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Israel declares Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ over comparison of Gaza war to Holocaust (www.timesofisrael.com)

Israeli soldiers fire at Palestinians approaching aid trucks in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

Desperate Palestinians rushing toward aid trucks to fetch food in central Gaza were forced to flee after Israeli troops opened fire on them amid the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the enclave....

Eastern Congo residents scramble for food and safety as conflict intensifies | Reuters (news.yahoo.com)

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - An intensifying conflict between Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and the Tutsi-led M23 rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda, has disrupted food supplies to the eastern city of Goma, affecting over two million residents and displaced individuals....

‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Uncovering Illegal Weapons Trafficking Trends in Latin America Through Open Source Research - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)

Identifying the Mystery Vessel at the Site of Trinidad & Tobago’s National Emergency Oil Spill - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)

Gaza doctors: ‘We leave patients to scream for hours and hours’ - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

Norway to help transfer of frozen tax funds to Palestinian Authority (www.reuters.com)

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England (www.theguardian.com)

Arrests after Iran’s iPhone ban paves way for multimillion-dollar scam | Technology News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)

Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)

Largest Covid vaccine study finds links to health conditions (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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Dozens killed in outbreak of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea highlands (www.theguardian.com)

Inflation Hits 30-Year High In Argentina (menafn.com)

“Argentina registered a year-on-year inflation rate of 254.2 percent in January, the highest in 32 years, according to data released Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC)”...

Knesset to vote on expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif over signing ICJ petition (www.haaretz.com)

Putin vs the West: At War, documentary review: the inside story of the war that took world leaders by surprise (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Putin critic’s ‘bruised body seen in morgue’, claims independent newspaper - live (www.independent.co.uk)

Alexei Navalny’s team, as well as the Russian authorities, have not confirmed the whereabouts of his body...

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...

Major fire breaks out at French plant housing lithium batteries (www.france24.com)

Palestinians live in scarcity in Rafah as Israeli ground assault looms (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)

The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...

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