NATO increases military budget by 12% to 2.03 billion euros (www.reuters.com)
Silicon Valley-US military ties key to beating China: top Pentagon official (www.scmp.com)
Israeli military says its actions mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages (www.cbc.ca)
EU Parliament calls on China to abolish Tibetan boarding schools (www.rfa.org)
Resolution accuses Beijing of using Mandarin-only schools to erase Tibetan culture.
Tibetan activist and former political prisoner dies at 54 (www.rfa.org)
Kunchok Lodoe was sentenced to 13 years for staging an anti-government protest in 1992.
Foreign-owned US farmland acres rose more than 8% in 2022 (www.reuters.com)
US Commerce Secretary Vows 'Strongest Action' on Huawei Chip Issue (www.voanews.com)
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Hongkongers gather at Victoria Harbour as mainland China’s home-grown C919 passenger jet soars above city (www.scmp.com)
Netherlands lifts its objection to Bulgaria joining EU's Schengen zone | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Shipping giants suspend all journeys through Red Sea following attacks on vessels (news.sky.com)
Race organisers of deadly 2021 ultramarathon in northwestern China sentenced to jail (www.scmp.com)
Blinken breaks ground on $1.2B US embassy compound in Hanoi (e.vnexpress.net)
Mexico's Yucatán mega train - world beating or environmental disaster? (www.bbc.co.uk)
China’s smartphone market on track to recover in 2024 as consumers eye upgrades, says IDC report (www.scmp.com)
China’s private firms stuck between a rock and a hard place with Beijing’s support measures ‘mere lip service’ (www.scmp.com)
Cuba thwarts terrorist plot by South Florida man who arrived by jetski, state-run media says (www.reuters.com)
One killed, another 26 injured as Ukrainian MP detonates a grenade at a meeting in Ukraine (en.apa.az)
Ukraine Is so Desperate for Troops It's Taking Passports, Tried to Recruit Mentally Disabled Man (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine’s European allies are letting it down (www.cnn.com)
Before the war between Israel and Hamas took over virtually all of the international community’s attention, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the most pressing crisis diplomats were seeking to solve....
Guyana says it won't bow to Venezuela in dispute over territory rich in oil and minerals (apnews.com)
The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised in a tense meeting Thursday that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that has concerned many in the region....
In the Shadow of the Holocaust (www.newyorker.com)
How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today....
Hague court rejects bid to ban transfer to Israel of F-35 fighter jet parts from Dutch warehouse (apnews.com)
Hungary's Orban takes hard line on Ukraine before EU summit (www.reuters.com)
Dismayed by Moscow's war, Russian volunteers are joining Ukrainian ranks to fight Putin's troops (apnews.com)
When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited into war, back in Moscow, a young Russian who now goes by the name of Karabas was plunged into despair. Shocked by images of what was happening to Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas, he decided to act — against Russia, his home and country....
Turkish MP dies after suffering heart attack in parliament (www.reuters.com)
