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....
More than 16,500 sheep and cows stuck on board ship off Australia after Red Sea sailing cancelled (www.thejournal.ie)
AUSTRALIAN WELFARE GROUPS are demanding the release of thousands of sheep and cattle stuck aboard a ship after their trip to the Middle East was diverted by Yemen’s Huthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea....
UK lawmakers are annoyed that Abramovich’s frozen Chelsea funds still haven’t been used for Ukraine (apnews.com)
U.K. lawmakers expressed frustration Wednesday that funds from the sale of the Chelsea soccer club have not yet gone to support Ukrainian war victims as had been promised nearly two years ago by the former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich....
Indigenous journalist facing charges after arrest covering story (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Northern Ireland government reconvenes after two-year DUP boycott (www.theguardian.com)
Northern Ireland’s devolved government has reconvened after a two-year boycott, with Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill due to make history by becoming the first nationalist first minister....
US Strikes Kill 18 Pro-Iran Fighters In Syria, New Toll Suggests (en.wenews.pk)
China is reportedly scrubbing the internet of negative coverage of its economy (www.businessinsider.com)
US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked (apnews.com)
The Justice Department announced Friday that it was seizing more than 500,000 barrels of internationally sanctioned Iranian fuel that officials said was illegally trafficked to provide funding for the country’s paramilitary force....
Dying man tells police he was on Japan’s most wanted list for 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
Now deceased man said he was Satoshi Kirishima who was allegedly member of radical group in 1970s that bombed Japanese firms...
Palestinian children killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Here is a list of the names we know, from more than 11,500 children killed during Israel’s war on Gaza. Even this is less than half of those killed.
Israel Signals Its Military Will Move Into a Gazan City Turned Refuge (www.nytimes.com)
Israel’s defense minister has signaled that ground forces will advance toward the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, which has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians pushed from their homes by nearly 13 weeks of war....
Hamas Divisions Over U.S.-Backed Cease-Fire Proposal Stall Negotiations (www.wsj.com)
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An Execution Binge in Iran (time.com)
Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born human rights activist, actress and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate. Roya Boroumand is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran....
Misinformation spreads in China on ‘civil war’ in Texas (www.bbc.com)
Russia finds ‘errors’ in paperwork of candidate hoping to stand against Putin (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s elections commission has said it found “dead souls” among the more than 100,000 signatures of support submitted by Boris Nadezhdin, the sole anti-war candidate in next month’s presidential election, in a sign that he could be disqualified from a carefully managed ballot meant to deliver victory for Vladimir...
16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder (apnews.com)
Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. They were identified at Manchester Crown Court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe....
Romanian doctor from Ukraine offers free medical assistance to soldiers with mobile clinic (www.romania-insider.com)
A doctor from the Romanian community in Chernivtsi (Cernauti) has transformed a bus into a mobile dental clinic, which he uses to travel the front lines giving free medical assistance to soldiers fighting against Russia....
Italy to supply admiral for EU Red Sea naval mission (www.reuters.com)
ROME, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Italy will provide the admiral in command of a European Union Red Sea naval mission to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Friday....
Argentina Lower House of Congress Approves Milei’s Omnibus Bill (news.bloomberglaw.com)
In 144 vs. 109 vote, Milei passes first major legislative test...
Florida’s new anti-gay bill aims to limit and punish protected free speech (www.theguardian.com)
Armenia can no longer rely on Russia for military and defence needs - PM Pashinyan (www.reuters.com)
Pashinyan questions Russian alliance Suggests closer ties with United States and France Armenia needs new national security strategy - Pashinyan Armenia is home to Russian military facilities...
Exclusive: Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in Western military aid, embattled army chief says (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s embattled army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in military aid from its key allies and focus ever more strongly on technology if it is to win its war against Russia....
How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State (www.theguardian.com)
Counter-terrorism police encouraged an autistic 13-year-old boy in his fixation on Islamic State in an undercover operation after his parents sought help from the authorities....
