Korea’s High Court upholds 224.9 billion won fine against Google (www.donga.com)
The Seoul High Court has upheld the 220 billion won fine imposed by the Fair Trade Commission on Google for prohibiting smartphone manufacturers, such as Samsung Electronics, from utilizing mobile operating system (OS) aside from Android, which was legal. On Jan 24, Seoul High Court’s Administrative Division 6-3 ruled that the...
Exclusive: China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Only five bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue after mysterious Russian plane crash, Ukrainian intelligence suggests (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official told CNN, casting doubt on Moscow’s claim that dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the explosion....
Diplomats back non-violence as Venezuela, Guyana talk over border dispute (news.yahoo.com)
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Talks over a territorial dispute pitting Venezuela against Guyana yielded commitments on Thursday to avoid violence or threats, after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revived claims over an oil-rich region on their shared border....
UK halts trade negotiations with Canada over hormones in beef ban (www.bbc.com)
The UK has stopped its trade talks with Canada, after nearly two years of negotiations on a post-Brexit agreement....
Germany to supply Ukraine with 80 tanks in 2024 (news.yahoo.com)
Berlin plans to provide Ukraine with additional IRIS-T air defense systems and more than 80 Leopard-1A5 main battle tanks in 2024, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Jan. 24....
Study Indicates Tar Sands Far More Pollutive. (www.theguardian.com)
Danish report underscores 'systematic illegal behavior' in adoptions of children from South Korea (apnews.com)
A Danish report on Thursday said that adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the Asian country....
US secretly warned Iran before ISIS terror attack | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Mexico high schoolers take up arms after village kidnappings (news.yahoo.com)
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - A volunteer police force in rural Mexico that says it has been overwhelmed by local kidnappings has recruited schoolchildren as young as 12 to join its ranks, the latest sign of how some parts of the country are struggling to cope with organized crime....
Over 2,200 people victim of sexual abuse by German church staff (www.euronews.com)
The authors of the report estimate that at least 3,500 people have committed sexual abuse and say that the figures are only “the tip of the tip of the iceberg”....
Ecuador police destroy over 20 metric tons of cocaine (news.yahoo.com)
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean Police on Thursday destroyed some 21.5 metric tons of cocaine which they seized over the weekend as part of a military offensive declared by the government to combat organized crime....
BHP and Vale ordered to pay $15bn in damages for 2015 Brazil dam collapse (www.theguardian.com)
World Court to rule on Gaza emergency measures in Israel genocide case on Jan 26 (www.reuters.com)
AMSTERDAM, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Friday whether or not they will grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide. The United Nations’ top court issued a statement on...
Junta-controlled Myanmar court orders sale of Opposition Leader Suu Kyi’s home (www.bangkokpost.com)
EU begins screening of Ukrainian legislation in first step toward accession talks (kyivindependent.com)
The European Commission has started assessing Ukrainian legislation for compliance with EU laws, which “lays the groundwork for the (membership) negotiations,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 25....
Israel Builds Buffer Zone Along Gaza Border, Risking New Rift With U.S. (archive.ph)
Beginning last November, an Israeli soldier and members of his reserve unit worked day after day in a northern section of the Gaza Strip to create a wasteland....
China, Iran, Arab nations condemn Israeli minister's statement about dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza (apnews.com)
Putin Sends US Signal on Ukraine Talks, Sensing Advantage in War (www.bloomberg.com)
"Vladimir Putin is testing the waters on whether the U.S. is ready to engage in talks for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine,” Bloomberg reports....
Military intelligence: Senior Russian officials were supposed to be on Il-76 flight but did not board (kyivindependent.com)
High-ranking Russian officials were supposed to be on board the Il-76 aircraft that crashed in Belogorod Oblast on Jan. 24, but the Federal Security Service (FSB) did not allow them to board at “the last moment,” Andrii Yusov, Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson, told RFE/RL on Jan. 25....
After years of stability, Antarctica is losing ice. (yaleclimateconnections.org)
CIA chief to meet Qatari PM and heads of Mossad, Egyptian intel for hostage talks (www.axios.com)
Cheap but lethally accurate: how drones froze Ukraine’s frontlines (www.theguardian.com)
For four months, Russian troops have been trying to seize the eastern Ukrainian village of Synkivka. On a map, this looks easy. Their forward position is on the edge of a forest. It is a mere 500 metres away from the Ukrainian frontline and a shattered collection of cottages....
Qatar accuses Netanyahu of deliberately obstructing Gaza mediation efforts (www.theguardian.com)
Qatar has harshly criticised Israel’s prime minister, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of deliberately obstructing ceasefire and hostage-release negotiations with Hamas for personal political gain....