Hong Kong team works to cure ovarian cancer by capturing cells that spread (www.scmp.com)
India says it uncovers trafficking racket duping people into fighting for Russia in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Brazil's Move to Strengthen South America and Asia Trade (www.riotimesonline.com)
Ukraine war film 20 Days in Mariupol wins Oscar for best documentary (www.theguardian.com)
Eyewitness documentary shot by war reporter Mstyslav Chernov during the Russian siege of the Ukrainian city takes Academy Award – the country’s first...
China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 -- outlines domestic alternatives in 'Document 79' (www.tomshardware.com)
The WSJ reports that China is on an extensive push to drive out Western tech companies from the country and replace them with domestic alternatives. China reportedly started its domestic expansion in 2022 with a highly secretive “Document 79,” an initiative focused on deleting Western tech companies from the country. Since...
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah (www.politico.eu)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead with an invasion of the city of Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip in defiance of United States President Joe Biden, who has warned such an offensive would be a “red line.”...
Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars (www.theguardian.com)
Saudi oil giant Aramco announces $121 billion profit last year, down from 2022 record (apnews.com)
Is the feared gang boss ‘Barbecue’ now the most powerful man in Haiti? (www.theguardian.com)
Jimmy Chérizier says he is leading Haiti’s poor against corrupt government forces but experts point to a dark and violent past...
Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
Aaron Bushnell, who died last month, ‘sacrificed everything’ for Palestinians, says mayor of Jericho...
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving (www.politico.eu)
France’s appetite for frogs’ legs is endangering species in Asia, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists and vets are urging the president to afford the world’s most traded species better protections...
9 dead, 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar’s Pemba Island (www.nbcnews.com)
9 people dead and 78 others hospitalized after eating sea turtle meat on Zanzibar's Pemba Island (apnews.com)
Mass kidnappings of Nigerian students leave parents in shock and despair (www.nbcnews.com)
The kidnapping of 287 students in Kuriga was one of three mass abductions in remote northern Nigeria last week....
Plane veered off flight path after both pilots fell asleep, Indonesian authorities say (www.cnn.com)
Indonesia’s transport ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the ministry’s civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni....
Haiti: US evacuates embassy staff amid gang violence (www.bbc.com)
The United States says it has airlifted non-essential embassy staff from Haiti, as the country spirals further into gang violence....
Nepali Men in Russia, Tricked Into Ukraine Frontline Deployment, Appeal to India for Help (m.thewire.in)
As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access (abcnews.go.com)
Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns (www.cbc.ca)
Report examined ‘shifts in domestic and international environments’ that could affect policing