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China leads list of labor abusers, sometimes akin to slavery
AP NEWS
MIAMI, Florida, USA — Hazardous, forced work conditions sometimes akin to slavery have been detected on nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels around the world, but identifying those responsible for abuses at sea is hampered by a lack of transparency and regulatory oversight, a new report concluded.
Brazil gripped by 'unbearable' heatwave
BBC NEWS
Red alerts have been issued for almost 3,000 towns and cities across Brazil, which have been experiencing an unprecedented heatwave.
Ohio voters approve on adding abortion rights to state constitution
BBC
OHIO, USA - Ohio voted to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution on Tuesday, marking a major victory for pro-choice campaigners in the state.
Man crushed to death by robot in South Korea
BBC
SEOUL, Korea - A man has been crushed to death by a robot in South Korea after it failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling, reports say.
G-7 adopts unified stance on Israel-Hamas war after intensive meetings in Tokyo
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Top diplomats from the Group of 7 leading industrial democracies announced a unified stance on the Israel-Hamas war Wednesday, condemning Hamas, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and calling for “humanitarian pauses” to speed aid to desperate civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Jamaica shaken by strong quake
JAMAICAN OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Up to mid-afternoon on Monday, there were no reports of loss of life or significant damage to buildings and infrastructure resulting from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that shook Jamaica.
Biden facing tough questions over Israel’s strikes on civilians
CNN
WASHINGTON DC, USA - US President Joe Biden and his top national security officials are increasingly confronting questions about Israel’s commitment to minimizing civilian deaths and how scenes from Gaza could affect his domestic political standing.
Deadly Israeli airstrike hits Gaza’s largest refugee camp
CNN
JERUSALEM, Isreal - An Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in the enclave.
Musk warns AI could lead to human extinction
BBC NEWS
Elon Musk has warned that artificial intelligence (AI), if programmed by people in the "environmental movement", may lead to the extinction of humanity.
£10m Cocaine haul discovered underwater near coast of Kent, UK
SKY NEWS
KENT, United Kingdon - A haul of cocaine worth £10m has been seized after divers found it underwater off the coast of Kent. The drugs, which weighed 137kg (302lb), were discovered by the Border Force National Deep Rummage Team in four large North Face holdalls at Sheerness Port on 14 October.
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