Blast that Killed About 20 Soldiers Linked to Israeli Efforts to Create Gaza Buffer Zone (www.nytimes.com)
Israel says a buffer zone would protect its people; critics say the policy could be a war crime....
Filipino fisherman to Chinese coast guard in disputed shoal: `This is not your territory. Go away.' (apnews.com)
A Filipino fishing boat captain protested on Tuesday the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea, where he asserted that Chinese officers drove him and his men away from a disputed shoal and ordered them to dump their catch in the sea....
Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Nato (www.theguardian.com)
UK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDF (www.ft.com)
France’s Elites Are Turning Their Backs on Public Education (jacobin.com)
South Korea's Child Benefits: Increased to 29.6 million won ($22,100) over 8 years starting 2024 (stoppopulationdecline.org)
Canada sets two-year cap on foreign students (www.bbc.com)
Canada has said it will cap the number of foreign students admitted to the country for two years in an attempt to address pressure on housing and healthcare in the country....
Turkey set to approve Sweden's NATO membership bid after long delay (www.reuters.com)
Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner (apnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises....
Israel rejects Hamas Gaza war truce, lays out own terms (www.newarab.com)
The proposal comes following Netanyahu's rejection of a Hamas offer that sought an end to the war in return for the release of the remaining hostages....
Doomsday Clock 2024 time update says humanity is as close as ever to global catastrophe (www.usatoday.com)
Iran executes man, 23, with mental health condition over Mahsa Amini protests (www.independent.co.uk)
Germany's top court rules far-right party ineligible for funding (www.euronews.com)
The vice-president of the court said that the party’s political concept was incompatible with the German constitution’s guarantee of human dignity....
Support for far-right AfD eases after Germany-wide protests - polls (news.yahoo.com)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) dropped slightly in two polls published on Tuesday after 10 days of nationwide protests against the far-right party, although it remained firmly in second place....
Hamas rejects Israel’s offer of two-month pause in Gaza fighting — Egyptian official (www.timesofisrael.com)
A senior Egyptian who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity says terror group Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal for a two-month ceasefire in which Hamas would release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners....
How British American Tobacco lobbied Kenya to water down nicotine pouch warnings (www.theguardian.com)
7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47 homes (apnews.com)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing extensive damage in freezing cold weather, officials said. It was the latest in a series of temblors and natural disasters to hit the country’s west....
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive (apnews.com)
Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries, a new report revealed Tuesday....
'Never again': Huge protests against far-right continue in Germany (www.i24news.tv)
Hundreds of thousands of people took the streets across Germany this weekend as the nation enters a second week of protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party....
New Zealand to deploy Defence Force to Red Sea (www.rnz.co.nz)
New Zealand will send a six-member Defence Force team to help protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks....
Orbán invites Swedish PM for talks on NATO bid (www.politico.eu)
Turkey is also promising to move on Sweden’s alliance application....
Ukraine war: Civilians killed in missile strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv (www.bbc.com)
Four people have been killed and dozens of people wounded in Russian missile attacks targeting the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and second biggest city Kharkiv, according to officials....
Zelenskiy proposes bill allowing Ukrainian citizenship for foreign fighters (www.rferl.org)
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine’s Day of Unity with the introduction of a draft law that allows multiple citizenships, a move that would make it possible for foreign fighters and ethnic Ukrainians outside the country to hold Ukrainian passports while not giving up other citizenship....
Mega-rich renew call on global leaders at Davos to 'tax our extreme wealth' (www.cnbc.com)
More than 250 billionaires and millionaires on Wednesday reiterated their call on elected representatives of the world’s leading economies to introduce higher taxes on the very richest in society....
New CIA video appeals to Russians disillusioned with Moscow elite (www.nbcnews.com)
The CIA released another video Monday appealing to Russians disillusioned with the country’s leaders, offering them a way to pass secrets to the American spy agency....
