Ukraine’s average soldier is 43. How can they keep Putin at bay? (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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Large demonstration against right-wing extremism with 80,000 participants in Hamburg premature closed due to overcrowding. (www.dw.com)
Hamas refuses Russia’s request to release its dual citizens from captivity in Gaza (www.timesofisrael.com)
Seoul vs. the rest: University pyramid crumbling at the bottom (www.koreaherald.com)
“I would rather give up another year of my youth studying and trying again if I don’t make it ‘in-Seoul.'”...
Zelenskiy proposes bill allowing Ukrainian citizenship for foreign fighters (www.rferl.org)
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine’s Day of Unity with the introduction of a draft law that allows multiple citizenships, a move that would make it possible for foreign fighters and ethnic Ukrainians outside the country to hold Ukrainian passports while not giving up other citizenship....
France OKs Rafale Missiles For Ukraine; Germany Rejects Arming Kyiv With Long-Range Taurus ALCMs (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises....
Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hits 25,000 (www.businessinsider.com)
EU foreign policy chief says Israel failed to engage with Brussels peace summit (www.theguardian.com)
One of the EU’s most senior diplomats has criticised the Israeli foreign minister for not properly engaging with a summit in Brussels designed to pave the way for a peace plan in the Middle East....
Turkey set to approve Sweden's NATO membership bid after long delay (www.reuters.com)
Houthi official promises safe passage for Russian, Chinese ships through Red sea (www.newindianexpress.com)
New CIA video appeals to Russians disillusioned with Moscow elite (www.nbcnews.com)
The CIA released another video Monday appealing to Russians disillusioned with the country’s leaders, offering them a way to pass secrets to the American spy agency....
Russia clashes with US and Ukraine supporters, ruling out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West (apnews.com)
Russia’s foreign minister clashed with the United States and Ukraine’s supporters at a U.N. meeting Monday where Moscow ruled out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West, and China warned that further global chaos could impact the slowing global economy....
90,000 NATO Troops To 'Beat Back' Russia With Biggest-Ever Drills - Steadfast Defender - Since Cold War (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Orbán invites Swedish PM for talks on NATO bid (www.politico.eu)
Turkey is also promising to move on Sweden’s alliance application....
West Must Be Prepared For War With Russia, NATO Official Warns Ahead Of Major Military Drills (www.rferl.org)
‘You will not replace us’: a deadly attack on a Slovakian gay bar – and its link to a fast-spreading racist ideology (www.theguardian.com)
In Slovakia, the attack on the Tepláreň, a prominent if rare LGBTQ+ hangout, prompted shock and statements of concern. The president, Zuzana Čaputová, called on politicians to stop spreading hate....
More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists....
India's stock market seizes global fourth place from Hong Kong (www.lemonde.fr)
With $4.3 trillion in total share value on Monday, January 22, India booming stock exchange is seen as emblematic of the country’s rising economic fortunes, while Hong Kong’s market has sturggled with a fourth consecutive year of losses....
The Great Fall of China (www.economist.com)
How British American Tobacco lobbied Kenya to water down nicotine pouch warnings (www.theguardian.com)
7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes (apnews.com)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest in a series of temblors and natural disasters to hit the country’s west....
New Zealand to deploy Defence Force to Red Sea (www.rnz.co.nz)
New Zealand will send a six-member Defence Force team to help protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks....