Humans are living longer than ever no matter where they come from (arstechnica.com)
Senegal election: Concerns grow as President Macky Sall fails to set new election date (www.bbc.com)
There is international concern about the political situation in Senegal after President Macky Sall called off this month’s election citing a row over the eligibility of candidates....
The Paris Olympics Promise to Be Stunning. The Prices Already Are. (www.nytimes.com)
Want a prime spot to watch 10,000 athletes float by on the Seine or to catch beach volleyball in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower? Get ready for sticker shock....
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars (electrek.co)
Europe’s Bombshell Spy Scandal Sparks Hunt for More Traitors (www.thedailybeast.com)
A member of the European Parliament has been accused of spying for Russia for over a decade—and her case could open a Pandora’s box of illicit secrets....
Russian commanders are being accused of 'complete stupidity and incompetence' for failing to plan for drone attacks: ISW (www.businessinsider.com)
Russian military bloggers criticized Russian tactics in Ukraine, a US think tank said....
‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies (www.theguardian.com)
Senegal president postpones election hours before official campaign start (www.theguardian.com)
Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, has announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for 25 February a few hours before official campaigning was due to start, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation....
‘Always a bed in prison’: Australia’s housing crisis blamed for rise in unsentenced prisoners (www.theguardian.com)
Indian police clear a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup (apnews.com)
Queer-friendly Nepal aims to promote ‘pink economy’, ‘rainbow marriages’ for tourists seen as growing segment (www.scmp.com)
Nepal has introduced measures ranging from regulatory changes to ‘rainbow tourism’ guidelines as it targets the multi-billion-dollar LGBTQ market...
Dozens detained as Russian soldiers' wives call for their return from Ukraine (apnews.com)
More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports....
India Sends Newly Assembled MALE UAVs To Israel (www.indiandefensenews.in)
Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU (apnews.com)
Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance....
Senegal postpones presidential election amid controversy - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
This unprecedented move in Senegal is the first time a direct universal suffrage presidential election has been postponed since 1963.
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies of cancer (intlmonitor.com)
Namibia’s long-time leader Hage Geingob, 82, succumbed to cancer on Sunday morning, leaving Vice President Nangolo Mbumba to lead the country until the end of the year elections.
3 Cambodian activists held in Thailand before PM's visit: Rights groups (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it's becoming inevitable (apnews.com)
The prospect of a full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia terrifies people on both sides of the border, but some see it as an inevitable fallout from Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza....
The 8 Days That Roiled the U.N.’s Top Agency in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
The sequence of events began on Jan. 18, when Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, met with a top Israeli diplomat in Tel Aviv. Mr. Lazzarini meets roughly once a month in Israel with the diplomat, Amir Weissbrod, a deputy director general at the Israeli Foreign Ministry who oversees relationships with U.N. agencies. This was...
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US strikes in Iraq and Syria reportedly killed nearly 40 people (www.reuters.com)
Mass Grave in Gaza Points to “Execution-Style” Killings by Israeli Forces (www.democracynow.org)
More video and eyewitness info on Al Jazeera so far...
Nigerian traditional monarch shot dead and wife kidnapped from palace (www.theguardian.com)
Police launch investigation after attack on home of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara state...
EU agrees new law granting consumers a ‘right to repair’ products (www.euractiv.com)
European consumers will have the right to have common household appliances, including mobile phones, repaired, while EU countries will have to produce schemes to boost repair rates according to a new law adopted on Friday (2 February)....
Israel and Hamas closer to ceasefire deal amid warning over Gaza children (www.theguardian.com)
Israel and Hamas appear to be inching closer towards a deal for a ceasefire and a release of some of the hostages still being held by the militant group in Gaza, while the UN children’s agency has warned that 17,000 children have been left without families or been separated from them by the conflict....
