Hundreds of Ukrainian Troops Feared Captured or Missing in Chaotic Retreat (www.nytimes.com)
Hundreds of Ukrainian troops may have been captured by advancing Russian units or disappeared during Ukraine’s chaotic retreat from the eastern city of Avdiivka, according to senior Western officials and soldiers fighting for Ukraine, a devastating loss that could deal a blow to already weakening morale....
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife (www.bbc.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants...
Poland's new government deprograms its once far-right public media (www.npr.org)
WARSAW, Poland — It’s 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter....
Ursula von der Leyen is seeking a second term as head of the EU's powerful Commission (apnews.com)
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen will seek a second term as head of the European Union’s powerful Commission in a move that could make her the most significant politician representing the bloc’s 450 million citizens in over a generation....
Middle East Crisis: U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling for a Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
UN Experts Demand Investigation Into IDF Abuse of Women and Girls in Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
A group of United Nations experts on Monday demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into reports that Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained, sexually abused, and executed Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip....
Turkey revokes citizenship of Muslim Brotherhood leader after Erdoğan’s visit to Egypt: report (www.turkishminute.com)
Turkey has revoked the citizenship of Mahmoud Hussein, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s İstanbul faction, following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent visit to Egypt, the Al Arabiya news website reported, citing sources privy to the matter....
US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call (www.reuters.com)
Polish farmers block Ukraine border in grain row (www.bbc.com)
Polish farmers are staging protests against cheap Ukrainian grain flooding the market and EU regulations on pesticide and fertiliser usage....
Sweden donates another $680 mln in military aid to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
STOCKHOLM, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sweden’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement....
A UN agency says it can't deliver aid to northern Gaza because of chaos, and famine fears are rising (apnews.com)
The report by the Global Nutrition Cluster, an aid partnership led by UNICEF, says more than 90% of children under 5 in Gaza eat two or fewer food groups a day, known as severe food poverty. A similar percentage are affected by infectious diseases, with 70% experiencing diarrhea in the last two weeks....
Taiwan drives away Chinese coast guard boat as frontline island tensions rise (www.reuters.com)
Turkey detains six suspected of spying on Uyghurs for China (www.reuters.com)
Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of spying on Uyghurs in Turkey for China’s intelligence service, and another suspect was being sought by police, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday....
Gaza's Al-Amal Hospital running out of water under Israeli siege (thecradle.co)
Israel says it will launch Rafah assault if hostages not freed by Ramadan (www.theguardian.com)
A member of Israel’s war cabinet has said the country will launch its threatened ground offensive against Rafah, the last place of relative safety in Gaza, if Hamas does not release its remaining Israeli hostages by the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in just under three weeks....
3 Myanmar brigadier-generals sentenced to death for surrendering town: Military sources | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Netanyahu: Israel will maintain full security control over Gaza Strip, West Bank (www.jpost.com)
Julian Assange UK court hearing 20-21 February 2024 (live, by WikiLeaks) (twitter.com)
Putin critic’s ‘bruised body seen in morgue’, claims independent newspaper - live (www.independent.co.uk)
Alexei Navalny’s team, as well as the Russian authorities, have not confirmed the whereabouts of his body...
Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (www.theregister.com)
El Salvador, where a miscarriage can land you in jail (www.france24.com)
Indian union refuses to load Israel-bound weapons shipments (thecradle.co)
An Indian trade union that operates at multiple ports across the nation has refused to load or offload ships carrying weapons to Israel, days after the announcement of New Delhi sending Hermes 900 “killer” drones to Tel Aviv.