US life expectancy has rebounded by more than a year, but still remains below 2020 levels. / Associated Press Following on yesterday's news about African cocoa producers, farms in Ghana that supply the Mars company have children as young as five harvesting cocoa beans. / CBS News Untold numbers of
Peru's glaciers are melting, forming high mountain lagoons that are trapping Peruvians' water reserves—should the lagoons overflow, widespread flooding may follow. / Reuters The COP28 president has been using his role at the climate summit to lobby foreign governments on oil and gas deals. / Center for Climate
TMN is taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday and will resume publishing on Wednesday, November 29. Hamas and Israel agree to a four-day ceasefire and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. / Al Jazeera The Harvard Law Review spikes a fact-checked article about genocide in Gaza.
Qatar's foreign ministry says negotiations between Israel and Hamas are in their "final stages" over a potential release of hostages. / Al Jazeera Casualities are mounting on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border. / The New York Times [+] Julien Barnes-Dacey and Jeremy Shapiro: Now's
The Dept. of Defense fails its sixth consecutive Congressionally mandated audit, and doesn't appear to have any plans for that to change. / The Intercept When wildfires hit the tundra, thawing permafrost releases ancient carbon that converts into large amounts of methane, further accelerating climate change. / High Country News
New research finds gig workers may be missing from government job reports, which could have massive implications for how the Fed assesses inflation risk. / Reuters Signal's president breaks down what it costs to keep the platform afloat, which by 2025 will add up to around $50 million a
The FTC is trying to stop industry groups and nutrition influencers from pushing guidance without disclosing that it's paid advertising. / The Washington Post [+] Did Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America" really go viral on TikTok? Not exactly—and besides, how views are counted on
A long lull in Russian bombing has left people in Kyiv finally getting some decent sleep. / The New York Times [+] Of the 36,000 small- and medium-sized companies registered in Ukraine this year, 51% are run by women. / The Economist The IMF says central bank digital currencies have the
The United States now experiences a "billion dollar" disaster event every three weeks. (It was every four months in the 1980s.) / The Wall Street Journal [+] ICYMI: The veterans and civilians who volunteer to do disaster relief together as a form of group therapy. / GQ "Do we or
A high-ranking Israeli official says the country and Hamas are closing in on a deal to free some hostages. / The Washington Post From Gaza to Ukraine, Myanmar to Sudan, diplomats are "running out of bandwidth." / The Economist Global negotiators reconvene in Kenya to create a landmark treaty
