3M Starts Paying Veterans in $6 Billion Earplugs Settlement (time.com)
Brazil's Bolsonaro's vaccination records are false, authorities say (www.reuters.com)
Europe has 3-5 years to prepare for threat from Russia's side � Estonian PM (www.pravda.com.ua)
Polish PM warns of possible Russian aggression against Europe (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
‘Europe will be subject to a direct Russian attack in the next few years’ — Polish PM Tusk (news.yahoo.com)
bne IntelliNews - Russian spring offensive could lead to war with Nato, according to German defence scenario (www.intellinews.com)
‘Worst leader’: Myanmar Military’s winter of discontent (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
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Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza (apnews.com)
Rifts are emerging among top Israeli officials over the handling of the war against Hamas in Gaza. A member of the country’s War Cabinet cast doubt over the strategy for releasing hostages, while the prime minister rejected the United States’ calls to scale back its offensive....
Iran says attacks by its allies won’t stop until Israel’s war in Gaza ends (www.cnn.com)
Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Taiwan's new envoy to the U.S. offers assurances to Washington and Beijing (www.latimes.com)
Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington has a message for both the island’s Chinese adversaries and its American friends: Don’t worry that Taiwan’s new president-elect will worsen relations with Beijing and possibly draw the U.S. into a conflict. President-elect Lai Ching-te plans to keep the status quo across the Taiwan...
N Korea conducts 'underwater nuclear weapons system' test - state media (www.bbc.com)
North Korea says it has carried out a test of its “underwater nuclear weapons system” in response to drills by the US, South Korea and Japan this week....
NATO to kick off biggest drills in decades with some 90,000 troops (www.reuters.com)
Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders....
Frustrations between Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu mount (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden administration officials are laying the groundwork with other Israeli leaders in anticipation of a post-Netanyahu government....
EU Council and Parliament agree on 90% CO2 emissions cut by 2040 for trucks (www.reuters.com)
French police protest for better pay and conditions during Paris Olympics (www.theguardian.com)
Recent campaigns against journalists raise concerns about press freedom in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Investigative journalists in Ukraine came under two attacks in just the past week, one involving a threatening home visit and another using covert surveillance....
Tokyo Overwhelmed by High Demand for New Fertility Subsidy (time.com)
Gaza – A Brutal Demonstration Of ‘Western Values’ (www.medialens.org)
NATO to hold biggest drills since Cold War with 90,000 troops (www.reuters.com)
NATO is launching its largest exercise since the Cold War, rehearsing how U.S. troops could reinforce European allies in countries bordering Russia and on the alliance’s eastern flank if a conflict were to flare up with a “near-peer” adversary....
‘An important moment on Wales' constitutional journey’ (morningstaronline.co.uk)
Gywns take part in a march calling for Welsh independence in the centre of Cardiff, Wales, October 1, 2022
Hamas’ philosophy: All civilians, all children are tools of war (nypost.com)
Major Y [an American who went to Israel to fight] and other people on the ground I have spoken with say that they estimate about one in every two or three [civilian] homes in Gaza they go into has military weaponry, including AK47s, grenades and rocket launchers. And they routinely find entrances to Hamas’s terror tunnels...
Russian lawmaker flees country after decrying ‘monster’ Putin (www.politico.eu)
‘The whole world looks at us as if we’re insane,’ Sergei Medvedev says....
G77+CHINA Summit -Remarks by UG PS Ministry of Foreign Affairs – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after West Bank settler pogroms (www.972mag.com)
Under the cover of war, a total of 16 Palestinian villages in the West Bank — collectively home to over 1,000 people — have been entirely depopulated as a result of a surge in settler violence and pogroms against Palestinian herding communities. Separated from their communities and forced to live in tents on land belonging...
