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Ship sunk by Houthis threatens Red Sea environment, Yemeni government says (www.reuters.com)

ADEN, Yemen, March 2 (Reuters) - The UK-owned Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants last month, has sunk in the Red Sea, Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Saturday, warning of an “environmental catastrophe” from the ship’s cargo of fertiliser....

Carnage at Gaza food aid site amid Israeli gunfire. Here’s what we know (www.cnn.com)

One of the worst single tragedies to occur during Israel’s war with Hamas took place Thursday, when scores of Palestinians were killed trying to access food aid in Gaza city.

The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé (theintercept.com)

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Scholz and Macron feud over arms for Ukraine – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)

As Ukraine runs short on ammunition, the German and French leaders are at odds over military aid.

Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Dutch mega-trial exposes brutal gangland underworld (www.bbc.com)

Gaza children searching for food to keep families alive (www.bbc.com)

US and UK carry out fresh strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen (www.bbc.com)

The Pentagon says US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen - the fourth such joint operation by the allies....

Saving Brazil’s rainforest starts with helping people and businesses make a living off cleared land (projects.apnews.com)

Poverty is killing the Amazon. Treating the soil and farmers better could help save what’s left.

Valencia fire: Ten bodies found as Spanish police search gutted flats (www.bbc.com)

India farmers' protest: X admits to taking down posts and accounts (www.bbc.co.uk)

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With spears and shields, India's Nihang Sikh warriors join farmers' protest (www.reuters.com)

SHAMBHU, India, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of protesting Indian farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of the Nihang Sikhs, a warrior sect dating back to the 1600s distinguished by their ink-blue robes and ancient weapons such as swords and spears....

Exclusive: Chinese police work in Kiribati, Hawaii's Pacific neighbour (www.reuters.com)

SYDNEY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and a crime database program, Kiribati officials told Reuters....

Footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault (www.bbc.com)

Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests (www.reuters.com)

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China’s coast guard has triggered ‘panic’ in Taiwan. That’s only part of Beijing’s plan (www.cnn.com)

King Xia, a Taiwanese tourist boat, was taking 23 passengers on a journey around Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Islands just miles from China’s southeastern coast when it was intercepted by two Chinese coast guard vessels....

Hundreds of Ukrainian Troops Feared Captured or Missing in Chaotic Retreat (www.nytimes.com)

Hundreds of Ukrainian troops may have been captured by advancing Russian units or disappeared during Ukraine’s chaotic retreat from the eastern city of Avdiivka, according to senior Western officials and soldiers fighting for Ukraine, a devastating loss that could deal a blow to already weakening morale....

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