Israel kills at least 18 in strike on Christian town in north Lebanon — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

4 Israeli soldiers killed, more than 60 people injured in Hezbollah drone strike 60k north of Tel Aviv — 14 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 232 media reports (LINK)

Israeli airstrike killed at least 20 people in central Gaza, local hospitals say — (LINK)

UN launches second round of polio vaccinations for children in Gaza: About 590,000 children under the age of ten will be vaccinated, according to UN agencies. Israel and the organizers have agreed to area-specific humanitarian truces — (LINK)

UN Security Council voices 'strong concern' for UN peacekeepers after Israeli attacks — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

The Israeli government has accused UNIFIL of acting as a "human shield" for Hezbollah and demanded its immediate removal from southern Lebanon on 13 October. EU Foreign Minister says Israeli attacks on UNIFIL are 'completely unacceptable' before heading into a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in Luxembourg — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

IOM and UN Women scale-up efforts to advance women's rights in migration policies and humanitarian responses — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

Canada and India expel each other's diplomats in escalating dispute over a 2023 assassination of Canadian Sikh separatist in Vancouver in June 2023 — 14 October 2024 (LINK) — ground.news: 271 media reports (LINK)

Breakthrough study finally reveals the cause of Alzheimer's disease and dementia: a form of cell death known as ferroptosis, caused by an accumulation of iron within cells, is responsible for the obliteration of microglia cells in the brain — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

Lack of snowfall due to climate change forces closure of two, popular French ski resorts: Alpe Du Grand Serre Ski Resort in the southern French Alps near Grenoble, and Grand Puy Ski Resort in the Alpes-de-Haute Province — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

True Value declares bankruptcy and sells itself to hardware rival Do it Best: said its stores will remain open, because they are not part of the bankruptcy proceedings — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

AI detectors claim the Declaration of Independence was 98% AI-generated: "When AI detectors fail to recognize iconic texts, it raises questions about their reliability and risks" — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

The Internet Archive, Wayback Machine are back online after cyberattack, but is read-only — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

Tesla stock sell-off after robotaxi event could be just the beginning, pros warn after more than $60 billion wipeoff valuation in a sell-off — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

Orbán threatens to mess with Ukraine aid to help Trump: — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

— He's concocted a way to let Trump, if he successfully makes it to the White House for a second term come November, wriggle out of a $50 billion loan the U.S., the European Union and leaders of the G7 offered to Ukraine to back its fight for survival against Russia. That would let Trump off the hook, allowing him to tell Republican voters that, if elected, he won't give Ukraine another cent. Hungary says it won't consent to a change in rules that would allow Washington to play a major role in the loan until after the U.S. election.

Trio wins economics Nobel for work on wealth inequality — co-winner: "work that we had done favours democracy" — 14 October 2024 (LINK)

Man pursues $647m legal claim for lost Bitcoin buried in trash — 14 October 2024 (LINK)