Israel-Gaza war: Unknown fate of six-year-old Hind Rajab trapped under fire (www.bbc.com)
Singapore passes law to hold 'dangerous offenders' beyond prison terms (news.yahoo.com)
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Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut expect to fight until war ends (www.reuters.com)
Thai workers return to Nahal Oz: 'We worked with the Gazans, and they came to kill us' (www.ynetnews.com)
Billionaire PayPal co-founder backs doping-friendly Olympics — the ‘Enhanced Games’ (www.forbes.com.au)
El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Nayib Bukele claims landslide victory and says Spanish democracy is a colonial fraud in impassioned speech to supporters...
Rebound in Australia, China ties threatened by suspended death sentence for Aus writer - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, threatening a recent rebound in bilateral ties that followed several years of strained relations between Beijing and Canberra....
Ukraine-born Miss Japan winner relinquishes crown following affair (www.bbc.com)
The Ukraine-born winner of the Miss Japan beauty pageant has given up her crown after a tabloid report revealed her affair with a married man....
Budanov asks Canada to hand over 83,000 decommissioned rockets [to Ukraine] (kyivindependent.com)
Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), hopes that Canada could hand over to Ukraine tens of thousands of rockets that are awaiting demolition at one of the country’s military bases....
UNRWA Set to Lose $65 Million, Documents Show (www.nytimes.com)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the main aid agency in Gaza, is set to lose $65 million by the end of February as donors’ funding cuts begin to kick in, according to internal accounting documents reviewed by The New York Times....
Orbán boycotts parliament session called to ratify Swedish Nato bid (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has boycotted a session of parliament called by the opposition to ratify Sweden’s Nato membership, even as a group of western ambassadors arrived in the building to urge a vote....
China named as hypothetical enemy for 1st time in Japan-U.S. exercise (english.kyodonews.net)
The Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military named China as a hypothetical enemy for the first time in their joint command post exercise, government sources said Sunday, amid rising concerns over a potential invasion of Taiwan by Beijing in the future....
Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy (www.theguardian.com)
Chile firefighters pull bodies from rubble as blaze death toll hits 122 (www.reuters.com)
Chile began an official two-day mourning period on Monday. Hundreds of people are still missing and some 14,000 homes have been damaged, officials say....
Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault (www.reuters.com)
The top U.S. diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler on Monday during a Middle East visit Palestinians hope will clinch a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, a border city where about half the Gaza Strip population is sheltering.
Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million (gizmodo.com)
State Department Declares “Ethnic Cleansing” in Sudan but Won't Say the Same About Israel's War in Gaza (theintercept.com)
Gaza: Unprecedented destruction will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to reverse (unctad.org)
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says (www.bbc.com)
UN envoy cannot sleep: 'Things happened here that I have never seen before' (www.ynetnews.com)
According to Pramila Patten, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Envoy for Sexual Violence in Conflicts, she has been unable to sleep for a week since viewing the 47-minute video compiled by the IDF of the atrocities committed on October 7. The scenes continue to haunt her. “Only after I saw the video...
Heavy snow hits Tokyo area, halting trains and grounding more than 100 flights (apnews.com)
Heavy snow hit the Tokyo area on Monday, disrupting trains and grounding more than 100 flights, with transport officials cautioning drivers to avoid nonessential travel....
Netherlands pledges six extra F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
The Dutch government today said it would send Ukraine six additional F-16 fighter jets after cancelling the planned sale of the aircraft to a private contractor, said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.
Hamas denies hostage, ceasefire deal rejection, will give answer soon (m.jpost.com)
Myanmar border guards flee to Bangladesh amid clashes, 2 killed (www.bangkokpost.com)
China can now monitor government-funded projects 24/7 (www.bbc.com)
