US Approves $5 Bn Sale Of F-35 Jets To South Korea (www.barrons.com)
The United States on Wednesday approved a $5 billion sale to South Korea of F-35s, top-of-the-line fighter-jets with stealth capacity, as tensions soar with North Korea....
Russia’s Putin attends BRICS summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant (apnews.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a three-day summit in South Africa on Tuesday.
Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korean military to ‘gird for war’. (edition.cnn.com)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday.
Russian defectors tell their stories about reaching Finland (yle.fi)
Marine Le Pen and her far-right RN party say they will attend Sunday's march against antisemitism in the French capital. But other parties say they refuse to march alongside a party founded by antisem (www.dw.com)
Israel arrests Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi in occupied West Bank raids (www.aljazeera.com)
The 22-year-old Palestinian icon is arrested on another night of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank.
Shani Louk, Nova Fest Attendee Seen Kidnapped by Hamas, Confirmed Dead (www.rollingstone.com)
Israeli authorities have confirmed the death of Shani Louk, a 23-year-old Israeli-German woman who was taken by Hamas militants during an attack on the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7....
US military says Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of B-52 bomber over South China Sea (apnews.com)
A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of an American B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea, nearly causing an accident, the U.S. military said, underscoring the potential for a mishap as both countries vie for influence in the region....
Western leaders accused of hypocrisy over response to Palestine, Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
After Saturday’s surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took to the social media platform X to offer “condolences go out to everyone who lost relatives or close ones in the terrorist attack”....
At least 320 people killed after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan, UN says (www.theguardian.com)
At least 320 people have been killed after a series of powerful earthquaks hit western Afghanistan, the UN has said....
Mexico cancels lithium mining concessions held by Chinese firm (mexiconewsdaily.com)
Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. sending Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles (www.nbcnews.com)
EU imports record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia (www.ft.com)
“It’s shocking that countries in the EU have worked so hard to wean themselves off piped Russian fossil gas only to replace it with the shipped equivalent. It doesn’t matter if it comes from a pipeline or a boat — it still means European companies are sending billions to [Vladimir] Putin’s war chest.”
Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter....
Ukraine sends fresh troops into the battlefield in new push against the Russians (www.politico.com)
Trial begins of military lawyer who leaked secret allegations of war crimes (www.abc.net.au)
Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered (www.bbc.com)
Belarus musicians behind bars in Lukashenko's crackdown on dissent (www.bbc.com)
Bangladesh raises monthly minimum wage for garment workers to $113 following weeks of protests (apnews.com)
More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa gold mine (news.sky.com)
Canada removes 41 diplomats from India as dispute over Sikh activist’s assassination deepens (www.cnn.com)
Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats and their families from India after New Delhi threatened to revoke their diplomatic immunity amid a deepening dispute over the assassination of a Sikh activist....
Mozambique burns 45,000 hens as bird flu spreads from South Africa (www.bbc.co.uk)
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