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The U.S. has vetoed a Gaza cease-fire resolution in the U.N. Security Council

The United States was the only country to vote against a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

WEKU

Al-Sisi runs for third time in vote following crackdown on dissent

Presidential elections in Egypt will take place from December 10 to 12. President Abdel Fattah al Sisi is running for a third term which outcome is predictable, even more now that the election campaign has been overshadowed by the Gaza war. But also because no serious other candidate is facing…

France 24

US vetoes UN security resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza

The US on Friday vetoed a United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Evening Standard

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US blocks UN Security Council demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire

The United Kingdom abstained from the vote while 13 Security Council members voted in favour

The Independent UK

UN chief and many nations demand immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, but US remains opposed

The United Nations chief and many Security Council members are demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The Independent UK

Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Frenzy at COP28

The activist demand that the U.S. phase out all fossil fuels in eight years is borderline insane.

Reason

Latin American Countries Rank Low In Employee Retention, Study Finds

A new study revealed that Latin American countries are struggling to retain talented workers.

Latin Times

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Saleemul Huq obituary

Climate campaigner and one of the developing world’s leading champions of provision for ‘loss and damage’

The Guardian - UK

OPEC rallies members against fossil fuels phase out at COP 28

Climate campaigners welcome draft COP agreement that includes options for the phase out of fossil fuels.

Al Jazeera

US piles pressure on Israel over conduct in war on Hamas

Secretary of state Antony Blinken urges more to be done to protect civilians in Gaza – as UN Security Council votes on resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire

The Independent UK

World faces ‘heightened risk’ of mass atrocities due to global inaction

Human rights campaigners say UN’s ‘responsibility to protect’ principle and ambition to prevent genocides have diminished

The Guardian - UK

Antisemitism comes from both far left and far right

Why is it so hard to see what is happening to Jews in the U.S. and around the world for what it is, asks Mona Charen.

Chicago Sun-Times

US, UK, Canada Sanction Dozens On Human Rights Anniversary

Dozens of alleged human rights abusers around the world face new sanctions Friday under a coordinated action by the United States, Britain and Canada to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on Cop28: a phase-out of fossil fuels is the only decision that makes sense

Editorial: Oil and gas interests are fighting hard to prevent decarbonisation, as they always have done

The Guardian - UK

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Israel wants to slay the monster next door, but with this lethal bombardment, it is feeding it

You can sympathise with the country’s desire to crush Hamas, and yet fear it is taking the wrong path in Gaza, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Al Jazeera

US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

US deputy ambassador says an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would ‘only plant the seeds for the next war’.

The National (Scotland)

Gaza society 'on the brink of full-blown collapse', warns UN chief

UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that he invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter…

The Hindu

New climate draft seeks tripling of renewable energy capacity

The latest draft of the Global Stocktake, one of the key documents being negotiated at the UN’s climate summit in Dubai, has linked the tripling of renewable energy capacity with a ‘phase-out’, or a time-bound ending, of the use of fossil fuels.

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The Conversation

Gaza war: Israelis feel angry at their government and abandoned by the international community

“The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home.” So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is held hostage in Gaza.

Radio France Internationale

Campaigners denounce the tough rules stifling voices of protest at Cop28

Record numbers of people are at the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, now in its second week. Seeking to be heard in the throng of 84,000 participants are activists who say their space to protest is diminishing every year.

International Business Times

Hamas Brutality Can't Justify 'Collective Punishment' Of Palestinians: UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Hamas brutality could never justify "collective punishment" of Palestinians as Israel presses its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza strip.

The Independent UK

Indonesia suspects human trafficking is behind the increasing number of Rohingya refugees

Indonesia’s president says his government blames a surge in human trafficking for the increasing number of Rohingya Muslims who have entered the country over the past few weeks

The Conversation

Why Venezuela is threatening to annex Guyana's oil-rich province of Essequibo

The US air force has taken the unusual step of holding joint drills with Guyana as the United Nations scheduled an emergency meeting of the security council to discuss Venezuela’s threat to annex more than two-thirds of the oil-rich South American country.

The Conversation

Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace speech on nuclear dangers has important lessons even after 70 years

Seventy years ago, on December 8 1953, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a speech to the United Nations general assembly, setting out his concerns about “atomic warfare”.

The Guardian - US

Federal appeals court mostly upholds Trump’s gag order in 2020 election subversion case - live

Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order, imposed in October, has been mostly upheld by federal appeals court

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