The USA May Have Found 5,000 Shells For Ukraine’s Biggest Artillery (www.forbes.com)
Dueling Information Campaigns: The War Over the Narrative in Tigray (mediamanipulation.org)
Putin critic and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘fainted’ in jail, not heard from in 5 days (www.scmp.com)
Life in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine is grim. People are fleeing through a dangerous corridor (apnews.com)
Kenya's nationwide power blackout sparks KPLC sabotage suspicions (www.bbc.co.uk)
Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say (www.nytimes.com)
The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable...
Ex-Xinjiang official under investigation by China’s top anti-corruption watchdog (www.scmp.com)
Chinese scientists use genetics to boost iron content of corn, offer hope to anaemia sufferers worldwide (www.scmp.com)
Kenya falls into darkness in the third nationwide power blackout in 3 months (apnews.com)
India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status (www.theguardian.com)
Chief justice says government did not overreach its powers when it revoked autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019...
Philippines says Chinese coast guard assaulted its vessels with water cannons for a second day (www.nbcnews.com)
The confrontation happened as Philippine supply boats and escort ships attempted to deliver food to forces near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea....
A Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammo (www.businessinsider.com)
Is It Time to Retire the Term ‘Genocide’? (www.wsj.com)
Far-right Le Pen to stand trial on EU embezzlement, fraud charges (www.rfi.fr)
India’s Modi welcomes ‘historic’ court ruling ending Kashmir’s special status, polls also ordered for 2024 (www.scmp.com)
Calls to reform UN Security Council after US vetoes Gaza ceasefire (www.aljazeera.com)
Calls are growing for the UN Security Council to be reformed after the US became the only member to use its veto power to block a Gaza ceasefire resolution, a move welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief says he will keep pushing for peace.
Nvidia CEO aims to set up a base in Vietnam (www.reuters.com)
'Our season': Eritrean troops kill, rape, loot in Tigray (apnews.com)
US F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes into Yellow Sea Off South Korea, Yonhap Says (www.bloomberg.com)
Marcos vows to defend the Philippines' sovereignty amid China's 'aggression and provocations' (www.cnbc.com)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to step up the country’s defense of its maritime zones in the South China Sea after Filipino and Chinese vessels collided over the weekend in what Manila has labeled a “serious escalation.”...
Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah ‘killed by Israeli tank shell’ (www.theguardian.com)
IDF Reports 1,593 Wounded Since October 7, but Hospital Data Is Much Higher (www.haaretz.com)
Elite Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Six Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons during the war, two found bruised (www.haaretz.com)
According to the findings that were sent to Haaretz, Mara'i's chest was bruised and his ribs and breastbone were broken. There were also signs of external bruises to his head, neck, back, buttocks, left arm and thigh. According to the autopsy report, he was healthy and had no preexisting conditions before his imprisonment....