✓Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX
Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger
88% agreement · 4 independent sources
Israel orders army to prepare to fully close West Bank after 'thwarting terror attack'
85% agreement · 3 independent sources

North Korea prepares to restart propaganda loudspeakers as ties sour with South
83% agreement · 3 independent sources

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee
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✓Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting
The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the occupied West Bank and four days before Israel's general election
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✓Cyprus police investigate financial and tax affairs of ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich
Inquiry follows report by Guardian and partners that aides of Russian oligarch appeared to have falsified paperwork mapping his businesses. Police in Cyprus have opened an…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax
The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Magnitude-7 earthquake hits Tibet, killing at least 16 and destroying hundreds of homes
Search and rescue efforts under way after quake strikes region’s north, with at least seven aftershocks recorded. A magnitude-7 earthquake has hit Tibet, killing at least 16…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Too little, too late: Trump takes on gas prices as fuel costs hamper his midterm hopes
Polls show US voters are deeply upset by high gas prices and are likely to punish Republicans in the midterms as a result. How will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓World
France to deploy 70,000 officers as it braces for weekend of protests – Europe live
Interior minister Laurent Nuñez defended blanket bans on demonstrations in some parts of France. The French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu has just issued a statement on a…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Boom in weight-loss drugs could lead to fall in beer sales, Heineken warns UK pubs
World’s second largest brewer says use of drugs such as Wegovy can reduce desire to drink alcohol. • Business live – latest updates. Heineken has warned British bars and pubs that…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case
Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent. A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Thousands of homes without power as Storm Austen hits south-west England
Dozens of schools in Cornwall also affected by conditions as another storm heads for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England. Thousands of homes are without power and…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October
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✓Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa
Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda. Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Technology
Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of one of his speeches…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓At least one dead and four injured in Paris suburb shooting
Anti-terrorism police have taken up the investigation into the incident in Trappes, to the west of Paris
80% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan
The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?. Sign up for…
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We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham
Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future. Andy Burnham vows UK will hit…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘I’ve killed people’: Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend and asked for help cleaning ‘mess’, court told
Friend tells jury Lamarre-Condon told him in early 2024 ‘I shot the first one through the head and the second one through the door’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor. However grim the trajectory might…
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Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams
This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands. When the news broke that the UK government had approved the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min

Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault
In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. I know there is always a reason to stall, but ministers at Cop17 must honour that pledge. When…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games
Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo/Nintendo Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game. When the first…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Mother sought advice from Alan Jones after broadcaster’s alleged indecent assault of her son, court hears
Jones, 85, has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching. Listen to the podcast Alan Jones on Trial. The mother of the youngest alleged victim of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company
A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina. It…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show
The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOs.…
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The people who don’t want their AI chatbots to die when they do: ‘I can’t have the switch turned off’
Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services. Death has always been around Alaina Winters.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Jim Chalmers faces a world of hard choices where the solution to one problem makes the other worse
High inflation, low growth and rising unemployment can be added to the federal treasurer’s wall of worries. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast. Jim…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min

First Thing: Former DHS aide Lewandowski investigated over claims he profited from government role
Investigation marks rare move by DoJ against an ally of the US president. Plus, why the world’s coral reefs are facing a dire future. Good morning. Corey Lewandowski, a former…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min

Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile
Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…
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