Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
Netanyahu Says He Won’t Bow to Pressure to Call Off Rafah Invasion (www.nytimes.com)
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, according to current and former U.S. officials....
Japan Loses Third-Largest Economy Spot To Germany After Slipping Into Recession (www.forbes.com)
A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting spree with a Kalashnikov rifle (apnews.com)
China foreign minister warns against decoupling at Munich Security Conference (www.reuters.com)
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi warned the West that it would be making a historical mistake if it sought to decouple from China in the interests of reducing risk....
El Salvador, where a miscarriage can land you in jail (www.france24.com)
Gazan youth shot dead by Hamas police over attempted aid theft, sparking fiery protests (www.ynetnews.com)
UNRWA officials warn funding suspension puts agency’s fate ‘on the line’ (jordantimes.com)
AMMAN — Seventyfive years into the Palestinian “Nakbah”, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has taken the responsibility to provide humanitarian aid to Palestine Refugees across the region....
Thousands take part in pro-Palestine protests across the world (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps....
'More and more hunger': Argentina's soup kitchens on brink of collapse from high inflation (www.reuters.com)
A week ago, 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of pasta was enough to feed the dozens of families who visit the Sal de la Tierra soup kitchen in Villa Fiorito, a poor Buenos Aires suburb beset by the economic crisis ravaging Argentina. But with monthly inflation topping 20%, the number of hungry residents has soared. This week, the soup...
Tens of thousands at pro-Palestinian march in London (www.bbc.com)
SA, CAR teams attend neo-colonialism event in Russia (clubofmozambique.com)
Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state 'not a taboo' for France (www.lemonde.fr)
Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform (vancouversun.com)
Video is said to show U.N. relief worker taking Israeli shot on Oct. 7 (www.washingtonpost.com)
A U.N. relief worker alleged by Israel to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks was captured on video that day removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot at Kibbutz Beeri and driving off with it, according to information released Friday by Israeli authorities....
Kremlin runs disinformation campaign to undermine Zelensky, documents show (www.washingtonpost.com)
When news first emerged last month that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was preparing to fire his top military commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, officials in Moscow seemed jubilant. They had been trying to orchestrate just such a split for many months, documents show....
Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has lost over 400,000 soldiers in Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Israeli army chief urges soldiers to stop looting Gaza homes (www.middleeasteye.net)
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....
