.html

China Confronts Europe Over Climate-Based Trade Restrictions

New York Times Days ahead of the U.N.’s global negotiations on climate change, China and other developing countries said trade restrictions should be part of the talks. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/china-europe-cop29-trade-restrictions.html

Putin makes Ukraine war veteran a governor as military gains prestige

Washington Post The “Time of Heroes” program to promote veterans from the Ukraine war is part of the Kremlin’s effort to make military service more attractive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/05/russia-pervyshov-tambov-putin-time-heroes/

Police say they’ve solved the murder of former Post contributor

Washington Post Police said they have concluded that their killings were an act of retaliation targeting Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/05/police-say-theyve-solved-murder-former-post-contributor/

Live briefing: Blinken urges Israel to increase Gaza aid as U.S. deadline looms

Washington Post The Biden administration warned Oct. 13 that Israel had 30 days to ensure more humanitarian aid to Gaza or the U.S. would consider restricting weapons transfers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/05/israel-iran-war-news-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas-gaza/

Iran-backed Iraqi militia attacks Haifa, Israel with drones

Fox News An Iran-backed Iraqi militia launched a drone attack in northern Israel early Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed several of its drones targeted Haifa, a port city in northern Israel, in response to Israeli military action in Gaza and Lebanon, the state media said. Israel Defense Forces…

How Kemi Badenoch Became Leader of the UK Conservative Party

New York Times Ms. Badenoch’s ascent is partly the result of a deliberate diversifying of the party under David Cameron in the 2000s. In her politics, she exemplifies its more recent rightward turn. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/world/europe/britain-kemi-badenoch-conservative-party.html

The world is trying to make sense of the U.S. electoral college

Washington Post The United States has a distinctive system by which presidents are elected indirectly. Every four years, the world tries to figure it out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/electoral-college-explained/

Diver finds and returns graduation ring lost for decades in the ocean

Washington Post Alex Davis used a metal detector to find a lost graduation ring buried in Barbados. He returned it to its owner in Canada just before the man’s 83rd birthday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/04/diver-graduation-ring-barbados/

U.S. soldier wounded during Gaza pier mission dies months after being injured

Fox News A soldier who was injured amid last summer’s Gaza pier mission recently died, the U.S. Army confirmed. Sgt. Quandarius Davon Stanley, 23, passed away on Oct. 31, according to an online obituary. He was one of three soldiers injured during the Gaza pier mission, which involved providing humanitarian aid to Gazans amid the…