Brazil starts mass vaccination amid upsurge in dengue fever (www.theguardian.com)
Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on year before...
‘They Come in Waves’: Ukraine Goes on Defense Against a Relentless Foe (www.nytimes.com)
His unit decimated by Ukrainian fire, the last surviving soldier in a Russian assault took cover in a shallow crater while Ukrainians shouted at him to surrender. As he lifted two grenades in the air, a Ukrainian drone swept in from above and exploded....
Ugandan judge Sebutinde takes over as ICJ vice-president for three years (www.timeslive.co.za)
China can now monitor government-funded projects 24/7 (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Army Admits Running Unauthorized Graphic Gaza Influence Op (www.haaretz.com)
Reversing an earlier denial, Israeli military officials have admitted that the Telegram channel 72 Virgins – Uncensored was operated by members of a department of the Israel Defense Forces' Operations Directorate....
Namibia president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies. He pushed for Africa on world stage (apnews.com)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly swore in his deputy to complete the term in office....
Dozens detained as Russian soldiers' wives call for their return from Ukraine (apnews.com)
More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports....
India Sends Newly Assembled MALE UAVs To Israel (www.indiandefensenews.in)
Fresh strikes in southern Gaza as talks on two-month pause in fighting continue (www.theguardian.com)
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US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked (apnews.com)
The Justice Department announced Friday that it was seizing more than 500,000 barrels of internationally sanctioned Iranian fuel that officials said was illegally trafficked to provide funding for the country’s paramilitary force....
Belgium summons Israeli ambassador after its building in Gaza is bombed (www.reuters.com)
‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies (www.theguardian.com)
Elderly Uyghur women imprisoned in China for decades-old religious ‘crimes’, leaked files reveal (www.theguardian.com)
Israel's road to recovery starts with relinquishing Netanyahu's lies (www.haaretz.com)
As fate would have it, in order to halt the discussion over the justification for Israel's right to exist, Israel has to approach the dustbin of history and pull out the "occupation," the "two-state solution," "peace in exchange for territories" – all those terms his royal genius threw away in his megalomaniac hubris. We need...
How a Game of Good Cop-Bad Cop Sealed the E.U. Ukraine Fund Deal (www.nytimes.com)
Some European leaders jested they’d send Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary their hotel bills for the extra nights they had to spend in Brussels to convince him to support funding for Ukraine....
Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia (apnews.com)
Swedish police foil attack on Israeli Embassy in Stockholm (www.politico.eu)
An attempted attack on the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm was thwarted on Wednesday....
Donor countries voice support for the U.N. agency for Palestinians despite Israel’s accusations. (www.nytimes.com)
Key donors to the United Nations agency that aids civilians in Gaza have signaled that they will continue to support the organization under the right conditions despite Israeli accusations that some of its employees were involved with terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7....
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....
Israel's Knesset Hears Arguments for Expulsion of Left-wing MK Over Support for ICJ Case (www.haaretz.com)
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U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack (www.nytimes.com)
A United Nations team has arrived in Israel to examine reports of sexual violence during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 even as Hamas and some critics of Israel continue to reject evidence that such assaults occurred....
Preliminary report suggests enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone (apnews.com)
An enemy drone that killed three American troops and wounded dozens of others in Jordan may have been confused with an American drone returning to the U.S. installation, two U.S. officials said Monday....
Amazon's record drought driven by climate change (www.bbc.com)
How Taiwan preserved election integrity by fighting back against disinformation (www.pbs.org)
The rumors about vote fraud started swirling as the ballots in Taiwan’s closely watched presidential election were tallied on Jan. 13. There were baseless claims that people had fabricated votes and that officials had miscounted and skewed the results....
World reacts to ICJ interim ruling in Gaza genocide case against Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
The article collects the reactions of representatives from multiple countries to the provisional ruling, including South Africa, Israel, the US and some other Western and Muslim countries.
