Debt Crisis: Poorest Nations Owe Trillions in High Interest-Rate World (www.bloomberg.com)
Netanyahu: Hitler Didn't Want to Exterminate the Jews (www.haaretz.com)
China doubles down on its claim over parts of Ladakh in Kashmir (www.aa.com.tr)
Canada ethics watchdog investigates Guess on China forced labour concerns (www.just-style.com)
Philippines to China: Stop harassment in West Philippine Sea (www.philstar.com)
China’s project to verify real-name digital ID leans into national blockchain ambitions (www.biometricupdate.com)
Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels (www.theguardian.com)
China Is Running Away With Strategic Industries (itif.org)
Videos of Israeli soldier misbehavior in Gaza create a headache for army (apnews.com)
US Supreme Court to rule on abortion pill access, in first case since it overturned Roe v. Wade (www.scmp.com)
Treatment to reduce liver cancer tumours is world’s first, Hong Kong researchers claim (www.scmp.com)
Calls for return of masks, airport scanners in Southeast Asia amid Covid surge (www.scmp.com)
China rides high on domestic tourism wave as 2023 revenues reach pre-coronavirus pandemic levels (www.scmp.com)
China’s stocks, bonds to suffer US$65 billion capital outflow in 2024 amid geopolitical risks, waning investor sentiment (www.scmp.com)
What latest US privacy row says about Washington’s concerns about security threats from China (www.scmp.com)
Civilians sheltering inside a Gaza school killed execution-style (www.aljazeera.com)
This Is Not a War Against Hamas (theintercept.com)
Iraqi resistance will fight until last US soldier expelled: Official (new.thecradle.co)
Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn unpopular new government plans (www.euronews.com)
Attack in southern Nigeria: 6 dead and 2 South Koreans kidnapped (www.africanews.com)
9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City ambush in sign that Hamas resistance is still strong (apnews.com)
French far right calls for early elections after rejection of immigration bill (www.lemonde.fr)
Russia is seizing thousands of passports from people who might flee the war in Ukraine or run off with secrets (www.businessinsider.com)
Myanmar's Buddhists and Christians join fight against junta (www.dw.com)
DW spoke with an armed group in Chin state that includes Buddhists and Christians who said they left civilian life to free Myanmar from the junta’s grip on power.