For now, links to four or five reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE 11-11-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, GAZA and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.)

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Ukrainian justice minister offers resignation over corruption scandal: PM. From AFP. Ukraine’s justice and energy ministers will both resign over a sweeping corruption scandal, the country’s prime minister said Wednesday, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelensky said their positions were untenable. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for longer and perhaps later AFP report in French and HERE for headlines of others in French.

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Russia makes gains in southern Ukraine as it expands front-line attacks, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military commander said today, as Moscow’s forces expand their efforts to capture more Ukrainian territory. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; HERE for others from AP in Spanish; and HERE for a report from Reuters.

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Ukraine’s foreign minister presses G7 allies for support as Russia targets energy grid before winter, by Rob Gillies and Matthew Lee | AP  NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies met with Ukraine’s foreign minister today as Kyiv tries to fend off relentless Russian aerial attacks that have brought rolling blackouts across the country ahead of winter. READ MORE . . .

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