Two South Koreans among 18 sentenced to death in Vietnam drug bust: State media (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Across the world compassion for migrants has given way to cruel proformance politics. (www.theguardian.com)
Wednesday, the UK supreme court will give its verdict on the Rwanda deportation scheme. The decision will clearly have a major impact on those who face deportation. It will have an impact, too, on the political debate about immigration, with government supporters either hailing a victory or bemoaning the treachery of the liberal...
Hezbollah says front with Israel will remain active (www.reuters.com)
Wegovy's heart benefits due to more than weight loss, Novo says (www.reuters.com)
Tata Steel: Hundreds of workers protest as job cuts loom (www.bbc.com)
Australia offers climate refuge to Tuvalu citizens (www.bbc.com)
More than 90 counter-protesters arrested at Palestine march in London (www.standard.co.uk)
‘There are hundreds of mothers like me’ An interview with Oksana Pekhteleva, whose daughter’s killer won a presidential pardon for fighting in Ukraine (meduza.io)
On the night of January 13, 2020, a Kemerovo man named Vladislav Kanyus brutally murdered his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, Vera Pekhteleva. For hours, neighbors listened to Pekhteleva scream in agony and repeatedly called the police, but by the time officers arrived, she was dead. Kanyus was sentenced to 17 years in prison, while...
Canada PM Trudeau condemns violence after shots fired at Jewish schools (www.reuters.com)
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Philippines denounces China for 'unprovoked acts of coercion' to block resupply mission (www.reuters.com)
Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret | Optus | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays | Ghostarchive (ghostarchive.org)
Do you believe in ghosts?
New Delhi plans to make rain to tackle 'hazardous' smog (www.reuters.com)
Hamas slams UNRWA for ‘colluding’ with Israel in southward movement of Gazans (www.timesofisrael.com)
Hamas angrily accuses the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of “colluding” with Israel in the “forced displacement” of residents of Gaza.
IDF: Troops destroyed 130 Hamas tunnel shafts in Gaza since start of ground op (www.timesofisrael.com)
Pro-Israel supporters confront Rep. Jamaal Bowman for supporting cease-fire during healing event in White Plains (www.cbsnews.com)
Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War (www.nytimes.com)
Myanmar Junta Calls Up All Reservists as Resistance Offensive Spreads (www.irrawaddy.com)
Ukraine should start EU membership talks, Commission says (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine and Moldova should start the process of becoming EU members, the European Commission said Wednesday — but the two countries must do more to speed up their reforms in key areas....
US plans to build a $553 million terminal at Sri Lanka's Colombo port in rivalry with China (apnews.com)
The U.S. announced a $553 million project Wednesday to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development financing....
Israel arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in occupied West Bank raids (www.aljazeera.com)
The 22-year-old Palestinian icon is arrested on another night of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank.
Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say (www.theguardian.com)
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Gunmen kill 13 Islamic school pupils in northwest Nigeria (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
A month into war, Netanyahu says Israel will have an 'overall security' role in Gaza indefinitely (apnews.com)
Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the coastal enclave one month into a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and leveled whole swaths of the...
Israeli Army Says Killed Four Terrorists, Including Hamas and Fatah Members in West Bank (archive.ph)
According to Israel, the two Hamas and Fatah members who were killed were responsible for dozens of shooting attacks and planned to carry out more in Israeli territory