Cute
A Tiny Robot In China "Kidnapped" 12 Big Robots From Another Company And Convinced Them To Go Home
People are finding the incident both hilarious and terrifying.
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Climate
Rich Countries Have Agreed On A Deal Of $300 Billion Per Year To Fight Climate Change, Short Of The $1 Trillion Needed
Representatives from developing nations have labeled the figure as grossly inadequate, saying it falls far short of the estimated US$1.3 trillion needed to efficiently tackle the impacts of climate change and support sustainable development.
Politics
Qatar Has Quit As A Gaza Ceasefire Negotiation Mediator, Saying Neither Israel Nor Hamas Is "Sincere”
A Qatari official stated on Nov. 9 that the country had informed both parties about 10 days earlier that it would pause its mediation efforts if progress was not made during the latest negotiation round.
LGBTQ
This Taiwanese Trans Woman Sued The Government For Not Letting Her Change Her Legal Gender And Won
Meet Lisbeth Wu, a Taiwanese trans woman who sued the government for not letting her change her legal gender without undergoing surgery and won.
world
Netanyahu Has Called The ICC “Antisemitic” For Issuing His Arrest Warrant For War Crimes In Gaza
"[The ICC] is falsely accusing me, the democratically elected prime minister of the State of Israel and Israel’s former defense minister Yoav Gallant, of deliberately targeting civilians, this when we do everything in our power to avoid civilian casualties."
world
The International Criminal Court Has Issued Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Israel’s Defense Minister
The ICC said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant had committed crimes including murder, persecution and starvation as a weapon of war.
world
The US Has Single-Handedly Blocked A UN Resolution For A Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza For The 4th Time
The resolution had received overwhelming support from 14 of the 15 council members.
Activism
Tens Of Thousands Of New Zealanders Marched For Nine Days To Protest A Bill To Roll Back Indigenous Māori Rights
The new Treaty Principles Bill would reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi, a foundational document in New Zealand.
Women
Iran Is Planning To Set Up "Treatment Clinics" For Women Who Do Not Follow The Country’s Mandatory Hijab Laws
The "morality" police said the "hijab removal treatment clinic” would provide women with "scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”.
world
World Children’s Day 2024: Children Are Paying The Heaviest Price In Gaza
Gaza is now the deadliest place on earth to be a child, according to Save the Children.
Climate
A Dutch Court Has Overturned A Ruling That Ordered Oil Giant Shell To Meet Specific Goals For Cutting Its Carbon Emissions
In 2021, the court had ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions, including those caused by its products, by 45% by 2030, compared to 2019 levels.
Politics
Hong Kong Has Jailed 45 Pro-Democracy Activists For Trying To Take Part In The 2020 Election
They are part of 47 activists and lawmakers who were trying to select pro-democracy candidates to take part in the legislative election in July 2020.