UAE sends 50 tonnes of food supplies to Seychelles following Dec.7 disasters - Seychelles News Agency (m.seychellesnewsagency.com)
Seychelles Trading Company CEO resigns, citing health issues - Seychelles News Agency (m.seychellesnewsagency.com)
Investigations into CCCL disaster going well, answers possibly available by February, says Seychelles’ President - Seychelles News Agency (m.seychellesnewsagency.com)
Seychelles and Israel sign visa-free accord, islanders now have one of strongest passports in the world - Seychelles News Agency (m.seychellesnewsagency.com)
U.S. suspends military aid to Ukraine - White House (news.google.com)
‘He disappeared for a year’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures (theguardian.com)
Since 2014, millions of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other minorities have been locked up in China and subjected to torture and forced labour. Some of those freed talk about trying to rebuild their lives in neighbouring Kazakhstan
Ruling-party candidate emerges victorious in Taiwan's presidential election (apnews.com)
Biden Admin Deployed Air Force Team to Israel to Assist with Targets, Document Suggests (theintercept.com)
Targeting intelligence — the information used to conduct airstrikes and fire long-range artillery weapons — has played a central role in Israel’s siege of Gaza. A document obtained through the Freedom of Information Act suggests that the U.S. Air Force sent officers specializing in this exact form of intelligence to Israel...
Germany says will intervene at The Hague on Israel’s behalf, blasts genocide charge (www.timesofisrael.com)
Huge fire rips through Russian online retailer's warehouse in St. Petersburg (www.reuters.com)
Biden’s Strikes in Yemen Are Unconstitutional, Bipartisan Members of Congress Say (theintercept.com)
The US failed to track more than $1 billion in military gear given Ukraine, Pentagon watchdog says (apnews.com)
US Navy helicopter with 6 on board crashes into bay in Southern California (www.foxnews.com)
Houthis mistakenly target tanker carrying Russian oil - Ambrey report (www.reuters.com)
Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare (www.washingtonpost.com)
Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say...
‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos (www.theguardian.com)
As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has soared, with a TV station assault the crescendo of a week of bloodshed...
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria (www.theguardian.com)
With no recorded cases since 2017, the archipelago has had a long journey to become free of the disease, which killed 608,000 people globally in 2022...
Myanmar junta confirms ‘temporary ceasefire’ with rebels (www.bangkokpost.com)
Ukrainian pilots learn to fly F-16 fighter jets after completing basic training in the UK (www.gov.uk)
The first cohort of Ukrainian pilots to receive training from the Royal Air Force are now learning to fly F-16 fighter jets in Denmark, having completed a basic programme of training in the UK....
Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit (theconversation.com)
A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border with Ukraine, was the target of...
Israel must act now to let aid through and save lives in Gaza. Britain has a plan to help that happen: article by the Foreign Secretary (www.gov.uk)
It was heartbreaking to read the latest independent assessment of hunger in Gaza. The situation is desperate – and projected to get worse. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), 9 out of every 10 Palestinians in northern Gaza may be eating less than 1 meal a day....
Canadians aren’t smoking enough to keep up with the supply (hightimes.com)
Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.
Tesla puts German factory production on hold as Red Sea attacks disrupt supply chains (apnews.com)
Tesla says it’s temporarily halting most production at its German factory because of attacks in the Red Sea, a vital global shipping corridor....
La Colonia De Los Gatos
Una época hubo hambruna, hasta tal punto que, el pueblo de Dios tuvo que mendigar a su nación vecina....