Swiss aid payments for UNRWA are in doubt (www.swissinfo.ch)
Why are farmers protesting in France and other parts of Europe (www.reuters.com)
Teacher who showed Muhammad cartoon still in hiding 3 years later, The former head of religious studies at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire is unlikely ever to return home, his family say (www.thetimes.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11303685...
Details Emerge on U.N. Workers Accused of Aiding Hamas Raid (www.nytimes.com)
One is accused of kidnapping a woman. Another is said to have handed out ammunition. A third was described as taking part in the massacre at a kibbutz where 97 people died. And all were said to be employees of the United Nations aid agency that schools, shelters and feeds hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....
Russian election officials register Putin to run in March election he's all but certain to win (apnews.com)
Russia’s election commission on Monday formally registered President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the March presidential election, a vote in which he’s all but certain to win another six-year term in office....
'No one looks at me': 12-year-old amputee in Gaza on what the war cost him (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/13712503...
Disposable vapes to be banned in UK as part of drive to curb youth vaping (www.theguardian.com)
Plans to make vaping less appealing also to include restricting fruity flavours and introducing plain packaging...
Hamas fires rockets at central Israel, army intercepts some of them (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The militant Palestinian group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv and nearby cities on Monday, displaying long-range fire power after weeks of relative quiet in central Israel, though there were no reports of casualties.
Evergrande, the massive Chinese real estate developer with $300 billion in debt, is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court (www.businessinsider.com)
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of real-estate developer China Evergrande Group....
OneFour: How drill music trailblazers have divided Australia (www.bbc.co.uk)
It’s here that Australia’s most successful hip-hop act is finalising their new single....
‘Let’s find out’: shipwreck mysteriously appears on Newfoundland coast (www.theguardian.com)
Nice video of the shipwreck from CBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApsl5_4PsE
Alex Formenton first 2018 Team Canada player to turn himself in for alleged sexual assault case (www.bostonglobe.com)
‘Not looking for war with Iran, can’t say what Iran wants’: US (www.firstpost.com)
Russia projects confidence as it pursues alliances to undermine West (www.washingtonpost.com)
Russia is increasingly confident that deepening economic and diplomatic ties with China and the Global South will allow it to challenge the international financial system dominated by the United States and undermine the West, according to Kremlin documents and interviews with Russian officials and business executives....
Russia boasts it is beating sanctions, but its longer-term prospects are bleak (www.cnn.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken to gloating about Russia’s resistance to international sanctions and its supposed economic resilience, despite the best efforts of the United States and its G7 partners to choke off Moscow’s oil revenues and starve it of military technology....
Preliminary report suggests enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone (apnews.com)
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday....
Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks (www.nytimes.com)
American-led negotiators are edging closer to an agreement in which Israel would suspend its war in Gaza for about two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas, a deal that could be sealed in the next two weeks and would transform the conflict consuming the region....
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Istanbul church that killed 1 (apnews.com)
Bangladesh reports first death from Nipah virus this year (www.yahoo.com)
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh reported on Monday its first fatality this year from the brain-damaging Nipah virus when a man died after drinking raw date juice....
Singapore’s $200,000 Toyotas Fuel Angst Over Widening Wealth Gap (www.bloomberg.com)
Defying Milei’s Austerity, an Argentina Province Plans Its Own Currency (news.yahoo.com)
German politician (Green) gives Hitler salute after being stopped by police while under the influence (taketonews.com)
A German politician from the centre-left Green party gave the Hitler salute when she was pulled over by the police for an alcohol test. […] Jutta Boden was found to be driving under the influence and had 1.34 permille of alcohol in her blood. The woman has since resigned....
New York Times Puts “Daily” Episode on Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article (theintercept.com)
Drone Attack In Jordan Kills Three American Troops (Updated) (www.thedrive.com)
Ukraine levels up the fight with drone strikes deep into Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Over the past three weeks, Ukraine has wreaked havoc with Russia’s energy infrastructure. Soon after the new year, someone attached explosives to train carriages in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. A blast took place next to facilities owned by Gazprom Neft, the country’s third biggest oil producer. Next, a kamikaze drone...
