Defying Milei’s Austerity, an Argentina Province Plans Its Own Currency (news.yahoo.com)
Russia's elite paratroopers and marines are refusing orders to launch 'human wave attacks,' Ukraine official says (www.businessinsider.com)
Russian marines and paratroopers are refusing to launch certain types of assaults due to concerns over the huge losses other troops are suffering, a Ukrainian official said, per the Kyiv Post....
Europe faces resurgence of measles due to low vaccination coverage (english.elpais.com)
The United Kingdom has introduced restrictions for non-immunized children in Birmingham, while Romania has declared a national epidemic after three deaths were reported...
Kashmir's rare snowless winter sets off alarm bells (www.bbc.com)
ethnic killings one sudan city left up 15000 dead- UN report (www.reuters.com)
In the report to the U.N. Security Council, independent U.N. sanctions monitors attributed the toll in El Geneina to intelligence sources and contrasted it with the U.N. estimate that about 12,000 people have been killed across Sudan since war erupted on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese army and the RSF....
Large demonstration against right-wing extremism with 80,000 participants in Hamburg premature closed due to overcrowding. (www.dw.com)
Japan lands on Moon but glitch threatens mission (www.bbc.com)
Biggest faction in Japan's ruling party decides to disband (english.kyodonews.net)
Ketamine stash worth €55m seized in Netherlands (www.bbc.com)
Hostage families protest outside Netanyahu's home, ramping up pressure for a truce-for-hostages deal (abcnews.go.com)
European orbiter may have discovered huge water deposits on Mars (www.euronews.com)
The French government will temporarily ban almost all commercial fishing in the Bay of Biscay to protect dolphins, much to the dismay of the industry (www.france24.com)
Navy officer sentenced to 20 years for spying for Russia (www.ansa.it)
German lawmakers pass bill seeking faster deportations (www.dw.com)
Carbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Ancient sword with possible Viking origins and a mysterious inscription found in Polish river (www.cbsnews.com)
Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings....
'Silent majority' marches against Germany's far-right AfD (news.yahoo.com)
Revelations that members of Germany’s far-right AfD discussed mass deportation plans have pushed tens of thousands of people to protest and sparked debate on whether the anti-immigrant party should be banned....
Panama Hits Activists With Terrorism Charges Over Successful Anti-Mining Protests. (truthout.org)
Several Investigative Journalists Under Pressure in Ukraine. (text.hrw.org)
S. Korea experiences the worst case of overdue wages (www.donga.com)
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the amount of overdue wages in the U.S. last year was 156.15 million dollars, and the number of victims was 135,067 last year. Meanwhile, South Korea would reach 1.7 trillion won in amount and over 300,000 victims last year. The country’s economic size based on GDP is 1/15 of the...
Tragedy Strikes as Dormitory Blaze Claims Lives of 13 Students in China (businesswisehub.com)
Gangs in Haiti have attacked a community for 4 days and residents fear the violence could spread (apnews.com)
‘We cannot operate, we have no drugs’: Gaza’s indirect casualties mount as health service decimated (www.theguardian.com)
Health services in Gaza are “decimated”, with medical staff exhausted after three months of war forced to extract shrapnel without adequate pain relief, conduct amputations without anaesthetics and watch children die of cancers because of a lack of facilities and medicine....