Weighty issue: Japan Airlines lays on extra plane after sumo wrestlers make aircraft too heavy to fly (www.theguardian.com)
Concerns over fuel capacity with wrestlers onboard led to national carrier taking the ‘unusual step’ of transferring sumo rikishi to another flight...
UK Housing: Sunak Urged To Deregulate & Increase Local Control (stoppopulationdecline.org)
UK Housing: Sunak Urged To Deregulate & Increase Local Control (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Fearing China, South Korea targets firms building Taiwan navy submarines (www.reuters.com)
South Korean authorities cited the risk of Chinese economic retaliation when they charged marine technology firm SI Innotec last year with violating trade laws for its work on Taiwan’s new military submarine program, according to a police document seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the matter....
Polish election: Right-wing ruling party to lose majority - exit poll (www.bbc.com)
Hamas and Gaza | A Liberal Israeli's View - Yuval Noah Harari (www.youtube.com)
Daniel Noboa wins Ecuador presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Polish election: Right-wing ruling party to lose majority - exit poll (www.bbc.com)
Israel-Gaza war: Recovered bodies show 'bloodthirsty' gunmen 'took time over torture' - and that Hamas has changed (news.sky.com)
Likud minister formulates regulations to imprison citizens who 'harm national morale' (www.haaretz.com)
In case of paywall: archive.ph/ER5B3...
Hamas critique removed from Palestinians' Abbas comments on Israel attack (www.reuters.com)
The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency published comments on Sunday by President Mahmoud Abbas that criticized Hamas over its actions but later removed reference to the militant group without providing an explanation.
Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority (apnews.com)
Israeli rabbis work around the clock -- even on the Sabbath -- to count the dead from Hamas attack (apnews.com)
Blinken says the crossing to Egypt will open to aid as Israel prepares to strike Gaza (www.npr.org)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza will reopen to humanitarian aid for Palestinians currently under siege by Israeli forces....
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer (www.theguardian.com)
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
A Textbook Case of Genocide (jewishcurrents.org)
Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?
Israel vows to ‘destroy’ Hamas. What happens to Gaza at the war’s end? (archive.ph)
Japanese hotel owners plan to sue Booking.com over payment failure (www.japantimes.co.jp)
In Beirut, Iran’s foreign minister warns war could spread if Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues (apnews.com)
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, warned that continued Israeli attacks on Gaza could lead to the spread of violence in the Middle East....
Israel appears to use white phosphorus in Gaza, video shows (www.washingtonpost.com)
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have raised concerns over the use of white phosphorus munitions in recent Israeli strikes on Gaza City port....
Israel resumes water supply to southern Gaza after U.S. pressure (www.axios.com)
Births in China slide 10% to hit their lowest on record (www.nbcnews.com)
The number of births in China tumbled 10% last year to hit their lowest level on record, a drop that comes despite a slew of government efforts to support parents and amid increasing alarm that the country has become demographically imbalanced....
South Korea says it expressed concern to China for sending North Korean escapees back home (apnews.com)
South Korea on Friday said it had expressed its concerns to China after assessing that it recently returned a “large number” of North Koreans, including escapees, back to their homeland....
Protesters in US capital warn of Israeli 'genocide' in besieged Gaza (www.trtworld.com)
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