(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim finalizes defense pact with Russia en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202411…

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Thus, it is critical to consider resuming aid and engagement (if Trump really wants to stop Russia-NK cooperation).

U.S. confirms N. Korean troops have begun engaging in combat operations in Russia's Kursk region en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202411…

A vice-chancellor has warned that the foundations of Britain’s research system are “crumbling” owing to a sharp fall in income caused by student visa restrictions imposed by the last Conservative government bit.ly/40H6TfC

China prepares powerful countermeasures for potential Trump trade war on.ft.com/3YLAuSI

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Humanitarian colleagues operating in Gaza: please join me in pushing back when journalists & diplomats contrast our eyewitness reports with responses like, “but Israel says aid is flowing into Gaza & that their warfare is lawful." 1/2

On 10 November, Israeli authorities blocked, without explanation, the medical evacuation of eight children and their caretakers from Gaza who are in need of medical care, including a two-year-old with leg amputations, to the MSF hospital in Jordan. We strongly denounce this

This is outrageous. On November 10, Israeli authorities blocked, without explanation, the medical evacuation of eight children and their caretakers from Gaza who are in need of medical care, including a two-year-old with leg amputations, to the MSF hospital in Jordan. We

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crime of forced displacement in Gaza bbc.in/3Vfbkej

President-elect Donald Trump nominates vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr as US health secretary Follow live: bbc.in/4fPywHU

N. Korea's Kim orders mass production of suicide attack drones: KCNA en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN202411…

In a video verified by Sky News, people believed to be soldiers laugh and one of them sings The Final Countdown as they watch an airstrike on Gaza. Read more here: trib.al/OKYXiwp

Watch the moment the New Zealand parliament was suspended after a Haka protest. The bill proposes to alter the way the country’s treaty between the indigenous Maori and the British Crown is interpreted. trib.al/ANafEpP

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