At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have passes to Dubai's COP28 climate talks. / Kick Big Polluters Out Jonathan Krishner: Washington's bipartisan hawkish consensus on China's hawkish intentions is wrong. / The Los Angeles Review of Books Related: Americans did the "China shock"
Young South Africans have a "love-hate relationship" with Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of his death. / BBC News Mexican politicians find "a goldmine" among Swiftie fandoms on TikTok. / rest of world The United States breaks its record for the most mass shootings in a
While everyone's paying attention to Gaza, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is on the rise—and could lead to outright war. / Vox Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired ballistic missiles on multiple vessels, including a US warship, which shot down three drones. / Associated
Fighting has resumed between Israel and Hamas—the White House blames the ceasefire's end on Hamas's failure to produce a new list of hostages for release. / Reuters Gaza City officials accuse Israel of deliberately destroying its main public library, home to thousands of books and historical
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
