Dominican Republic to launch pilot program offering a 4-day workweek to public and private workers (apnews.com)
Shell to sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first (apnews.com)
Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry....
End Gaza war to stop Houthi attacks - Qatari PM at Davos (www.reuters.com)
Palestinians fight in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages (apnews.com)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants battled Israeli forces in devastated northern Gaza and launched a barrage of rockets from farther south on Tuesday in a show of force more than 100 days into Israel’s massive air and ground campaign against the tiny coastal enclave.
15-year-old killed, 9-year-old wounded in USA shooting (www.google.com)
Iran says Baluchi militant group bases attacked in Pakistan - state media (www.reuters.com)
Female Hamas Hostage Who Pleaded for Life on Bike Is Forced to Reveal Fate of 2 Fellow Israeli Captives in Sick Video (themessenger.com)
British brothers raided Swiss museum 'to clear a debt' (www.bbc.com)
Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit at Zelenskyy's request (www.ctvnews.ca)
Reports of a missile hitting European-owned commercial ship off Yemen's coast (www.i24news.tv)
German government rejects protesting farmers' demands for more subsidies (www.abc.net.au)
Following review, Business Insider stands by reports on wife of ex-Harvard president's critic (www.cp24.com)
Alternative Title: Billionaire hypocrite Bill Ackman embarrassed after he fails to do satisfactory due diligence before opening his big mouth, again
Nauru switches diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China (apnews.com)
The Pacific Island nation of Nauru said Monday that it is switching diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, a move that reduces the dwindling number of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies to 12 around the world....
China builds spy stations in mountains on disputed border (www.newsweek.com)
US military says it seized Iranian weapons bound for Houthis (www.theguardian.com)
US Navy Seals seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels in a raid last week in which two of its commandos went missing, the US military said on Tuesday....
Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate (apnews.com)
Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria....
U.S. forces recovered Iranian warheads in Navy SEAL mission gone awry (www.washingtonpost.com)
The U.S. military said the arms shipment, intercepted off the coast of Somalia, was destined for militants in Yemen blamed for attacks in the Red Sea...
Nauru's financial demands key to breaking ties with Taiwan: Official - Focus Taiwan (focustaiwan.tw)
Immigration Center Funding May Have Prompted Nauru Split: Source - TaiwanPlus News | Don't Miss This (www.cleburnetimesreview.com)
Asylum centre funding hole behind Beijing ‘ambush’ of Taiwan on Nauru (www.afr.com)
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard deployed in Yemen (www.semafor.com)
Namibia criticises German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages saying they'll learn 'fate' on Monday (www.standard.co.uk)
The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home....
