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‘Always a bed in prison’: Australia’s housing crisis blamed for rise in unsentenced prisoners (www.theguardian.com)
Czech Republic to build 4 new reactors (www.ans.org)
The Czech government is looking to accelerate the pace at which it is adding nuclear energy to its grid. Officials announced yesterday that it plans to build up to four nuclear reactors—instead of one—as the country tries to become more energy independent and shift away from fossil fuels....
At least 46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas (apnews.com)
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s pesident said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed....
US airstrikes in Iraq killed 16 including civilians -Iraqi PM's office (www.msn.com)
'You are responsible for the Oct 7 holocaust': Thousands protest against Netanyahu's gov't (www.haaretz.com)
Thousands took to the streets across Israel Saturday night to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster and new elections, in demonstrations spanning from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to Haifa and Caesarea in the north and Be’er Sheva in the south....
Journalists filming anti-mobilization protest detained in Moscow (kyivindependent.com)
Journalists who were filming an anti-mobilization protest outside the Kremlin were detained by the police, independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on Feb. 3....
Turkey Israel: 'Seven arrested for passing information to Mossad' (www.bbc.com)
Turkish security forces have arrested seven people on suspicion of passing information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, unnamed officials say....
Germany’s Coalition Government Reaches Final Deal On Marijuana Legalization Bill, With Vote Set For This Month (www.marijuanamoment.net)
The leaders of Germany’s coalition government say they have reached a final agreement on a bill to legalize marijuana, resolving outstanding disagreements that had delayed action and setting the stage for a vote in the final week of February and enactment in April....
About 200,000 people protest across Germany against far-right AfD party (www.theguardian.com)
About 200,000 people have taken to the streets of Germany in further protests against the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD)....
Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU (apnews.com)
Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance....
The 8 Days That Roiled the U.N.’s Top Agency in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
The sequence of events began on Jan. 18, when Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, met with a top Israeli diplomat in Tel Aviv. Mr. Lazzarini meets roughly once a month in Israel with the diplomat, Amir Weissbrod, a deputy director general at the Israeli Foreign Ministry who oversees relationships with U.N. agencies. This was...
Kenya's President Blames Corruption and Incompetence for Huge Fireball That Hurt Hundreds in Nairobi (www.usnews.com)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president says corruption and officials’ incompetence allowed a liquid petroleum plant to operate in one of Nairobi’s most crowded residential neighborhoods, where its explosion and fire killed three people and injured more than 280 others....
Nigerian traditional monarch shot dead and wife kidnapped from palace (www.theguardian.com)
Police launch investigation after attack on home of Oba Aremu Olusegun Cole in south-western Kwara state...
The First Lady and the Dior Pouch: A Political Crisis Grips South Korea (www.nytimes.com)
A scandal involving the president’s spouse has become a major issue for his party ahead of a crucial parliamentary election....
US strikes in Iraq and Syria reportedly killed nearly 40 people (www.reuters.com)
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars (electrek.co)
India snow leopards: First-ever survey puts population at 718 (www.bbc.com)
Death and donations: Did the volunteer group handling the October 7 dead exploit its role? (www.haaretz.com)
In the first and critical days of the war, the IDF decided to forego the deployment of hundreds of soldiers specifically trained in the identification and collection of human remains in mass casualty incidents. Instead, the Home Front Command chose to use Zaka, a private organization, alongside soldiers in the Military...
US airstrikes in Iraq killed 16 including civilians -Iraqi PM's office (www.reuters.com)
Fresh strikes in southern Gaza as talks on two-month pause in fighting continue (www.theguardian.com)
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CIA Vault7 WikiLeaks source sentenced 40 years (convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material) (www.aljazeera.com)
Ex-CIA software engineer who leaked to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years...
More than 16,500 sheep and cows stuck on board ship off Australia after Red Sea sailing cancelled (www.thejournal.ie)
What the collapse of a company owing $300 billion means for the world (www.businessinsider.com)
A Hong Kong court ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande, the world’s most indebted property developer....