With Kremlin apologist leading the polls, Slovakia vote threatens country’s support for Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
Slovaks are voting in a parliamentary election on Saturday, a knife-edge vote that could radically reshape Slovakia’s approach to Ukraine and create deep rifts within NATO and the European Union....
3 killed in shootings and an explosion as deadly violence continues in Sweden (apnews.com)
Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalated....
Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight (www.bbc.com)
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by Iran’s so-called morality police has sparked angry protests, with women burning their headscarves in a defiant act of resistance against the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code and those enforcing it....
A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years (www.thehindu.com)
“Study of the moon is not the goal,” said Vitaly Egorov, a popular Russian space analyst. “The goal is political competition between two superpowers — China and the USA — and a number of other countries which also want to claim the title of space superpower.”
Protesters demand answers on third anniversary of Beirut port explosion | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Giorgia Meloni: Italian PM sues Placebo frontman for defamation (www.bbc.com)
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is suing Placebo singer Brian Molko for defamation after he called her a fascist and a racist during a gig in Turin last month, Italian media report....
France cuts off aid to Niger amid growing Western condemnation of coup (www.france24.com)
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, receiving close to $2 billion a year in official development assistance, according to the World Bank....
Blinken calls for protecting civilians as Israel prepares an expected assault on Gaza (www.cbsnews.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as he intensified his diplomatic outreach across the Middle East and beyond to rally an international response to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from expanding....
Portugal to scrap ‘unjust’ tax breaks for foreign residents (www.theguardian.com)
Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US (www.theguardian.com)
NATO’s Bulgaria finds crashed killer drone on its land (www.politico.eu)
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered on Bulgarian territory over the weekend....
Libyan city buries 700 people killed in devastating floods as 10,000 are reported missing (apnews.com)
Libya’s eastern city of Derna has buried 700 people killed in devastating flooding and 10,000 were reported missing as rescue teams struggled to retrieve many more bodies from the horrific deluge, officials said Tuesday....
After Karan Sangwan’s viral video, yet another teacher steps up to call for support of educated politicians. (newsroompost.com)
Japan's has one of the world's oldest populations, and it is shrinking at a record rate (www.cbsnews.com)
Japan’s population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen to a record high, according to government data released Wednesday. The data show the total number of Japanese nationals in the country fell by about 800,000 people in 2022, the 14th consecutive year of...
Putin looks set to run for president in 2024 — and there's no one who can oppose him right now (www.cnbc.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly decided to run in the March 2024 presidential election and he’s likely to win another six-year term in office, essentially because there’s no one that can oppose him....
Domestic employee of former Indian high commissioner forced to work every day for 17.5 hours and paid just AUD$9 per day (www.abc.net.au)
Ireland’s criticism of Israel has made it an outlier in the EU. What lies behind it? | Una Mullaly (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a 'terrifying night' (apnews.com)
All three Italians missing after Hamas attack are dead, Rome says (www.reuters.com)
All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenship who went missing after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group have died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday....
Hundreds of billions of dollars held by Australians in foreign tax havens, report estimates - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Israel police boss threatens to send anti-war protesters to Gaza ‘on buses’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks (apnews.com)
The United Nations, aid groups and public health experts expressed growing concerns Monday about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and a lockdown of Gaza, after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel....
Food Inflation Is Still High Around the World (www.bloomberg.com)
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