'There are mistakes, it is war': Israeli commander indicates IDF were behind white flag shooting (www.itv.com)
Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set (www.theguardian.com)
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scenes...
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
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Fashion isn’t doing enough to address forced labor, a new benchmark study reveals (sourcingjournal.com)
If the fashion industry was being graded on its efforts, as KnowTheChain did, it would receive a failing mark with an average of 21 out of 100 possible points....
(LEAD) U.S. F-16 fighter crashes off Gunsan; pilot rescued (en.yna.co.kr)
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Yonhap) – A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in waters off South Korea’s west coast on Wednesday and the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft, the U.S. Air Force said....
Zelenskiy Releases Personal Income in Transparency Push (www.bloomberg.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared his personal income for the first time since the outbreak of war with Russia, as part of his effort to increase transparency in his government....
Italy lodges protest after citizen led in chains into Budapest court (www.theguardian.com)
Vietnam, Philippines seal deals on South China Sea security (www.reuters.com)
HANOI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation between their coastguards and to prevent untoward incidents in the South China Sea, in an announcement during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The two Southeast Asian countries have competing claims over some...
Ukraine update: German politicians press Scholz on Taurus (p.dw.com)
Politicians from Germany’s ruling coalition have increased pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz regarding the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine....
Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country (www.bloomberg.com)
Brazil, confronting calls for reparations, grapples with slavery's painful legacy (www.nbcnews.com)
RIO DE JANEIRO — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state bank took the microphone before roughly 150 people at a forum on slavery’s legacy in his country, which kidnapped more Africans for forced labor than any other nation....
Finland suspends funding for UN agency serving Palestinians (yle.fi)
Ukraine Situation Report: Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb's Arrival Finally Imminent (www.twz.com)
Israel Raids West Bank Hospital as Clashes Erupt With Hamas in Northern Gaza - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
Military intelligence: Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76 (kyivindependent.com)
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30....
Powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq to suspend military ops against US forces in region (www.cnn.com)
In a surprise move, the most powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, announced on Tuesday the suspension of its military operations against US forces in the region two days after a drone attack killed three US service members and wounded dozens of others....
China sees two 'bowls of poison' in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils (apnews.com)
Scottish Toddler Believed Youngest Person Ever to Reach Mount Everest Base Camp (themessenger.com)
2-year-old Carter Dallas of Glasgow made the trek on a “whim” with his parents as they travel across Asia....
Bi-2: Russia anti-war band arrested in Thailand faces deportation (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Military Confirms It Has Begun Flooding Hamas Tunnels (www.nytimes.com)
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it had begun pumping water into the vast network of tunnels beneath Gaza, which Hamas has used to launch attacks, store weapons and imprison Israeli hostages....
'We're the country of beef, but we can only afford chicken' (www.bbc.com)
Biden’s response to Jordan attack is likely to be powerful, but US is wary of triggering a wider war with Iran, officials say (www.cnn.com)
The US’ response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed and wounded US service members on Sunday is likely to be more powerful than previous American retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials told CNN, though the Pentagon and White House are being careful not to telegraph the administration’s plans....
Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah suspends attacks on US forces (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine’s top general refuses request from Zelenskiy to step down (www.theguardian.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his most senior military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, to step down on Monday but the popular general refused, triggering speculation that he will be dismissed instead....
At least half of Gaza's buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows (www.bbc.com)
Across Gaza, residential areas have been left ruined, previously busy shopping streets reduced to rubble, universities destroyed and farmlands churned up, with tent cities springing up on the southern border to house many thousands of people left homeless....
