Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos (www.theguardian.com)
In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction (www.972mag.com)
Denying water to Gaza has been a key tactic of the war from the very beginning, with Israel shutting off the pipes supplying the enclave on October 7. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that Israel was “imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are...
Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike that killed 2 children (www.latimes.com)
Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases of a militant Sunni separatist group. Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a “blatant violation” of its airspace and said it killed two children....
Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged (www.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting....
US attacks Houthi anti-ship missiles, vessel hit in Red Sea (www.reuters.com)
Germans take to streets after AfD meeting on mass deportation plan (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets for a fourth consecutive day to voice their opposition to the far-right populist AfD party after politicians from the party met neo-Nazis to discuss a “master plan” for the mass deportation of asylum seekers and German citizens of foreign origin....
Education Ministry Withdraws Funding of Jewish Event Over Arab Israeli Host (www.haaretz.com)
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China Banks Tighten Curbs on Russia After US Sanctions Order (www.bloomberg.com)
Chinese and Turkish banks are in the news for tightening curbs or severing ties with Russian banks in response to US authorization of secondary sanctions on overseas financial firms that aid Moscow’s war effort.
Better to die in Israel than of hunger here, say job seekers in Haryana (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Putin says Ukraine's statehood at risk if pattern of war continues (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s statehood could suffer an “irreparable blow” if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request of...
Deal reached on aid to Gaza, including to hostages - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
China's population drops for second year, with record low birth rate (www.reuters.com)
Gaza: Hundreds of thousands are starving as famine arrives at ‘incredible speed,’ UN aid chief warns | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Two Navy SEALS Presumed Dead in Raid on Ship Carrying Iranian-Supplied Weapons (www.vice.com)
US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills as tensions deepen with North Korea (apnews.com)
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted combined naval exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in their latest show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea’s military said Wednesday, as the three countries’ senior diplomats were to meet in Seoul to discuss the deepening standoff with...
Chaotic wave of attacks, reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war (apnews.com)
Ukraine shoots down two Russian aircraft in disastrous day for Kremlin (www.theguardian.com)
It is unclear how Ukraine succeeded in shooting down the command planes flying above the Sea of Azov...
Italy's regulations on charities keep migrant rescue ships from the Mediterranean (apnews.com)
Qatar and France send medicine for hostages in Gaza as war rages on and regional tensions spike (apnews.com)
Hamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes (www.theguardian.com)
Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes....
Israel readies for pregnancies in female hostages raped by Hamas (www.jpost.com)
Unification with South Korea no longer possible, says Kim Jong-un (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hostile state”, ending the regime’s commitment to unifying the Korean peninsula....
Shell 'pauses Red Sea shipments indefinitely due to safety risk' (news.sky.com)
There are growing fears that an extended period of disruption to supplies of imported goods will raise costs for customers in the weeks and months ahead....
