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Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat (www.wired.com)

Estonia considers closing its border with Russia (kyivindependent.com)

Estonia announced that the country may be forced to close its border crossing points with Russia due to increased migration pressures, Estonian Police and Border Guard announced on Feb. 13....

Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million (gizmodo.com)

No evidence of antisemitic 'gas' chant at pro-Palestinian Sydney protest, police find (www.sbs.com.au)

Edited footage of protesters chanting "gas the Jews" at a rally outside the Sydney Opera House in October was shared on social media, but NSW Police said an extensive investigation found no evidence of it happening.

'Never again': Huge protests against far-right continue in Germany (www.i24news.tv)

Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets across Germany this weekend as the nation enters a second week of protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party....

Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages saying they'll learn 'fate' on Monday (www.standard.co.uk)

The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home....

Israel receives 230 planes, 20 ships loaded with US arms amid Gaza war (www.aa.com.tr)

Israeli attacks on journalists constitute war crime: International Federation of Journalists (www.aa.com.tr)

British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order (www.theguardian.com)

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in recent history, experts say (apnews.com)

Japan to test technology to destroy asteroid set to collide with Earth (www.scmp.com)

Hong Kong holds 'patriots only' local elections after shutting out opposition (www.france24.com)

Putin betrayed us, say wives and mothers of Russian soldiers (www.telegraph.co.uk)

North Korea says its new spy satellite photographed White House, Pentagon (www.reuters.com)

After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts, North Korea has sent its first spy satellite on a global orbit with a message to the world: we can watch you too.

South Korea: Man gets 14-month jail term for praising North in poem (www.bbc.com)

Ethiopian Airlines is buying the plane model that killed 346 people (qz.com)

The airline plans to purchase 41 more Boeing 737-8 Max planes...

Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza's women and babies (www.bbc.com)

New Zealand shifts right as voters punish ruling party (www.cnn.com)

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has conceded his Labour party lost Saturday’s election, as voters punished the government and took the country rightwards nine months after his predecessor Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned....

After years of brutal repression, China's Communist Party tries to turn Xinjiang into a tourism hotspot (www.abc.net.au)

Trade between Russia and China is booming so much that shipping containers are ‘piling up’ (www.cnn.com)

Shipping containers from China are “piling up” in Russia amid a surge of Chinese goods flowing into the country as trade soars, a new analysis has found....

Nearly five decades after the fall of Saigon, U.S. will help Vietnam boost its military capabilities (www.cnbc.com)

Young Women in Afghanistan on the Taliban: "Your Arrival Transformed My Dreams into Nightmares" (www.spiegel.de)

The lives of Kobra, Najia, Madina, Sonya and Zahra looked as though they were just getting started two years ago. When the Taliban captured the Afghan capital of Kabul, they were about to finish school, working towards a university degree or beginning a career. Suddenly, though, their lives changed dramatically....

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