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)
Widespread hunger in the Gaza Strip, and families are becoming increasingly desperate in their search for food - occupied Palestinian territory (reliefweb.int)
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan and Al-Haq warn of a real and unprecedented famine in the Gaza Strip, which began in northern Gaza and Gaza City as a result of the 69-day Israeli military offensive coupled with a tight siege preventing food and water supplies from reaching most people in Gaza.
Japan’s Sapporo set to scrap bid to host Winter Olympics over cost, scandal concerns: ‘enough is enough’ (www.scmp.com)
Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn unpopular new government plans (www.euronews.com)
Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds (www.cnn.com)
Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.
Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want...
