Israel sets Ramadan deadline for feared Rafah invasion (thehill.com)
Israeli officials appear to have set a deadline to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah — the largest refugee camp in the coastal territory — for the Muslim holy day of Ramadan on March 10.
Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say (www.cnn.com)
And you all told me the blue maga border bill that Republicans rejected was 4d chess.
Ukraine ordered the forced evacuation of more than fifty localities in Kharkiv (intlmonitor.com)
Six people killed in Canadian capital in rare case of mass murder (www.reuters.com)
North Dakota police officers cleared in fatal traffic stop shooting of 17-year-old Nicholas Bruington last year (abcnews.go.com)
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Ukraine plans a new counteroffensive (intlmonitor.com)
Kentucky GOP lawmakers override governor and undo efforts to prevent renter discrimination - KVIA (kvia.com)
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill that will undo efforts in Kentucky’s two largest cities to ban landlords from discriminating against renters who use federal housing vouchers has been restored after Republican lawmakers quickly overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The override votes completed work on the bill Wednesday....
First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)
The planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
$3 for a single McDonald's hash brown? Some customers are fed up and pushing back (www.ksl.com)
“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call....
Rooster Teeth is shutting down (roosterteeth.com)
After 21 years Rooster Teeth is being shut down by Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s parent company. I wasn’t too into their work except for Red vs. Blue in my college days but its a shame.
Senegal sets election date after protests sparked by delay | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Haiti extends state of emergency as intruders break into key port terminal | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Global hot streak continues. February, winter, world's oceans all break high temperature marks (apnews.com)
Kyoto to ban tourists from Geisha district over ‘out of control’ behaviour (www.independent.co.uk)
Local officials in Japan’s popular Geisha district in Kyoto will shut off access to “paparazzi” tourists who harass and trouble the globally recognised Japanese women artists, starting April this year....
A Russian projectile fall meters from Zelensky and Greek PM Mitsotakis (intlmonitor.com)
Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say (www.wired.com)
A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.”...
RuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titles (www.advocate.com)
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines (www.cnn.com)
Israeli tank in 'likely scenario' fired machine gun at reporters after deadly shelling, report finds (www.reuters.com)
BEIRUT/THE HAGUE, March 7 (Reuters) - An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then “likely” opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack that lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, according to a report into the incident...
Pro-Palestinian groups decry real estate events at synagogues over concerns occupied land being sold (www.cbc.ca)
On Sunday, dozens of people gathered near the Aish Hatorah synagogue in Thornhill, Ont., to protest an event that organizers say was aimed at helping people in the Toronto area buy property in Israel. They were met with pro-Israeli counterprotestors and Jewish leaders took issue with the Sunday protest taking place outside a...
Turkey recorded seven femicides in the same day (intlmonitor.com)
Hockey Canada players' lawyers back in London court as case speeds ahead (www.edmontonexaminer.com)
The defence lawyers for Michael McLeod, 26, Alex Formenton, 24, Cal Foote, 25, Dillon Dube, 25, and Sherwood Park’s Carter Hart, 25, appeared briefly in London’s Superior Court of Justice monthly scheduling court on Tuesday morning to begin the process of selecting a trial date....