Israel searches Gaza’s largest functioning hospital for hostage remains after raid leaves five patients dead | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'feeling unwell' and 'losing consciousness' (news.sky.com)
Alexei Navalny Sacrificed Himself to Show Russia That Putin Is a Monster (www.thedailybeast.com)
Navalny’s friends knew he was willing to become a martyr if that’s what it took to stand up to Putin....
Israel Says It Will Not Force Gazans Into Egypt, as It Searches Major Hospital (www.nytimes.com)
Israel said on Friday that it would not try to force Palestinians from southern Gaza into Egypt, seeking to calm Palestinian fears of a mass displacement even as Israeli forces pressed ahead with a military operation inside the largest hospital in the area....
India cracks down on reignited farmer protests | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Russian Black Sea commander 'sacked after Ukraine downs warship' (www.standard.co.uk)
Viktor Sokolov has been dismissed and succeeded by an unnamed chief of staff, according to reports...
Ukraine Russia war: US warns Avdiivka could fall (www.bbc.com)
The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine’s key eastern town of Avdiivka - the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in recent months....
Shooter Kills Two, Wounds Four in Southern Israel Terror Attack (www.haaretz.com)
Two people were killed and four were wounded in a shooting attack in southern Israel on Friday....
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....
China sides with Russia at UN, urges end to weapons for Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
China has sided with Russia on the Ukraine issue at the United Nations while telling the U.S. to stop sending weapons to Kyiv....
In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency (www.nytimes.com)
The agency has 72 hours to leave the country, marking a “drastic hardening” of conditions inside the South American nation....
Germany now world's third largest economy as Japan loses its spot (www.euronews.com)
Japan slips into recession, becoming the 4th-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany....
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, Russian media report (edition.cnn.com)
ailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died, the Russian prison service said.
Israel: No evidence so far that Hamas held hostages in Gaza's Nasser Hospital (www.haaretz.com)
The Israel Defense Forces sent troops into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis based on intelligence that hostages were held there, but army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that as of Thursday evening no evidence had been found to that effect....
[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.”...
Navalny in final message: ‘You’re not allowed to give up’ (thehill.com)
At the end of the Oscar-winning documentary “Navalny,” Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a final chilling message....
Toronto police increase presence along hospital row after pro-Palestinian protest (www.cbc.ca)
Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing group denies hospital targeted...
Alexei Navalny dies in jail, Russian prison service says – DW – 02/16/2024 (www.dw.com)
China set to lose 60 percent of population by century's end (www.newsweek.com)
Ukraine says frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild war-hit economy (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has called for frozen Russian assets to be used to rebuild the country’s war-ravaged economy after a report showed the cost of reconstruction increasing to almost $500bn....
Sea drones are being used to smash Russia's navy, and now they're being used to threaten a US carrier strike group too (www.businessinsider.com)
Houthi rebels are threatening US warships and shipping using naval drones, a new report said....
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says (www.vice.com)
Egypt builds 'buffer zone' in Sinai as 1.4 million Gazans face displacement: Report (thecradle.co)
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report....
Gazan riots erupt near Rafah's border with Egypt, fire breaks out (m.jpost.com)
