Alexei Navalny was killed ‘by punch to the heart’ (www.thetimes.co.uk)
Argentina Sees First Monthly Budget Surplus In 12 Years (www.barrons.com)
The Argentine government in January saw its first monthly budget surplus in nearly 12 years, as new President Javier Milei continues to push for strong spending cuts, the Economy Ministry announced....
Polish farmers block Ukraine border in grain row (www.bbc.com)
Polish farmers are staging protests against cheap Ukrainian grain flooding the market and EU regulations on pesticide and fertiliser usage....
Sweden donates another $680 mln in military aid to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
STOCKHOLM, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sweden’s defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement....
Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny (abcnews.go.com)
Kremlin officials rejected on Tuesday a call for an independent postmortem examination on the remains of opposition leader Alexei Navalny....
White House to hit Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Regardless of the scientific answer, Putin’s responsible for it,’ National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says of opposition leader’s death...
A UN agency says it can't deliver aid to northern Gaza because of chaos, and famine fears are rising (apnews.com)
The report by the Global Nutrition Cluster, an aid partnership led by UNICEF, says more than 90% of children under 5 in Gaza eat two or fewer food groups a day, known as severe food poverty. A similar percentage are affected by infectious diseases, with 70% experiencing diarrhea in the last two weeks....
Middle East Crisis: U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling for a Cease-Fire in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Prince William calls for Israel-Hamas fighting to end ‘as soon as possible’ (www.independent.co.uk)
South Africa Says Palestinians Endure ‘More Extreme Form of Apartheid’ (www.nytimes.com)
More than half the world faces high measles risk, WHO says (www.reuters.com)
More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday....
Turkey detains six suspected of spying on Uyghurs for China (www.reuters.com)
Turkish authorities have detained six people suspected of spying on Uyghurs in Turkey for China’s intelligence service, and another suspect was being sought by police, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday....
Gaza's Al-Amal Hospital running out of water under Israeli siege (thecradle.co)
Taiwan drives away Chinese coast guard boat as frontline island tensions rise (www.reuters.com)
US again vetoes UN action in Israel-Hamas war, blocks ceasefire call (www.reuters.com)
Great Nicobar: Indian president visits island as fears grow for tribe (www.bbc.co.uk)
India’s president has made a whistle stop tour of an island earmarked for multi-billion dollar development that experts warn could wipe out the indigenous tribe which calls it home.
North Korean Workers in China Riot over Unpaid Wages; 2,000 Occupy Factory, Kill Plant Manager (japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)
Indian union refuses to load Israel-bound weapons shipments (thecradle.co)
An Indian trade union that operates at multiple ports across the nation has refused to load or offload ships carrying weapons to Israel, days after the announcement of New Delhi sending Hermes 900 “killer” drones to Tel Aviv.
Yulia Navalnaya urges West not to recognise Russia's March election (www.reuters.com)
“Do not recognise these elections,” Navalnaya told European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, according to a transcript supplied on Tuesday by a spokeswoman....
Vietnam to collect biometrics - even DNA - for new ID cards (www.theregister.com)
Julian Assange UK court hearing 20-21 February 2024 (live, by WikiLeaks) (twitter.com)
UN Experts Demand Investigation Into IDF Abuse of Women and Girls in Gaza (www.commondreams.org)
A group of United Nations experts on Monday demanded an immediate and thorough investigation into reports that Israeli forces have arbitrarily detained, sexually abused, and executed Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip....