Category: World News
Live briefing: At least 50 children killed in Gaza’s Jabalya in 2 days, UNICEF says
Washington Post A separate attack on a polio vaccination center in northern Gaza during a “humanitarian pause” on Saturday injured six people, WHO said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/03/israel-iran-war-news-lebanon-gaza-palestine/
Read MoreWarhol prints stolen in ‘amateurish’ heist, 2 more damaged in getaway from Dutch gallery
Fox News Thieves in the Netherlands used explosives to blow open the doors of an art gallery on Friday, making off with two rare screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol. According to MPV Gallery owner Mark Peet Visser, the suspects also abandoned two more works which were badly damaged in the street as…
Read MoreIran’s Khamenei warns of ‘crushing’ response to Israeli strikes
Washington Post Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei did not explicitly say an attack would originate from Iran, adding to speculation Tehran plans to retaliate from neighboring Iraq. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/02/israel-iran-khamanei-strike/
Read MoreIDF discovers Hamas underground weapons manufacturing facility in central Gaza
Fox News The IDF has released video showing Israeli troops uncovering a Hamas underground weapons-manufacturing facility in central Gaza located beneath the local civilian population. The terrorist-operated facility contained workshops and hundreds of supplies for producing rockets, shells and grenades before it was destroyed by engineering troops, the IDF says. It was situated near the…
Read MoreKemi Badenoch becomes first Black woman to lead UK Conservatives
Fox News Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives’ new leader and the first Black woman to head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles. Badenoch, 44, replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and has pledged to lead the party through…
Read MoreA chaotic presidential transition could embolden U.S. adversaries
Washington Post U.S. officials say they are hyper-focused on any attempts by Russia, China or Iran to exploit the months between Election Day the next president’s inauguration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/02/election-trump-harris-russia-china-iran/
Read MoreChina’s Typhoon hacks ahead of U.S. election spurred by elite competition
Washington Post Beijing insists it won’t meddle in the U.S. vote, but it’s reaping the fruits of a years-long government effort to build an ecosystem of private hacking groups. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/02/china-typhoon-hack-us-election-trump/
Read MoreCanada’s largest drug ‘superlab’ in history has been taken down, police say
Washington Post Canadian police said they seized enough drug and chemical precursors to produce 95.5 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl at the lab in British Columbia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/02/canada-drug-lab-fentanyl/
Read MoreCOP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation
New York Times The meeting created a fund that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/climate/cop16-cali-colombia-nature-biodiversity.html
Read MoreHow Europe is preparing for a possible second Trump presidency
Washington Post European officials are strategizing how to avoid a trade war, how to “Trump proof” security arrangements and how to deal with Donald Trump diplomatically. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/02/trump-europe-trade-war-nato-ukraine/
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