U.S. weighs airdropping aid into Gaza as land deliveries slow (www.axios.com)
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France's Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, according to current and former U.S. officials....
UNRWA Set to Lose $65 Million, Documents Show (www.nytimes.com)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the main aid agency in Gaza, is set to lose $65 million by the end of February as donors’ funding cuts begin to kick in, according to internal accounting documents reviewed by The New York Times....
We need to be ready for war with Putin, Romania’s top general says (www.politico.eu)
Gheorghiță Vlad issued a stark warning about the state of the nation’s army, calling for immediate action....
Biden issues executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians (www.axios.com)
NATO admiral warns of potential all-out war with Russia (thehill.com)
Top NATO official Adm. Rob Bauer warned Thursday that a larger war with Russia and other adversaries is a real threat amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine....
Frustrations between Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu mount (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden administration officials are laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu government....
Putin: New NATO member Finland didn't have problems before, but now it will (kyivindependent.com)
Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say (www.nytimes.com)
The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable...
Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan (apnews.com)
US military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft after fatal crash off coast of Japan (apnews.com)
Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo (apnews.com)
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday directed the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own....
In Gaza, wounded children with no surviving family - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Video Emerges Appearing to Show Russian Soldiers Executing Surrendering Ukrainians (www.kyivpost.com)
The shocking footage was reportedly filmed near Avdiivka and was posted to social media by several Ukrainian bloggers....
US tells Israel it will announce visa ban on violent settlers in coming weeks — officials (www.timesofisrael.com)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken notified Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during meetings yesterday that the Biden administration is preparing to announce a series of visa bans against Israeli settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel. A US official...
BRICS calls for immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, South Africa decries Israeli ‘war crimes and genocide’ (www.dawn.com)
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Physicists Warn Earth Could Feasibly Descend Into Chaos (www.sciencealert.com)
ScienceAlert.com
Israeli ministry 'concept paper' proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt's Sinai, with Canada as a possible final destination (www.ctvnews.ca)
Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Ireland: Wind generation exceeds demand for electricity for the first time ever (www.euronews.com)
Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone (www.theguardian.com)
Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for IS...
Bacteria found in bento box lunches in Japan that poisoned nearly 400 people (www.thesundaily.my)
Microplastics Are Present In Clouds, Confirm Japanese Scientists (www.ndtv.com)
