Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group....
Modi’s India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel and Hamas start detailed hostage negotiations for first time in months (www.axios.com)
Ukraine, Stalled on the Battlefield, Targets Russia’s Oil Industry (www.nytimes.com)
Mr. Ernst and Mr. Krutikhin noted that, unlike in other oil infrastructure such as pipelines, a lot of complex machinery and sophisticated engineering goes into refineries, and they can take several months to fix. Some analysts say the repairs could take longer than usual because sanctions prohibit Western sales of certain...
Haiti spirals to collapse as gangs tighten grip (www.bbc.com)
Argentina govt suspends state news agency Telam (www.rfi.fr)
Hamas refuses to provide info on wellbeing of hostages as Cairo talks commence (www.timesofisrael.com)
Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal (www.allsides.com)
Two-month-old Palestinian boy dies of hunger amid Israel’s war on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
A two-month-old Palestinian boy has died from starvation in northern Gaza, according to media reports, days after the United Nations warned of an “explosion” in child deaths due to Israel’s war on the besieged enclave....
Germany legalises cannabis, but makes it hard to buy (www.bbc.com)
The German parliament has backed a new law to allow the recreational use of cannabis....
Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny (abcnews.go.com)
Kremlin officials rejected on Tuesday a call for an independent postmortem examination on the remains of opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
Ukraine says frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild war-hit economy (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has called for frozen Russian assets to be used to rebuild the country’s war-ravaged economy after a report showed the cost of reconstruction increasing to almost $500bn....
27-year-old doctor cares for 850 patients in Gaza’s last standing hospital (www.nbcnews.com)
World temperatures go above 1.5 C warming threshold for a year: climate scientists, For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 C over a 12-month period: EU scientist (vancouversun.com)
133 tonnes of chicken stolen in major Cuban heist (news.sky.com)
Data of half the population of France stolen in its largest ever cyberattack. This is what we know (www.euronews.com)
One in two French people’s data was stolen in a major cybersecurity breach - the largest ever in France - leaving 33 million at risk....
Chinese turn U.S. embassy post into 'Wailing Wall' for stock plunge - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Many Chinese are venting their frustration at the slowing economy and the weak stock market in an unconventional place: the social media account of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing....
Germany’s Coalition Government Reaches Final Deal On Marijuana Legalization Bill, With Vote Set For This Month (www.marijuanamoment.net)
The leaders of Germany’s coalition government say they have reached a final agreement on a bill to legalize marijuana, resolving outstanding disagreements that had delayed action and setting the stage for a vote in the final week of February and enactment in April....
To Avoid a Wider War, Ceasefire Now in Gaza (www.democracynow.org)
Demands for an immediate ceasefire are growing, and, despite promises of indefinite war from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the United States, as Israel’s principal weapons provider, could shut down the bombardment with one phone call.
Slower wage growth needed for euro zone rate cuts, ECB's Knot says (www.reuters.com)
The European Central Bank (ECB) will need to see proof of slowing wage growth in the euro zone before interest rates can be lowered, ECB governing council member Klaas Knot said on Sunday....
Singaporean teen who identified as white supremacist placed under ISA restrictions for far-right extremism (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Russian plane carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs has crashed, Moscow says (www.theguardian.com)
Ministry says aircraft that went down in border region of Belgorod was carrying prisoners who were to be swapped...
Ukraine drones hit St Petersburg gas terminal in Russia (www.bbc.com)
An explosion at a major gas export terminal near the city of St Petersburg in Russia was carried out by Ukrainian drones, BBC News has been told....
Taiwan says it spots six more Chinese balloons, one crossed island (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected six more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has seen over the past month-and-a-half....
