Foreign-born residents in Japan sue the government for alleged racial profiling (www.cnn.com)
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Military intelligence: Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76 (kyivindependent.com)
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30....
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets....
Hamas command centre found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating (nationalpost.com)
shipwreck news! (www.cbc.ca)
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At least half of Gaza's buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows (www.bbc.com)
Across Gaza, residential areas have been left ruined, previously busy shopping streets reduced to rubble, universities destroyed and farmlands churned up, with tent cities springing up on the southern border to house many thousands of people left homeless....
Hamas regroups in northern Gaza to prepare new offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Order to liquidate property giant China Evergrande is just one step in fixing China's debt crisis (apnews.com)
How fast does TikTok send users down the antisemitic rabbit hole? (forward.com)
Video-based content is already difficult to effectively moderate, because problematic content might be showcased visually, without keywords an automated AI might be able to check. And TikTok users are known for inventing shorthand and coded language specifically to evade censorship. There’s corn — or even just a corn emoji...
Businesses on strike in western Iran after Kurds executed: activists (news.yahoo.com)
U.S. Charges Iranian Man and Two Canadians in Plot to Kill Refugees (www.nytimes.com)
China sees two 'bowls of poison' in Biden and Trump and ponders who is the lesser of two evils (apnews.com)
West Africa's 'Brexit' moment spells trouble for the region (news.yahoo.com)
DAKAR (Reuters) - A decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to quit West Africa’s economic and political bloc reverses decades of regional integration, leaving millions of people in limbo, and is likely to deepen the three junta-led countries’ ties with Russia....
Fashion isn’t doing enough to address forced labor, a new benchmark study reveals (sourcingjournal.com)
If the fashion industry was being graded on its efforts, as KnowTheChain did, it would receive a failing mark with an average of 21 out of 100 possible points....
'There are mistakes, it is war': Israeli commander indicates IDF were behind white flag shooting (www.itv.com)
Papua New Guinea in talks with China on security cooperation, foreign minister says (www.theguardian.com)
Justin Tkachenko says they are in ‘early stages of negotiation’ with Beijing on its offer to assist with police and security...
Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set (www.theguardian.com)
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scenes...
Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women (www.theguardian.com)
New show will follow Question Time format answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics...
Biden’s response to Jordan attack is likely to be powerful, but US is wary of triggering a wider war with Iran, officials say (www.cnn.com)
The US’ response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed and wounded US service members on Sunday is likely to be more powerful than previous American retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials told CNN, though the Pentagon and White House are being careful not to telegraph the administration’s plans....
'We're the country of beef, but we can only afford chicken' (www.bbc.com)
Israel ‘hit squad’ kills three in West Bank hospital operation (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel-Gaza war: aid agencies ‘outraged’ by ‘reckless’ decision to cut UNRWA funding (www.theguardian.com)
International aid agencies have said they are “deeply concerned and outraged” at the “reckless” decision by major donors to cut funding to a UN Palestinian aid agency after Israel accused some of its workers of taking part in Hamas’ 7 October attack....
Rape trial for IDF man (www.thejc.com)
One of the IDF’s most prominent combat commanders has been charged with rape and sexual assault....
How Chinese mafia run a scam factory (www.dw.com)
Aaron and his fellows were trafficked into a prison-like compound called KK Park. Here, thousands of people are forced into criminality — to scam people in the US, Europe and China. The UN estimates that more than 100,000 people are being forced to work in scam centers in Myanmar....
Israel's Knesset Hears Arguments for Expulsion of Left-wing MK Over Support for ICJ Case (www.haaretz.com)
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