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 . . .