Shipment delays, higher rates expected in 2024 as water levels in Panama Canal fall to 73-year low (www.straitstimes.com)
Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters hit in Khan Younis (www.aljazeera.com)
Amazon drought: 'We've never seen anything like this' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Biden orders strike on Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops injured in drone attack in Iraq (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military to carry out retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq....
Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony (www.theguardian.com)
Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘doing well’, according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing...
Iran summons Russia’s envoy again over islands dispute | Politics News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Thousands protest in Belgrade to demand annulment of elections (www.reuters.com)
U.N. Criticized Over Resolution Lacking Gaza Ceasefire Call (time.com)
Japan approves record $56 billion military spending (www.dw.com)
Japan has approved record levels of defense spending in a major shift from its postwar approach to military spending. Japan will also loosened arms export controls for the first time in nearly a decade....
China to increase curbs on video gaming industry (www.bbc.com)
Russia blasts US on frozen assets, missiles as Ukraine bombardment persists (www.aljazeera.com)
Former Swiss banker admits helping wealthy US taxpayers hide assets in Singapore and elsewhere | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now 'starving' due to fallout from war (abcnews.go.com)
Venezuela expected to release up to 36 people, including Americans, in prisoner swap (www.reuters.com)
Crazy flyover video over the Volcano in Iceland (www.ruv.is)
Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza (www.hrw.org)
Thai police are hunting a notorious fugitive in the jungle. 'Wealthy' Pang is daring them to catch him (www.abc.net.au)
A well-known Thai fugitive known as "Wealthy Pang" has been on the run since October, and his TikTok videos taunting the police chasing him have stirred up some serious questions about corruption and misconduct in the country's most powerful institutions.
Israeli military opens probe after videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range (apnews.com)
Shipping giants suspend all journeys through Red Sea following attacks on vessels (news.sky.com)
Cuba thwarts terrorist plot by South Florida man who arrived by jetski, state-run media says (www.reuters.com)
Chinese banker jailed for life in US$483 million corruption case, largest ever in country’s history (www.scmp.com)
China’s project to verify real-name digital ID leans into national blockchain ambitions (www.biometricupdate.com)
Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction due to global heating, overfishing and pollution, according to an expert assessment....
World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns (www.theguardian.com)
Title is unfortunate, a bit sensationalist. It’s about the decline of the world’s GDP due to Geopolitical tensions....
UAE defends lavish welcome of Putin (www.telegraph.co.uk)
