An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance (apnews.com)
US Charges Yakuza Leader Over Conspiring to Sell Nuclear Material from Myanmar (www.irrawaddy.com)
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Colombia, Bolivia back Brazil’s Lula in Israel row over Gaza war comments (www.aljazeera.com)
Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort (www.washingtonpost.com)
Gaza: Israeli forces attack MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
Exclusive: ADL pushed BMG to drop Roger Waters by threatening to weaponize company’s Nazi past - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
Turkey revokes citizenship of Muslim Brotherhood leader after Erdoğan’s visit to Egypt: report (www.turkishminute.com)
Turkey has revoked the citizenship of Mahmoud Hussein, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s İstanbul faction, following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent visit to Egypt, the Al Arabiya news website reported, citing sources privy to the matter....
Polish farmers block Ukraine border in grain row (www.bbc.com)
Polish farmers are staging protests against cheap Ukrainian grain flooding the market and EU regulations on pesticide and fertiliser usage....
Sweden donates another $680 mln in military aid to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
STOCKHOLM, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sweden’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement....
Middle East Crisis: U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling for a Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Taiwan drives away Chinese coast guard boat as frontline island tensions rise (www.reuters.com)
UN Experts Urge Probe Of Alleged Israeli Abuses Of Palestinian Women, Girls (www.barrons.com)
UN rights experts called Monday for an independent probe into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls, including killings, rapes and sexual assault....
Here's what happened to overdose deaths in Toronto neighbourhoods with safe consumption sites (www.thestar.com)
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Uncovering Illegal Weapons Trafficking Trends in Latin America Through Open Source Research - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)
Knesset to vote on expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif over signing ICJ petition (www.haaretz.com)
Palestinians live in scarcity in Rafah as Israeli ground assault looms (www.aljazeera.com)
Moscow to host PLO-Hamas unity talks on Feb. 26, Palestinian PM says (www.jpost.com)
Tobago's tourism, fishing hit as oil slick spreads across Caribbean (www.reuters.com)
Milei Heading to Pro-Trump Event on Heels of Blinken Meeting (news.yahoo.com)
'It is urgent': European leaders appeal for greater support for Ukraine as Russia makes major gain (www.cnbc.com)
The West is suffering a “colossal failure of imagination” in thinking Russia’s war in Ukraine will not hit them next, defense policymakers heard at Munich Security Conference....
German, Danish leaders launch construction of new ammunition plant as Europe ramps up production (abcnews.go.com)
The leaders of Germany and Denmark have joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory, underlining Europe’s efforts to ramp up its weapons production as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on...
In Russia’s Arctic, Alexei Navalny’s mother searches for her son’s body (apnews.com)
For the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony, the journey to recover her son’s body Saturday was an odyssey with no clear destination....
Syrskyi withdraws Ukrainian troops from Avdiivka (kyivindependent.com)
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi published a statement announcing his decision to withdraw Ukrainian units from the heavily battered city....
[Ukrainian] Intelligence chief determines who was behind poisoning, promises retaliation in Russia (kyivindependent.com)
Ukrainian military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, told journalists from the French news outlet Liberation that he was able to determine who was responsible for his wife’s poisoning and promised “retaliatory actions on Russian territory.”...
