Largest Covid vaccine study finds links to health conditions (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Putin critic’s ‘bruised body seen in morgue’, claims independent newspaper - live (www.independent.co.uk)
Alexei Navalny’s team, as well as the Russian authorities, have not confirmed the whereabouts of his body...
‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)
There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...
German city of Dresden commemorates WWII bombing (www.dw.com)
Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN (apnews.com)
Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan....
DOJ to give Ukraine $500K worth of forfeited Russian funds (thehill.com)
Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to give $500,000 worth of forfeited Russian funds to Ukraine as the embattled country tries to fend off the Kremlin’s invasion....
El Salvador, where a miscarriage can land you in jail (www.france24.com)
Giant teddy bear nabs Peru drug dealers in Valentine raid (www.france24.com)
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECHR)European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans? (www.eureporter.co)
Holy hell, some excellent news for once?
EU proposes sanctions on Chinese firms aiding Russian war effort (www.theguardian.com)
The EU is proposing to sanction companies in mainland China for the first time as part of its latest measures aimed at shutting down loopholes that allow Russia to route military technology via third countries to its weapons factories....
Scoop: Israeli minister blocking flour Bibi promised Biden would be allowed into Gaza (www.axios.com)
Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah operation without ‘credible’ safety plan (www.theguardian.com)
In a call Sunday with Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden told the Israeli prime minister that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah “without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there”....
Netanyahu says he has not spoken to Biden since 'over the top' remarks (www.reuters.com)
Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter (theconversation.com)
Gazans surviving off animal feed and rice as food dwindles (www.bbc.co.uk)
People living in the isolated north of Gaza have told the BBC that children are going without food for days, as aid convoys are increasingly denied permits to enter. Some residents have resorted to grinding animal feed into flour to survive, but even stocks of those grains are now dwindling, they say....
UNRWA staff accused by Israel sacked without evidence, chief admits | United Nations | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
China Deflation Extends Into Fourth Straight Month (www.barrons.com)
Chinese consumer prices fell in January at their quickest rate in more than 14 years, data showed Thursday, as the country’s leaders struggle to revive buying sentiment in the world’s second-biggest economy....
Queer-friendly Nepal aims to promote ‘pink economy’, ‘rainbow marriages’ for tourists seen as growing segment (www.scmp.com)
Nepal has introduced measures ranging from regulatory changes to ‘rainbow tourism’ guidelines as it targets the multi-billion-dollar LGBTQ market...
Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk. Thousands Of Ukrainian Drones Await Them. (www.forbes.com)
Northern Ireland government reconvenes after two-year DUP boycott (www.theguardian.com)
Northern Ireland’s devolved government has reconvened after a two-year boycott, with Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill due to make history by becoming the first nationalist first minister....
Russian commanders are being accused of 'complete stupidity and incompetence' for failing to plan for drone attacks: ISW (www.businessinsider.com)
Russian military bloggers criticized Russian tactics in Ukraine, a US think tank said....
U.S. plans to raise tariffs against Canadian softwood lumber producers (www.theglobeandmail.com)
The U.S. Department of Commerce plans to raise tariffs levied against Canadian softwood lumber producers, marking the latest salvo in the long-running trade dispute....
Israel’s Controlled Demolitions Are Razing Neighborhoods in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
The damage caused by Israel’s aerial offensive in Gaza has been well documented. But Israeli ground forces have also carried out a wave of controlled explosions that has drastically changed the landscape in recent months....
UNRWA'S Terrorgram - How a Telegram group of 3,000 UNRWA teachers in Gaza celebrated the October 7th Hamas massacre (unwatch.org)
Evidence Shows Widespread Support for October 7th Terrorists Among UNRWA Teachers in Gaza...
We oppose axing UNRWA mid-war, senior Israeli official says amid global funding halt (www.timesofisrael.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not support the immediate discontinuation of UNRWA, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday as a host of Western countries moved to suspend funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians amid allegations that roughly a dozen of its employees took part in Hamas’s...