The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant on Tuesday (www.nbcnews.com)
Putin says he won't start a war with NATO. But Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets (apnews.com)
Iran-backed Houthis attacked a Chinese ship with missiles after promising to leave them alone (www.businessinsider.com)
The Houthis reportedly said they would avoid attacking Chinese ships off the coast of Yemen....
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting (www.nytimes.com)
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving (www.politico.eu)
Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
Fears raised over ‘Chinese spy cranes’ in US ports (www.telegraph.co.uk)
How China Came to Dominate the World in Solar Energy (www.nytimes.com)
Palestinian Boy In Photos That Showed Reality Of Gaza Famine Dies Of Malnourishment (www.huffpost.com)
Israel Gaza: Checking Israel's claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fighters (www.bbc.com)
The toll of at least 30,035 killed, from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, has previously been described as trustworthy by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional emergency director Richard Brennan....
Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal (www.nytimes.com)
Yellen urges world leaders to 'unlock' frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine (apnews.com)
Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report (www.jpost.com)
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Russia places Estonia’s prime minister on wanted list (edition.cnn.com)
North Korea cracks down on homes converted into Airbnb-style lodgings (www.rfa.org)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says ‘US credibility is at stake’ when asked about Trump’s NATO comments (www.cnn.com)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said Monday that “US credibility is at stake” in the wake of comments from former President Donald Trump that he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO partners that don’t meet spending guidelines on defense....
Head of UN agency for Palestinians defies Israeli calls to quit (archive.md)
The intelligence assessment, which has been seen by the FT, provides no evidence for the claims, which it says are based on smartphone intercepts and captured identity cards.
North Korea scraps all economic cooperation agreements with South Korea (globalnews.ca)
North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has voted to scrap all agreements signed with South Korea on promoting economic cooperation, the North’s official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday, as the two Koreas’ relations continue to deteriorate sharply....
US drone strike kills Iran-backed militia leader in Baghdad (www.bbc.com)
A senior commander of an Iran-backed militia has been killed in a US drone strike in Baghdad....
Netanyahu meets Argentina’s new leader Milei, ‘a great friend’ of Israel (www.timesofisrael.com)
Giant successor to Hadron Collider could uncover secrets of 95% of the universe (news.sky.com)
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza (theintercept.com)
How did a raccoon knock out power for large swaths of downtown Toronto last night? (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.
Israel-Hamas war: Germany joins states pausing UNRWA funding (www.dw.com)
