Israel 'attacks gunmen inside Hamas tunnels' as Gaza faces 'public health catastrophe' (WHO) — ground.news: 13 media reports — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

Save the Children NGO: More children killed in Gaza 3-week war than in global conflicts annually — ground.news: 51 media reports — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel intercepts fresh Yemen aerial assault toward south — ground.news: 20 media reports — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

Top UN official in New York, Craig Mokhiber, director of the New York office of the UN high commissioner for human rights, steps down citing 'genocide' of Palestinian civilians — The Guardian UK ● — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

— The outgoing director's departure letter did not mention the 7 October attack by Hamas on southern Israel killing more than 1,400 people and taking 240 hostages. Even more contentiously, his letter calls for the effective end to the state of Israel.

Indonesian police arrest 59 suspected militants from groups with ties to al-Qaida and Islamic State (IS)over an alleged plot to disrupt 2024 elections — ground.news: 22 media reports — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

Tesla loses nearly one-fifth of the company's market valuation in a matter of weeks — finbold — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

UK Black Lives Matter activist who organized statue teardown jailed for fraud, after admitting that she spent more than £30,000 in BLM charitable donations to fund her lifestyle. — nationalreview — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

Thailand to waive visas for Taiwan and India to boost tourism following up visa-free entry for Chinese: Sri Lanka has approved issuing free visas for India, China, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand, in a pilot project until March 31, 2024, aiming to attract more visitors — ground.news: 14 media reports — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

China's billionaires looking to move their cash, and themselves, out: crackdowns on financiers, roiling political climate and slowing economy under Xi Jinping has many seeking exit plans — The Guardian UK ● — 31 October 2023 (LINK)

UNRWA head says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians in Gaza, accuses Israel of "collective punishment" of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians — ground.news: media reports — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought: early 2029 — ground.news main source: Nature Climate Change, 9 media reports — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

World Bank warns oil price could soar to record $150 a barrel if Israel-Hamas war escalates — ground.news: 108 media reports — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

33 aid trucks enter Gaza as strikes continue; Israeli forces hit targets in Syria and Lebanon — The Guardian UK ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Joe Biden's sweeping executive order on AI: Here's what it will do and how it will work — AP / fastcompany — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

A new, dominant COVID variant is circulating in US: Experts suggest the new variant might spread more easily than its recent predecessors — themessenger — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

heathercoxrichardson: US GOP cuts IRS funding that brought in $6.29 for every dollar spent — substack — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

X valued at $19 billion in share plan for employees, a steep drop from Musk's $44 billion purchase price — theverge — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Rich and poor in The Bahamas post FTX — wired — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

29 Artificial Intelligence (AI) statistics and trends for 2023: 78% of legal occupations are now influenced by AI, more than any other occupation: low-paid workers are fourteen times more likely to be replaced by AI than high-paid workers: AI will give China a 26% boost to GDP by 2030, while North America will receive a 14.5% boost — tech.co — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Using clever prompt engineering to have Generative AI screen out the vast deluge of exasperating disinformation and misinformation coming your way — Forbes ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

AI-driven drug discovery: a game changer in gastric acid treatment — cryptopolitan — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Super lightweight, fabric-based solar cell turns any surface into a power generator: generates 18 times more power per kilogram than conventional cells — thebrighterside.news — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

How to change minds and persuade others: insights from brain science — Forbes ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Mapping love: How 27 different types of love manifest in the body — bigthink — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Civil order 'starting to break down' in Gaza as people raid UN warehouses — The Guardian UK ● — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Pro-Palestinian rioters in Russia storm Dagestan airport, flood runway looking for Israeli flight: officials — ground.news: 241 media reports — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

WHO concerned by report of evacuation warning to Gaza al-Quds hospital — ground.news: 36 media reports — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Impeding relief aid to Gaza may be a crime under ICC jurisdiction, prosecutor says — ground.news: 12 media reports — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Internet, phone service gradually returns after vanishing for most of Gaza amid heavy bombardment — ground.news: 51 media reports — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Canadian woman unveils AI underwater search tool revolutionizing rescue efforts: AquaEy is the world's first handheld sonar device integrating artificial intelligence for underwater search operations,reducing search times by 87% — cryptopolitan.com — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Bangladesh opposition chief detained day after violent anti-government protest — ground.news: 20 media reports — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Judge reinstates gag order in Donald Trump's federal election interference case — The Guardian UK ● — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

Matthew Perry's family speaks out after the star's 'tragic' death: 'We are heartbroken' — People — 30 October 2023 (LINK)

'An alcoholic from the age of 14': Matthew Perry's troubled life and foreshadowed death — The Guardian UK ● — 29 October 2023 (LINK)

Elite Israeli navy unit raids Hamas targets from sea, Lebanon rockets hit Syria — hindustantimes — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel says 150 'underground targets' hit in Gaza during heaviest bombing of the war so far — Guardian — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Head of Hamas's aerial forces, Issam Abu Rukbeh, killed in strike; Palestinians say Israeli tanks in Gaza — ground.news: 23 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital — ground.news: 86 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

UN General Assembly calls for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting — ground.news: 160 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Putin accused of forming 'axis of terror' after inviting Hamas and Iran leaders to Moscow — →nypost ● → — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Sharp increase in Afghans leaving Pakistan due to illegal migrant crackdown to beat 31 October deadline, say UN agencies: they have urged Pakistan to suspend the policy before it was too late to avoid a "human rights catastrophe" — ground.news: 12 media reports: The Diplomat broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on 23 October — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Mexico's Acapulco ravaged by looting after Hurricane Otis — Reuters ● — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Iranian teen Armita Geravand dies following alleged assault by morality police for not wearing a headscarf — ground.news: media reports — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Indonesian troops recover bodies of 6 workers missing after attack by Papua separatists — ground.news: 9 media reports — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Gujarat: seven family members, including 3 children, killed in 'mass suicide'; cops find note, believe that financial distress caused by the inability to recover lent money led the family to take this extreme step — ground.news: 6 media reports — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Jan. 6 rioter who wielded 2x4 wooden plank in Capitol sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison — nbcnews — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

Key takeaways from Sam Bankman-Fried's first days on the witness stand — CNN — 28 October 2023 (LINK)

UN agencies reduce Gaza aid operations as fuel runs out — ground.news: 5 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Former senior UN officials publish statement in support of the UN Secretary-General over Middle East statements — una.org.uk — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

— "We share his unequivocal condemnation of the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel; his call for the unconditional release of hostages; his reminder of the suffering of the Palestinian people; and his statement that while this cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas, nor can those appalling attacks justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people."

IDF kills senior Hamas commander, Madhath Mubashar, Commander of Hamas' Western Khan Yunis Battalion, and hits over 250 targets in Gaza — ground.news: 7 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Head of Hamas's aerial forces, Issam Abu Rukbeh, killed in strike; Palestinians say Israeli tanks in Gaza — ground.news: 23 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Ceasefire needed before hostages can be freed, says Hamas official visiting Moscow — ground.news: 13 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

WHO urges Hamas to release all hostages on 'health grounds': Hamas offers to release non-military prisoners to Iran in exchange for civilian Palestinian detainees — ground.news: 28 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

EU unanimously calls for 'humanitarian pauses' as UN humanitarian chief says aid 'barely trickling' into Gaza — (LINK)

Putin accused of forming 'axis of terror' after inviting Hamas and Iran leaders to Moscow — →nypost ● → — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel and Joe Biden have shown scepticism about accuracy of rising death toll but others point to historical reliability of data — The Guardian UK ● — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops — ground.news: 267 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

— This comes after 12 attacks on U.S. bases and personnel in Iraq and four in Syria since October 17.

Paramilitary RSF say they have seized Sudan's second city, marking a turning point in the country's six-month war — ground.news: 9 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Law enforcement official says Maine mass killing suspect has been found dead: believed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound — ground.news: 259 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Over 200,000 children sexually abused by Catholic clergy in Spain, and another 200K lay people in Church institutions: total 1.13%, states probe — ground.news: 12 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Sam Bankman-Fried tells judge he relied on advice from lawyers at FTX — finance.yahoo.com — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Santos pleads not guilty to new charges of fraudulently inflating his campaign finance reports and charging his donors' credit cards without authorization, trial set for September 2024 — see_link — 2 October 2023 (LINK)

Former Chinese premier and onetime Xi rival Li Keqiang dies at 68 — washingtonpost — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Australia to restart 'essential' aerial shooting of wild horses — ground.news: 28 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Antarctica's glaciers are melting from beneath, speeding sea-level rise — ground.news: 11 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Sultan Ibrahim of Johor to be appointed Malaysia's king on 31 January, 34 years after his father's reign — ground.news: 22 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Elon Musk's chaotic first year at Twitter leaves X Corp. with shaky finances — ground.news: 42 media reports: Figures from financial services firm Fidelity suggest Twitter may be worth a third of what Mr Musk paid for it in October 2022 — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Revealed: the industry figures behind October 2022 'declaration of scientists' backing meat eating: numerous links to the livestock industry — The Guardian UK ● — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

Spanish Duke told he has to shorten his daughter's 25-word long name — ground.news: 6 media reports — 27 October 2023 (LINK)

— The 17th Duke of Huescar and his wife recently baptized their second child, Sofia Fernanda Dolores Cayetana Teresa Angela de la Cruz Micaela del Santisimo Sacramento del Perpetuo Socorro de la Santisima Trinidad y de Todos Los Santos.

Israeli army conducts 'targeted raid' with tanks in Gaza. Biden redoubles efforts on two-state solution. 350,000 Palestinians remain in Gaza City — 26 October 2023— (LINK)

EU unanimously calls for 'humanitarian pauses' as UN humanitarian chief says aid 'barely trickling' into Gaza — (LINK)

'Almost 50' hostages killed in Israel raids, says Hamas armed wing — ground.news: 54 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Qatar sentences 8 Indians to death on charges of spying for Israel — ground.news: 44 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Gaza health ministry issues 212-page document it says proves 7,028 Palestinian have died after Biden casts doubt on death toll numbers — ground.news: media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

UNU: Earth on brink of tipping points that could 'destroy very systems our life depends on' — commondreams/span> — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Nigeria's Supreme Court refuses to void president's election and dismisses opposition challenges — ground.news: 35 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Pakistan's ex-leader Nawaz Sharif regains right to appeal convictions, opening a path to election — ground.news: 18 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Maine governor confirms 18 people killed and 13 injured in Lewiston shootings: manunt continues — ground.news: 192 media reports — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Taiwan reports 15 Chinese air force planes in its air defence zone — Reuters ● — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Rumours swirl after China's defence minister, Li Shangfu, is sacked — The Economist #9679 — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

— General Li's troubles coincide with rumoured scandal surrounding Qin Gang, who lost his job as foreign minister in July. According to the announcement, both men have also been stripped of their additional titles as state councillors: a senior position in China's cabinet that is now held by only three people. General Li, who has not been seen in public since August 29th, has also been booted out of the state's Central Military Commission, a notional body that replicates another one with real power controlled by the party.

For two officials of such prominence to fall from grace in such rapid succession, so soon after their elevation (both had been ministers for less than a year), is remarkable enough. What makes their departure all the more striking is that both had been seen as protégés of China's leader, Xi Jinping.

Japan court rules it is 'unconstitutional' to require transgender sterilization in landmark case — CNN — 26 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel says it has refused visa to UN official to 'teach them a lesson'. Israel says it has refused a visa to UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths as a result of comments at the UN by secretary-general António Guterres. Israel has called on Guterres to resign after the address in New York. — The Guardian UK ● — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

UN chief says remarks about Hamas that sparked resignation calls were misrepresented — ground.news: 6 media reports — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Middle East — (LINK)

U.S. intelligence says "catastrophic motor failure" of rocket launched by Palestinian militants caused hospital blast — (LINK)

House approves resolution backing Israel in first move by new Speaker — ground.news: 27 media reports — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

New Republic: Well, We Have a Speaker. He's an election denier and an extreme Christian fundamentalist — (LINK)

lgbtqnation: New House speaker nominee Mike Johnson is an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist who once worked for a hate group — (LINK)

heathercoxrichardson: He is the least-experienced speaker in more than a century — (LINK)

Record 114 million people displaced from their homes worldwide, UNHCR says — ground.news: 31 media reports — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

Over 1,000 cats rescued in China from trucks headed to slaughterhouse in Zhangjiagang where they would be sold as pork and lamb — ground.news main source: CNN, 31 media reports — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

It's here: A website that uses an algorithm to match you with the perfect dog for your personality — upworthy — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

In a 1st, AI neural network captures 'critical aspect of human intelligence': "systematic compositionality" — the ability to combine known concepts in new ways — livescience — 25 October 2023 (LINK)

15,000 scientists warn society could 'collapse' this century in dire climate report: "We are afraid of the uncharted territory that we have now entered" — ←vice← — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Astronomers carry out largest ever cosmological computer simulation with the power of 17,000 home PCs to study the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang — ground.news: 6 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

U.S. intelligence says "catastrophic motor failure" of rocket launched by Palestinian militants caused hospital blast — ground.news: 14 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Google and Apple disable map functions in Israel, Gaza Strip as invasion looms — thehill.com — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Costa Rica investigating $6.1 million bank heist, the largest in national history — ground.news: 8 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

The Georgia Trump lawyers' trials — substack — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

World oil, gas, coal demand to peak by 2030, but still too high to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, IEA says — ground.news: 17 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Nigeria's paramilitary raids birthday party for gay people, 76 arrested — ground.news: media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Thousands of AI-generated child abuse images being shared online, research finds — ground.news: 38 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Costa Rica investigating $6.1 million bank heist, the largest in national history — ground.news: 8 media reports — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

The Trump lawyers' trials — substack — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

What happens when solar panels wear out? The majority end up in landfills — grist.org — 24 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel strikes across Gaza after allowing another small aid convoy into the besieged enclave — ground.news: 77 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Investigations reveal discrepancies in Israel's Gaza hospital attack claims, UN calls for independent investigation — ground.news: 5 media reports, all left — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Hamas terrorists were carrying instructions on how to make chemical weapons, Israeli president claims — ground.news main source: Sky News, 39 media reports: 63% Right — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Israel removes Greta Thunberg from curriculum over Pro-Palestinian message — ground.news: 23 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Google and Apple disable map functions in Israel, Gaza Strip as invasion looms — ground.news: 13 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

It is likely that Russia has suffered 150,000-190,000 permanent casualties (killed or permanently wounded) since the Ukraine war began, according to the latest update from the UK's Ministry of Defence. If the numbers of temporary wounded (those recovered and due to return to the battlefield) are added, that number rises to 240,000-290,000, the MoD said on X. — The Guardian UK ● — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Growing gang violence crisis devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says — ground.news: 19 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Three listed Chinese TCM firms used endangered animal parts as ingredients: animal protection organization Environmental Investigation Agency — ground.news: 15 media reports: 64% Right — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Dispute between Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga turns deadly, killing 3 — ground.news: 21 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Iran to host Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process talks amid Middle East tensions — ground.news: 9 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Armed attacks in Mexico leave 16 dead, including dozen police, in regions plagued by violence related to drug trafficking — ground.news: 30 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Nigeria wins bid to overturn $11 bln damages for collapsed gas deal: judge found that Process & Industrial Developments Ltd. had paid bribes to a Nigerian oil ministry official — ground.news: 12 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign mnister charged in Official Secrets Act case — ground.news: 44 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

— The charge relates to a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador, which Khan is accused of making public.

Argentina presidential election: "anarcho-capitalist"/far Right populist Javier Milei and Peronist Sergio Massa head for run-off vote on 19 November after conservative Patricia Bullrich loses votes — ground.news: 195 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Chinese stocks have erased 4.5 syears of gains as foreign investors flee at record pace — marketwatch — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Radical right triumphs in Switzerland — euractiv — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Rio gangsters torch at least 35 buses after Brazil crime boss killed — ground.news: 25 media reports — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

ChatGPT can now access the whole internet: the popular chatbot is no longer being weighed down by knowledge capped to September 2021 as previously was the case. If you're using the free version fear not, you should also get access to the latest browsing features in the near future. — tomsguide — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

— Bard's biggest selling point was up-to-date information coming directly from Google search. With ChatGPT now joining Bing Chat with access to real-time Bing search data, that lead has now been narrowed.

All three bots also offer users a list of references in which they cite where the information they got from came — a handy feature since chatbots still occasionally get the answers to your questions wrong.

ChatGPT rival Claude just published a new constitution to level up its AI guardrails, and prevent toxic and racist responses — businessinsider — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Microsoft debuts its AI-powered Security Copilot to bolster protection for organizations: "Security Copilot will save security teams up to 40% of their time in operational tasks" — Windows Central — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Apple expected to spend $4.75 billion on generative AI in 2024 alone — bgr — 23 October 2023 (LINK)

Stevia: what we know about its effects: the sweetner is considered safe to use in recommended doses, but it may still have some negative side effects — usatoday — 23 October 2023 (LINK)