AI, 11-9-26

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First, a link to a report from openDemocracy via Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s ALL OF IT.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  Google whistleblower on AI, Gaza and breaking NDA, by Evie Breese | openDemocracy / Informed Comment  Project Nimbus is a $1.2bn deal that Google and Amazon Web Services signed with Israel to build data centres in the country and provide public entities with cloud-based data storage in 2021. The contract stipulated . . . READ MORE . . .

All of it, 11-9-26

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First, two commentaries from the same author from the Floutist and Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for this date’s AP so far, and down for ALL OF IT 11-8-26.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 8  Onward, rightward, by Patrick Lawrence | The Floutist  This is an important passage in America’s political story. Corporate media invite us to exhale deeply, understand the Democrats’ victory as a groundswell of good old American liberalism, and look forward . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 7  Zionist hide and seek, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News  Thirteen days before the midterm elections, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee made an announcement I found telling for its timing. It stated publicly . . . READ MORE . . .

Gaza, 11-8-26

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A report from Truthout via Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for this date’s UKRAINE, YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and for GAZA 11-1-26.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  Survivors recount Israeli strike on university in Gaza, by Ohood Nassar | Truthout / Informed Comment  At 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 25, 2026, an Israeli missile struck the courtyard in front of the female students’ lecture hall at Gaza’s Islamic University. Baraa Abu Hujeir, a 22-year-old English language student, was attending a linguistics lecture inside. READ MORE . . .

Ukraine, 11-8-26

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Links to a report from the Associated Press and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s GAZA, YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and down for UKRAINE 11-6-26.) — MCM

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Russia targets emergency crews at the site of a deadly strike in southern Ukraine, by Vasilisa Stepanenko | AP  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine today, hitting a former school and nearby shelter that had been earlier blasted by multiple Russian guided bombs as residents waited for humanitarian aid, authorities said. No one was injured . . . Click HERE for report with photos.  Click HERE for AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM NOV. 2  There is cautious optimism about ending the Ukraine War – Part 2, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  The famous line of Irish poet W.B. Yeats from the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” comes to mind: “And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow . . . .” Yeats was expressing . . . READ MORE . . .

Yemen, 11-8-26

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A report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s GAZA, UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and down for YEMEN 11-6-26.) — MCM

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Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles as Aramco building in Riyadh is damaged, and other Mideast news. From AP. Saudi Arabia said it intercepted incoming missiles targeting the kingdom’s capital and other regions today, with falling debris damaging a building belonging to the state-owned oil giant Aramco in Riyadh’s financial district. Meanwhile . . . Click HERE for report with photos.  Click HERE for AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

All of it, 11-8-26

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A link to a discussion from Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s GAZA, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and down for ALL OF IT 11-4-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week: ‘The toll from the polls’ began at 9 a.m. EST. Joe Lauria of CN talks with Scott Ritter, former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer and former U.N. weapons inspector, and German journalist Patrik Baab. Among their topics: * the Iran war, * the Ukraine war, * the U.S. midterm elections, * Germany,  * France,  * the European Union, * Poland, * aspects of Trump administration foreign policy and war policy. Click HERE for video of today’s episode (42) of program, which was about an hour and a quarter long. 

Iran, 11-6-26

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Links to a report from the Cradle and to commentary from ¡Do Not Panic! via ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for this date’s YEMEN and UKRAINE, and for IRAN 11-5–26.)

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U.S. and Iran edge closer to potential breakthrough in talks to end war: Bloomberg. From the Cradle. The United States and Iran are moving closer to a possible breakthrough in efforts to end the war, with Tehran considering proposals on its nuclear programme that it had previously been unwilling to discuss, Bloomberg reported, citing a diplomat familiar with the talks. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 5  Israel is finished, war is over, and Palestinian liberation is imminent. Right? by Nate Bear | ¡Do Not Panic! / ScheerPost  The chorus of giddy celebration from the electoral left in the USA and across the west shows no signs of abating, so I thought it would be fun to indulge it. Rather than argue what won’t happen, based on . . . READ MORE . . .

Ukraine, 11-6-26

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Links to reports from the Associated Press and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down this date’s IRAN and YEMEN so far, and down for UKRAINE 11-5-26.) — MCM

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Zelenskyy seeks post-war security guarantees from western allies, byDerek Gatopoulos | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific guarantees from Western allies on how post-war security support would function when the nearly five-year war . . . Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. 
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Ukraine and Russia trade strikes against each other’s energy infrastructures. From the Moscow Times. Russia and Ukraine launched overnight drone attacks against each other’s industrial sites and energy infrastructure today. READ MORE . . .

Yemen, 11-6-26

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Links to reports from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for YEMEN 10-30-26.) — MCM

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20 killed in airstrikes on market in Yemen, Houthis say, by Fatma Khaled| AP CAIRO — Airstrikes hit a market in southwestern Yemen today, killing at least 20 people, according to an official with Iran-backed Houthi rebels. It would be one of the deadliest attacks since fighting resumed between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces. Click HERE for report with locator map.
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Saudi Arabia denies report that Houthis demanded $51 billion and official recognition for ceasefire. From Middle East Monitor. Saudi Arabia today denied a report by U.S. newspaper  the Wall Street Journal that Yemen’s Houthi group had made demands of the kingdom, including financial compensation and official recognition, in return for a ceasefire. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 5  Yemen demands $51bn in reparations, Saudi ‘recognition’ in exchange for ceasefire. From the Cradle. The Ansarallah-led government in Sanaa has demanded $51 billion and recognition as “Yemen’s rulers” from Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .