British Museum receives largest donation in its history with Chinese ceramics collection
Jerusalem Post The donation makes the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection the largest outside China, with 10,000 items displayed in a dedicated gallery. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829246
Read MoreAbkhazia’s opposition demands president step down in one hour
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. https://tass.com/world/1873279
Read MoreTrump Asks Steven Cheung to Lead White Hosue Communications
New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/us/politics/trump-asks-steven-cheung-his-chief-campaign-spokesman-to-lead-white-house-communications.html
Read MoreUN Force in Lebanon says artillery shell hit its West Sector headquarters
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-829332
Read MoreBig Foundations Helped Democrats Lose the Election
Wall Street Journal On inflation, immigration and transgenderism, progressive philanthropies took the party to places voters didn’t want to go. https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-foundations-pushed-democrats-to-the-left-giving-philantrophy-issues-politics-1bec2752
Read MoreProtesters against agreement with Russia break into “government” buildings in Abkhazia – video
Pravda Ukraine Protesters in the main city of occupied Abkhazia, Sukhumi, broke through the fence around the complex of “government buildings” and partially seized them on the afternoon of 15 November, protesting against the approval of an “investment agreement” with Russia. Source: European Pravda citing Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus), a Radio Liberty project…
Read MoreHow Inflation Ended Neoliberalism—and Re-Elected Trump
Wall Street Journal In the 1970s, skyrocketing prices spurred free-market reforms that promoted economic stability. In the 2020s, inflated fueled Trump’s comeback. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-inflation-ended-neoliberalism-history-policy-economics-politics-elections-79a053a4
Read MoreEU plans to discuss new sanctions against Iran for supporting Russia in war
Pravda Ukraine The EU Council will hold a meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Monday, 18 November, to discuss new sanctions against Iran for helping Russia in its war against Ukraine. Source: An unnamed EU official at a briefing in Brussels, as quoted by the Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty; European Pravda reports…
Read MoreThe Standoff Deep Inside an Abandoned South African Gold Mine
Wall Street Journal The government is trying to starve more than 1,000 informal prospectors out of a shaft of the Buffelsfontein mine, which police say extends some 8,000 feet below ground. https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africa-illegal-gold-mining-337ee875
Read MoreWomen’s shelter near Moscow catches fire, six injured
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “According to verified information, three children and three women were injured in the fire,” a spokesperson said https://tass.com/emergencies/1873271
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