Richest 1% own more than 40% of country's wealth: Report (www.livemint.com)
Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet (www.theguardian.com)
A total of 1,256 methane super-emitter events occurred between January 2019 and June 2023, according to the new data. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh lead the list of nations with the most large leaks, followed by Argentina, Uzbekistan and Spain....
Russia expands into the Sahel with its new brand: Africa Corps (english.elpais.com)
After consolidating in Mali, Moscow is strengthening its collaboration with Burkina Faso and Niger through an armed structure intended to replace the Wagner Group...
Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus (apnews.com)
The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia’s Health Ministry said Monday....
US set to overtake China as Germany's top trade partner -DIHK (www.reuters.com)
The United States is set to overtake China as Germany’s most important trade partner by 2025 at the latest if current trends continue, according to the head of foreign trade at the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)....
World temperatures go above 1.5 C warming threshold for a year: climate scientists, For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 C over a 12-month period: EU scientist (vancouversun.com)
Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands (apnews.com)
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is under pressure to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining, particularly amid a recent backslide in efforts. Sunday’s parade comes as Brazil celebrates one year since Lula declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon, who are suffering from malnutrition...
Court orders Netherlands to stop F-35 parts delivery to Israel - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Court of Appeal: The Netherlands must stop exporting F-35 parts to Israel
The Netherlands must stop exporting F-35 parts to Israel. The court in The Hague decided this on appeal. Deliveries must be stopped within seven days of the court’s ruling....
Estonian PM: Russia provoked by weakness, not strength (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s Western allies must commit to victory over Russia and not fall into “traps” laid by the Kremlin, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said in a Feb. 11 interview with the Austrian news outlet Der Standard....
'Hamas a future partner for peace': says Northern Irish First Minister (www.jpost.com)
Michelle O’Neill, the recently elected First Minister of Northern Ireland, said on Thursday that Hamas will eventually be regarded as the future partner for peace in the Middle East in an interview on LBC....
This Website Tracked Hate Crimes in India. Then the Government Took It Offline (www.wired.com)
India, the world’s largest democracy, prepares to kick off its election season in just a matter of weeks. But activists and experts worry that the government is cracking down on platforms and internet service providers to silence critical voices, and tighten its grip on the information ecosystem....
Israel frees two hostages in Rafah under cover of air strike; health officials say 37 killed (www.reuters.com)
DOHA/JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Israel launched a special forces operation that freed two Israeli hostages in Rafah amid air strikes early on Monday, which local health officials said killed 37 people and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city....
Nato chief says Donald Trump comments 'undermine all of our security' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas (www.nytimes.com)
Record numbers of cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in the Southern Hemisphere summer, and the surge is likely to move north....
Indian state's polygamy ban divides some Muslim women (www.reuters.com)
NEW DELHI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation’s Supreme Court....
IDF safely rescues 2 hostages from Rafah in special nighttime operation (www.timesofisrael.com)
133 tonnes of chicken stolen in major Cuban heist (news.sky.com)
Marathon world record holder dies in car crash at age 24. (abcnews.go.com)
World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies after car crash in Kenya (www.theguardian.com)
Al-Jazeera journalist by day, Hamas commander by night: IDF reveals (www.jpost.com)
Israeli Analysts Say Rafah Invasion Is Unlikely to Be Imminent (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli leaders have framed an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah as an imperative to achieve its goal of eliminating Hamas. But it’s a strategy that is fraught with complexity and is generating criticism over the potentially catastrophic impact such an operation would have on the more than 1 million Gazans sheltering...
Ukraine claims Russian forces using Starlink internet service (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence claims it has confirmed the use of Starlink satellite communications by Russian forces in occupied areas....
Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah operation without ‘credible’ safety plan (www.theguardian.com)
In a call Sunday with Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden told the Israeli prime minister that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah “without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there”....