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US warns Israel against ground offensive into Rafah in draft UN resolution (www.ft.com)

Israel declares Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ over comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust (www.timesofisrael.com)

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)

Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar

Russia and China clash with US and UK over attacks on Yemen rebels for strikes on Red Sea ships (apnews.com)

Russia and China on Wednesday accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting global shipping....

Indonesia says 71 election workers died from exhaustion (www.bangkokpost.com)

Xinjiang freezes in -52.3°C temperature, harshest cold spell in over six decades (www.channelnewsasia.com)

EU warns Israel against "catastrophic" Rafah offensive (www.reuters.com)

BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday warned Israel against launching an offensive in Rafah that ministers said would create a disaster for the roughly 1.5 million refugees crammed into the city on the southern edge of Gaza. “An attack on Rafah would be absolutely catastrophic … it would be...

The Israeli Settler Movement’s Ugly Postwar Plans for Gaza (newrepublic.com)

Inflation Hits 30-Year High In Argentina (menafn.com)

“Argentina registered a year-on-year inflation rate of 254.2 percent in January, the highest in 32 years, according to data released Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC)”...

Canada sending more than 800 drones to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia (abcnews.go.com)

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England (www.theguardian.com)

UN court begins hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories (www.ft.com)

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Sydney school, supermarket tainted with asbestos as crisis widens (www.reuters.com)

Seven more public sites in Sydney, including a school, sports hub and supermarket, were exposed to asbestos, authorities said on Monday, as the contamination of the toxic material widened and officials rushed to remove it from public spaces....

Brazil recalls ambassador to Israel in row over Lula’s Gaza comments (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)

Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....

‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Netanyahu: Israel will maintain full security control over Gaza Strip, West Bank (www.jpost.com)

Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defence’ in Gaza, says Labour’s Streeting (www.theguardian.com)

Indonesia: A Curious Outcome | Gwynne Dyer (gwynnedyer.com)

India port workers refuse to deal with Israel arms shipments (www.newarab.com)

China coast guard boarded Taiwanese boat near frontline islands, Taiwan says (www.reuters.com)

Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next to China’s coast on Monday, the government in Taipei said, in an escalation of tensions after China said it would carry out regular patrols....

Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)

The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...

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