1. Moments after US President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel carpet bombed Beirut

2. Because war has been the Democratic Party's number one priority, US president-elect Donald Trump will face zero repercussions or jail time for any of the felonies for which he has either been convicted or indicted

3. The French government teeters as a bitter debate unfolds in the ruling class over how to implement austerity policies and pursue imperialist goals in preparation for explosive conflicts with the working class

4. A political distraction that will result in unintended consequences: aiming to keep the far-right politician Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 French presidential election, the Paris prosecutor’s office recently demanded she serve jail time and more

5. Seeking to extort concessions on trade, investment and access to energy resources, US president-elect Trump adds Mexico and Canada to China as his chief targets in a threatened trade war

6. Does the spreading H5N1 bird flu pose a greater danger to humans as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic? Principled scientists are raising an alarm

7. In a Sydney, Australia suburb, up to 100 people attend a demonstration to defend a high school student who was discriminated against for wearing a keffiyeh scarf; World Socialist Web Site reporters speak with some of the protesters

8. Who exactly are the foes Australian Woolworths distribution workers face in their strike for better pay and working conditions?

9. Facebook brazenly censors the Portuguese page of the World Socialist Web Site and has not responded to any appeal to restore it yet

10. On Palawan island in the Philippines, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with American service members participating in A Filipino-American military task force

11. In line with the more recent increasingly troubled Chinese and German economies, the Australian economy takes a "stunning" downturn

12. The presumptive head of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s responsibility for exacerbating the devastating 2019 Samoan measles epidemic

13. With assistance from the outgoing Biden administration, the incoming Trump administration prepares to put maximum US pressure on promoting regime change in Venezuela

14. Proved accurate: a prediction by the World Socialist Web Site that the creation of the the Sahra Wagenknecht political alliance in Thuringia, Germany would not become what it was promoted to be

15. The fascistic AfD political party in Germany condemns the communalilstic Bauhaus art movement as “an aberration” to be eschewed

16. In letters to the World Socialist Web Site, mail delivery workers in the UK provide opinions about efforts being made to privatize the Royal Mail

17. UK auto manufacturing workers informed their plant is closing while meeting with management representatives; although abandoned by their union, there is still a way for them to fight back

18. On December 7, the Sri Lankan chapters of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality will hold a public meeting to discuss the the recent elections held in the US and Sri Lanka and to explain what they mean to the working class

19. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!