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World Monthly Headline News November 2023
Story by Tim Newcomb

The Djoser pyramid in Egypt is known as the oldest in the world at 4,700 years old. A new paper published in Archaeological Prospection calls that record into question with the strong claims of a “prehistoric pyramid” in Indonesia that is up to 27,000 years old. Not everyone is buying the research, however, and now the journal has launched an investigation into the study.

“I’m surprised [the paper] was published as is,” Flint Dibble, archaeologist at Cardiff University, told Nature, which first reported the investigation into the paper. Dibble’s questions pertain not so much the data from the Gunung Padang site, but rather to the conclusions drawn by the authors.

The paper’s authors write that they have “compelling evidence of a complex and sophisticated megalithic site.” Using seismic tomography, the researchers have come to believe that hidden cavities or chambers exist, showing the “presence of multi-layer constructions.
Story by Summer Said

Israel said it agreed to a deal with Hamas to free 50 civilian hostages held by militants in Gaza in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and a series of pauses in the fighting. The agreement, achieved after weeks of painstaking negotiations brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the U.S., marks the first major diplomatic breakthrough since the war began on Oct. 7.

As part of the deal, Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza for four or more days, while Israel will also allow additional deliveries of aid, including fuel, into Gaza via a border crossing with Egypt, people familiar with the deal said. This deal would see Israeli women and children released in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and minors held in Israeli prisons, the people said. Ahead of the announcement Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue to fight the war against Hamas despite any pauses.
Story by Alex Roman

The global stage, with its complex web of alliances, rivalries, and diplomatic nuances, witnessed a multitude of reactions and responses to the presidency of Donald Trump. World leaders from various corners of the Earth held diverse perspectives on the 45th President of the United States, reflecting the intricate tapestry of international relations. In this exploration, we delve into the intriguing tapestry of opinions that emerged during Trump’s tenure, shedding light on the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of global politics and diplomacy.

Angela Merkel (Former German Chancellor)
Merkel praised Trump’s leadership qualities while acknowledging policy differences, highlighting the significance of diplomatic relations between powerful nations with varying perspectives and the need for cooperation despite ideological disparities.

Emmanuel Macron (French President)
Macron maintained a pragmatic yet often contentious relationship with Trump, emphasizing the importance of diplomacy and bridge-building in international politics, even amidst disagreements.

Justin Trudeau (Canadian Prime Minister)
Frequent disagreements with Trump, particularly on trade and climate issues, underscored the significance of maintaining strong cross-border relations and navigating differences between neighbors.
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta and Simon Lewis

GAZA/RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Efforts were under way on Sunday to resume evacuations of injured Gazans and foreign passport holders through the Rafah crossing to Egypt, suspended since Saturday after a deadly ambulance attack, Egyptian, U.S. and Qatari officials said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demanded an immediate Israeli ceasefire at a meeting with U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah, while Gaza's health ministry said dozens died in a strike on a refugee camp overnight.

Blinken, who has dismissed the idea of a ceasefire by Israel for fear it would benefit Hamas, was making an unannounced visit to the occupied West Bank as part of efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas war spreading. The Rafah crossing to Egypt's Sinai peninsula is the only exit point from Gaza not controlled by Israel. Aid trucks were still able to travel into Gaza, two Egyptian sources said. Evacuations began on Wednesday under an internationally brokered deal.
By Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Zeena Saifi, Amir Tal and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN

Israel bombed the densely-populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza for the second time in two days Wednesday, prompting warnings of war crimes as more nations took diplomatic measures and condemned Israel’s offensive in the besieged enclave. Israeli airstrikes also hit the vicinity of the Al Quds hospital in Gaza City where doctors say up to 14,000 displaced people are sheltering, according to the director of the hospital. The strikes that began Wednesday evening continued into Thursday morning and were “getting closer to the hospital,” Dr Bashar Mourad told CNN by phone.

More civilians are expected to leave Gaza on Thursday, a day after injured Palestinians and hundreds of foreign nationals crossed from Gaza into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in the first sanctioned exodus in weeks. A Palestinian official at the Rafah crossing, Wael Abu Umar, told CNN 400 foreign nationals were due to leave, without specifying nationalities, as well as 60 other injured people. CNN spoke to six Americans who crossed the border on Thursday. Egypt is preparing to facilitate the evacuation of nearly 7,000 foreign citizens in Gaza from more than 60 countries via the Rafah Crossing, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
At a two-day AI summit held by the United Kingdom, the likes of Gina Raimondo, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, and Věra Jourová, Europe’s digital chief, called for unity.
By Mark Scott, Tom Bristow and Gian Volpicelli

BLETCHLEY PARK, England — The United States and China joined global leaders to sign a 27-country agreement on the risk of AI that launched a two-day AI Safety Summit.

In a major diplomatic coup for the British hosts, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo took the stage on Wednesday morning alongside Wu Zhaohui, China's vice minister of science, at the summit at Bletchley Park — a former military installation north of London where British engineers used early forms of computers to break German codes during World War II.

The site — symbolic of what London believes is a similar global need to rein in the potential harms of artificial technology — forms the backdrop for efforts by politicians, tech executives and academics to find new ways to police a technology evolving faster than almost all governments can respond to it.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have for the first time claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Yemen's Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting. The Houthis had been suspected of an attack earlier this month targeting Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea, an assault that saw the U.S. Navy shoot down the projectiles.

This time on Tuesday, however, Israel said its own fighter jets and its new Arrow missile defense system shot down two salvos of incoming fire hours apart as it approached the country's key Red Sea shipping port of Eilat. The Houthis, who have held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 as part of that country's ruinous war, claimed three attacks on Israel in a later military statement, without elaborating on the timeframe of the operations and whether Tuesday's salvos represented one or two attacks.
Holly Ellyatt

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tried to rally his troops and support for Ukraine Tuesday, saying there will be no easy victories in the counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory. “The modern world is designed in such a way that it gets used to success too quickly,” he said in his nightly address, adding that “when the full-scale aggression began, many in the world expected that Ukraine would not survive.”

“Now the colossal things that our people, all our warriors are doing, are taken for granted,” he added. Zelenskyy’s comments came as Russia appeared to intensify its assaults on Ukraine, with one minister saying the country had experienced the most attacks in one day, on Tuesday, since the start of the year.
By The Associated Press

Israeli airstrikes hit apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City for a second day in a row, causing many deaths and injuries, the Hamas-run government said. The toll from Wednesday’s strikes was not immediately known.

Meanwhile, dozens of people with foreign passports entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt. It appeared to be the first time that foreign passport holders have been allowed to leave the besieged territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war more than three weeks ago.

Communications and internet services were gradually being restored after the second major cut in five days, according to Paltel, the main telecommunications provider. Humanitarian aid agencies have warned that such blackouts severely disrupt their work in an already dire situation in Gaza.
By Nika Shakhnazarova

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested that the coronavirus pandemic was “pathetic” and “nature’s way of dealing with old people,” an inquiry was told. In his notebook in 2020, the government’s former chief scientist, Sir Patrick Vallance, wrote that the ex-PM’s attitude was laid bare in a “bonkers set of exchanges” in a WhatsApp group with the then-British leader.

Vallance wrote in August 2020 that Johnson was “obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life and the economy going.” In December 2020, Vallance wrote that Johnson said he believed he had been “acting early” on the pandemic — which killed over 230,000 Brits alone — and that the “public are with him (but his party is not).” “He says his party ‘thinks the whole thing is pathetic and Covid is just nature’s way of dealing with old people — and I am not entirely sure I disagree with them,'” Vallance quoted Johnson as saying.

Hundreds of foreign passport holders, including some Americans, and some of the wounded trapped in Gaza started leaving the war-torn territory Wednesday as the Rafah border crossing to Egypt opened to them for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. A list of foreign passport holders who can leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing has been released by Gaza's Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry.

At least five nongovernmental organization workers who have been confirmed as Americans are listed as approved to cross on Wednesday, but it remains to be seen how many of at least 400 American citizens the U.S. State Department says are stuck in Gaza will be able to cross in coming days. Two U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News that several Americans have been able to leave Gaza on Wednesday and that more are expected to depart in the coming days. One American trapped in Gaza told CBS News she does not expect to cross yet.  
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