Reaction to Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan's 10-year jail term (www.reuters.com)
Scottish Toddler Believed Youngest Person Ever to Reach Mount Everest Base Camp (themessenger.com)
2-year-old Carter Dallas of Glasgow made the trek on a “whim” with his parents as they travel across Asia....
Rats and mice swarm trenches in Ukraine in grisly echo of World War I (www.cnn.com)
U.S. Charges Iranian Man and Two Canadians in Plot to Kill Refugees (www.nytimes.com)
West Africa's 'Brexit' moment spells trouble for the region (news.yahoo.com)
DAKAR (Reuters) - A decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to quit West Africa’s economic and political bloc reverses decades of regional integration, leaving millions of people in limbo, and is likely to deepen the three junta-led countries’ ties with Russia....
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets....
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce (apnews.com)
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands...
Prominent Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza moved to prison with harsher conditions (novayagazeta.eu)
Jailed Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a new prison facility with considerably harsher conditions, Novaya Gazeta reported on Tuesday....
Secret EU plan ‘to sabotage Hungarian economy’ revealed as anger mounts at Orbán (www.theguardian.com)
Officials in Brussels have reportedly drawn up a secret plan to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán decides this week to again block a €50bn support package for Ukraine....
shipwreck news! (www.cbc.ca)
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce publicly opposes S. Korea's proposed online platform rules (en.yna.co.kr)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce expressed concerns Monday over South Korea’s proposed regulations aimed at preventing unfair market activities by major online platform businesses....
How Chinese mafia run a scam factory (www.dw.com)
Aaron and his fellows were trafficked into a prison-like compound called KK Park. Here, thousands of people are forced into criminality — to scam people in the US, Europe and China. The UN estimates that more than 100,000 people are being forced to work in scam centers in Myanmar....
Spain to continue Palestinian funding amid international controversy (euroweeklynews.com)
Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set (www.theguardian.com)
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scenes...
Businesses on strike in western Iran after Kurds executed: activists (news.yahoo.com)
Israel's Knesset Hears Arguments for Expulsion of Left-wing MK Over Support for ICJ Case (www.haaretz.com)
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Bi-2: Russia anti-war band arrested in Thailand faces deportation (www.bbc.com)
Figure skater Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US (apnews.com)
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games....
Evergrande's liquidation could derail the Chinese economy and have global effects (www.abc.net.au)
A Hong Kong court has ordered one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande Group, to liquidate after it was unable to reach a restructuring deal with creditors over hundreds of billions of dollars it owes....
Document spells out allegations against 12 UN employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack (apnews.com)
The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted Western countries to freeze funds vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. fired nine of the 12 accused workers and condemned “the abhorrent alleged acts” of staff members....
Papua New Guinea in talks with China on security cooperation, foreign minister says (www.theguardian.com)
Justin Tkachenko says they are in ‘early stages of negotiation’ with Beijing on its offer to assist with police and security...
Top Members of Far-right Swedish Party With neo-Nazi Roots Meet Israeli Minister in Knesset (www.haaretz.com)
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Political pressure builds on Biden to strike Iran after US deaths (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war....
Israeli ministers join gathering calling for resettlement of Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Spoiler: it’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir once again (joined by 11 other ministers this time)
Iran-backed terrorists abandon positions along Iraq-Syria border, avoid phone calls after US vows revenge for Jordan (www.firstpost.com)
