Irish athletes boycott women's basketball tournament against Israel next month due to war in Gaza (allisrael.com)
Nayib Bukele re-elected as El Salvador president in landslide win (www.theguardian.com)
Voters reward Bukele for gang crackdown that has transformed security in central American country...
An Execution Binge in Iran (time.com)
Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born human rights activist, actress and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate. Roya Boroumand is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran....
Sorry Appin, We’re Not Taking Down Our Article About Your Attempts To Silence Reporters (www.techdirt.com)
Ethiopia to ban importation of non-electric cars (apanews.net)
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics on Tuesday announced that it will not allow vehicles to enter into the country unless they are electric ones....
Germany uncovers Russian disinformation campaign on X (www.euractiv.com)
Germany has uncovered a major “pro-Russian disinformation campaign” using thousands of fake accounts on X to try and stir anger at Berlin’s support for Ukraine, a media report said on Friday (26 January)....
Russian forces employing new poison gas grenades, says armament research centre (www.pravda.com.ua)
A Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing (apnews.com)
Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote....
Washington to Israel: Turn the lights back on in Gaza (www.politico.com)
The Biden administration is pressing Israel to restore telecommunications access to Gaza amid a massive blackout that has stretched a record six days and left millions of Palestinians without power or internet....
EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting (www.theguardian.com)
Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims....
Scientists crack mystery of how MS gene spread (www.bbc.com)
Why are diseases more common in some parts of Europe than others, and why are northern Europeans taller than their southern counterparts?...
When you drink bottled water, you're drinking lots and lots of plastic particles (www.cbc.ca)
Putin Ally Found Dead After Falling From Third-Floor Window (www.charlotteobserver.com)
Vladimir Egorov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead on Wednesday, according to Russian state media. Tobolsk City Duma deputy Egorov, 46, a member of Putin’s ruling United Russia party, fell from the third floor window of a house on Kedrovaya Street in Tobolsk in the Tyumen Oblast, Russian Telegram...
‘Don’t worry about me. I’m fine’: Kremlin critic Navalny from Arctic jail (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel denies visas to UN staff as it hits back against Gaza war criticism (www.aljazeera.com)
Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles to armory (www.politico.com)
State TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles have arrived at a naval base near the Indian Ocean....
Despite backlash, Masha Gessen says comparing Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto is necessary (www.npr.org)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/6758033...
Germany swaps Russia for Norway in gas supply dependence (www.reuters.com)
Doctor who treated freed Hamas hostages describes physical, sexual and psychological abuse (www.cbsnews.com)
South Korea to see population plummet to 1970s levels, government says (www.cnn.com)
South Korea, the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, expects it to fall even further in the next two years while its overall population is expected to plummet to levels not seen since the 1970s....
Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until goals are achieved, while offering rare details (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace in Ukraine until the Kremlin realizes its goals, which remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting that has sent tensions soaring between Moscow and the West....
Tesla faces garbage pileups as more union backlash in Sweden mounts (www.theverge.com)
Mysterious shipwreck measuring over 200 feet long found at bottom of Baltic Sea (www.cbsnews.com)
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri apologizes after flipping the middle finger live on air (www.cbsnews.com)
U.S. announces military drills with Guyana amid dispute over oil-rich region with Venezuela (www.cbsnews.com)
The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an urgent meeting....
