‘Not looking for war with Iran, can’t say what Iran wants’: US (www.firstpost.com)
GPS interference now a major flight safety concern for airline industry (www.theregister.com)
Europe’s aviation safety body is working with the airline industry to counter a danger posed by interference with GPS signals - now seen as a growing threat to the safety of air travel....
Israeli ministers join gathering calling for resettlement of Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Spoiler: it’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir once again (joined by 11 other ministers this time)
Hamas fires rockets at central Israel, army intercepts some of them (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The militant Palestinian group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv and nearby cities on Monday, displaying long-range fire power after weeks of relative quiet in central Israel, though there were no reports of casualties.
Why is Canada so vulnerable to foreign meddling? (www.bbc.com)
The allegations kept mounting in Canada: Election-meddling by China, an Indian-backed assassination on home soil, and a campaign to harass Iranian dissidents. Is Canada especially vulnerable to foreign interference?...
Why are farmers protesting in France and other parts of Europe (www.reuters.com)
Putin meets Chad junta leader as Russia competes with France in Africa (news.yahoo.com)
New York Times Puts “Daily” Episode on Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article (theintercept.com)
No Rest For Gaza Dead With Swift Burials, Bodies Dug Up (www.barrons.com)
Figure skater Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case. Russians set to lose team gold to US (apnews.com)
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games....
Evergrande's liquidation could derail the Chinese economy and have global effects (www.abc.net.au)
A Hong Kong court has ordered one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande Group, to liquidate after it was unable to reach a restructuring deal with creditors over hundreds of billions of dollars it owes....
Document spells out allegations against 12 UN employees Israel says participated in Hamas attack (apnews.com)
The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted Western countries to freeze funds vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. fired nine of the 12 accused workers and condemned “the abhorrent alleged acts” of staff members....
France’s protesting farmers approach Paris on tractors, vowing a ‘siege’ over grievances (apnews.com)
Protesting farmers sought to encircle Paris with tractor barricades and drive-slows on Monday, converging in their lumbering vehicles on France’s capital to pressure the government over the future of their industry, which has been shaken by repercussions of the Ukraine war....
Bangladesh reports first death from Nipah virus this year (www.yahoo.com)
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh reported on Monday its first fatality this year from the brain-damaging Nipah virus when a man died after drinking raw date juice....
A group of Japanese citizens launches a lawsuit against the police to stop alleged 'racial profiling' (apnews.com)
A group of Japanese citizens, including a man of Pakistani descent, launched a civil lawsuit against the country’s police on Monday, accusing the authorities of racial profiling and discrimination and demanding an end to the alleged practice....
Russia boasts it is beating sanctions, but its longer-term prospects are bleak (www.cnn.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken to gloating about Russia’s resistance to international sanctions and its supposed economic resilience, despite the best efforts of the United States and its G7 partners to choke off Moscow’s oil revenues and starve it of military technology....
Russian election officials register Putin to run in March election he's all but certain to win (apnews.com)
Russia’s election commission on Monday formally registered President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the March presidential election, a vote in which he’s all but certain to win another six-year term in office....
Political pressure builds on Biden to strike Iran after US deaths (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war....
Singapore’s $200,000 Toyotas Fuel Angst Over Widening Wealth Gap (www.bloomberg.com)
Moment vibrating phones alerted UN to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (www.bbc.co.uk)
"Korea Is the World's Most Depressing Country"…an honest travelogue of a famous American writer (www.mk.co.kr)
Mark Manson, an American bestselling author and famous YouTuber, has made headlines by posting a video that he “traveled to the world’s most depressing country” after visiting Korea. Manson, a best-selling author who has written famous self-development books such as “The Art of Turning Off Nervousness,” is a YouTube...
Evergrande, the massive Chinese real estate developer with $300 billion in debt, is ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court (www.businessinsider.com)
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of real-estate developer China Evergrande Group....
Zelenskiy Releases Personal Income in Transparency Push (www.bloomberg.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared his personal income for the first time since the outbreak of war with Russia, as part of his effort to increase transparency in his government....
Disposable vapes to be banned in UK as part of drive to curb youth vaping (www.theguardian.com)
Plans to make vaping less appealing also to include restricting fruity flavours and introducing plain packaging...
Details Emerge on U.N. Workers Accused of Aiding Hamas Raid (www.nytimes.com)
One is accused of kidnapping a woman. Another is said to have handed out ammunition. A third was described as taking part in the massacre at a kibbutz where 97 people died. And all were said to be employees of the United Nations aid agency that schools, shelters and feeds hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....
