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BREAKING In a shocking development, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared “emergency martial law,” accusing the opposition of sympathizing with North Korea. Lawmakers have blocked his move.

Israeli defense minister Israel Katz has threatened "maximum impact and zero tolerance" if the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel collapses, promising to treat Lebanon as it does Hezbollah.

A Delaware judge has ruled for the second time that the record-breaking $56 billion pay package for Tesla head Elon Musk was unreasonable and would not be reinstated.

After forcing his budget plan through, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has faced the wrath of both the far-right and the left with a no-confidence vote. His government is likely to fall this week.

Lebanese Hezbollah says that it fired warning shots at the Israeli army after Israel violated the ceasefire and killed civilians.

Legendary diplomat and humanitarian, Mort Abramowitz, former ambassador to Turkey and Thailand and founder of the International Crisis Group, died on Friday at the age of 91.

Workers at Volkswagen plants across Germany are holding a two-hour strike today after the company announced plans to cut pensions and close three plants.

With most of the votes counted, Romania’s ruling left Social Democratic Party (PSD) is set to win yesterday's parliamentary elections, ensuring a pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine government.

Joe Biden has issued his son Hunter a "full and unconditional" pardon on gun and tax evasion charges, saying that "politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice."

A BBC investigation has shown that a number of brands of "Italian" pureed tomatoes sold in UK and German grocers are made with Chinese tomatoes from the Xinjiang region, made with Uyghur forced labour.

Several major Canadian news outlets, including the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and CBC, are together suing Open AI, maker of the AI chatbot GPT, for using their news articles to train its software.

The Israeli government's contact boycott and end to government advertising in the liberal paper Haaretz is being widely condemned. Haaretz responded by calling it "another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle Israeli democracy."

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 47 in the last 24 hours, and wounded 108.

After the collapse of Iceland's ruling coalition triggered snap elections for Saturday, a partial vote count shows the center-left Social Democrats leading.

Ireland's elections show the parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael positioned to form a new government, as neither is willing to form a coalition with the slight winner leftwing, nationalist Sinn Féin.

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The Syrian rebels' capture of Aleppo has raised speculation of Ukrainian involvement in planning the operation against the Russian-allied Damascus government, using FPV "kamikaze" drones, a technology Ukraine has mastered since the 2022 Russian invasionhttps://t.co/NVPMtGYHJT
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) December 3, 2024

Here we go again. Another coup, after many years, in South Korea. This is the direct result of the reckless promotion of a New Cold War by US-UK-EU: authoritarianism springs up from within https://t.co/gDFr45jQpg
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) December 3, 2024

Disturbing move: South Korean PresYoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law,” accusing the opposition of controlling parliament (ie winning elections), sympathizing w/ North Korea (unlikely) & paralyzing gov’t with anti-state activities (ie protests). https://t.co/JryB47In9J
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) December 3, 2024

"Quadcopters were emitting baby sounds, playing sounds of screaming women."

Palestinians in Gaza say Israel has been using small quadcopter drones, equipped with loudspeakers, to lure them out of their homes and then shoot them. #GazaCrimes pic.twitter.com/W4VytzyvdA
— Al Jazeera Investigations (@AJIunit) December 2, 2024

This isn’t your simple expert speaking.

He is actually the former Israeli defense minister and former IDF Chief Moshe Ya’alon, who clearly says ethnic cleansing is underway in Gaza to establish Jewish settlements

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— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) December 1, 2024

"...when I was in Gaza, I felt like it was a prelude to the end of humanity."https://t.co/BsUJwQnWLD
— Newscoop (@newscoop) November 28, 2024

“The Baku-Ceyhan BCP pipeline owned by Turkey & Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company, SOCAR, supply almost half of Israel’s oil”@GretaThunberg calls on the Turkish govt to suspend the oil shipments to Israel

Protests today#Gaza #Palestine #COP29Baku
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— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) November 11, 2024

Neo-Liberalism has been a disaster leading to Giant Monopolies like never before! @doctorow explains the consequences of 40 years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.pic.twitter.com/xBKBSGTMG4
— David Graeber Institute (@Graeber_social) November 26, 2024

The man who stood up to Bush America on the eve of the Gulf war, Dominique de Villepin
exposes Netanyahu and stands up to Israel as it carries genocide in Gaza pic.twitter.com/gEHhEkpGQX
— Marwan (@marwanbishara) November 23, 2024

This is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

How many times do they have to publicly tell you their plan before Western media reports it and Western officials acknowledge it?? https://t.co/B2Adbqyuok
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) November 25, 2024

The world needs this cat right now.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/TbN9zyXVPC
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 24, 2024

The West will have to pay for its silence! pic.twitter.com/4o39RT42df
— Rania (@umyaznemo) November 21, 2024

We've finally arrived at the ultimate contradiction of the US's "rules-based order": where the "rule" now is that you're forbidden to follow the rules. https://t.co/HIGbsM5rOb
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 23, 2024

As the COP29 climate meeting is reaching its end, it should not come as a surprise that yet another COP is failing. The current draft is a complete disaster. But even if our expectations are close to non-existent, we must never ever find ourselves reacting to these continuous…
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 22, 2024

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan stresses that our thoughts should be with the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity, not the alleged perpetrators who are trying to spin their way out of serious charges. https://t.co/nW7G0MXFHu
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) November 21, 2024

I suppose we owe @LindseyGrahamSC a thank you for saying quiet part out loud? https://t.co/qHZsaeH72k
— Zachary Foster (@_ZachFoster) November 22, 2024

Chair of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices (@SLUNNewYork Amb Pieris): "Before we delve into our report's findings, let us take a moment, I say, to take a step back and reflect on the broader picture: Under our watch, we have been permitting the clock to… pic.twitter.com/Ry5OhsJuxm
— Rami Ayari (@Raminho) November 18, 2024

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️ pic.twitter.com/T2gKUY0Gb0
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) November 16, 2024

If only there were warning signs pic.twitter.com/RNxMfdnwf1
— Zachary Foster (@_ZachFoster) November 11, 2024

The war in Gaza has been conducted almost entirely with American weapons and $18 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars.

We cannot continue to be complicit in this war by supplying more military aid and weaponry to the Netanyahu government. Congress must act to block these arms sales. pic.twitter.com/Um6ReEChSB
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 13, 2024