China drops 'peaceful reunification' reference to Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
China will boost its defence spending by 7.2% this year, fuelling a military budget that has more than doubled under President Xi Jinping’s 11 years in office as Beijing hardens its stance on Taiwan, according to official reports on Tuesday....
Shin Bet finds that Gazans working legally in Israel before Oct. 7 did not provide intel to Hamas (www.timesofisrael.com)
After a months-long investigation, the Shin Bet has concluded that Palestinians who entered Israel from Gaza for work prior to the October 7 Hamas terror assault did not provide Hamas with intelligence information that would assist with the assault, Channel 12 reports....
World Food Programme says northern Gaza aid convoy blocked (www.bbc.com)
The World Food Programme (WFP) says its first attempt in two weeks to bring food aid to northern Gaza was blocked by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....
Ukraine war: Explosions hit Odesa as Zelensky meets Greek PM (www.bbc.com)
Protesters crash truck into Mexico's National Palace (www.bbc.com)
A group of protesters in Mexico City have driven a pickup truck through a door to the country’s presidential palace....
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport as thousands escape prisons: "Massacring people indiscriminately" (www.cbsnews.com)
Two killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US officials (www.bbc.com)
Canadian government will resume funding to United Nations relief agency for Palestinians (www.cbc.ca)
Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones (apnews.com)
Palestinians ‘beaten and sexually assaulted’ at Israeli detention centres, UN report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Meta platforms are down (www.theverge.com)
The Meta owned platforms are down, forcing some users to log out. Some dispaly error messages.
Sri Lankan Laws Threaten Democracy, Warns UN Rights Chief (text.hrw.org)
Haiti PM's return still murky as gang conflict worsens (www.reuters.com)
Haiti’s prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, clearing uncertainty around his whereabouts since a trip to Kenya, but questions on how and when he will return to Haiti still linger as gangs back home push for his ouster....
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons....
Argentina govt suspends state news agency Telam (www.rfi.fr)
Ukraine Now: Victory! Ukraine Forces Hits Russia's Largest fuel and lubricants depot in Kursk Oblast with Double Drone Attacks (shorturl.at)
‘This is for Gaza’: UK politician wins by-election in blow to Labour Party (www.aljazeera.com)
A left-wing United Kingdom politician has registered a landslide win in a parliamentary by-election on a platform promising to advocate for Gaza....
Russia/Ukraine War: Russia Government Snubs West and The ICC arrest warrants for Putin... (shorturl.at)
A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here's why that's a big deal (www.npr.org)
Kibbutz Be’eri Rejects Story in New York Times October 7 Exposé: “They Were Not Sexually Abused” (theintercept.com)
Two of the three victims specifically singled out by the New York Times in a marquee exposé published in December, which alleged that Hamas had deliberately weaponized sexual violence during the October 7 attacks, were not in fact victims of sexual assault, according to the spokesperson for the Kibbutz Be’eri, which the Times...
Israeli tanks have deliberately run over dozens of Palestinian civilians alive (euromedmonitor.org)
Philippine and Chinese vessels collide in disputed South China Sea and 4 Filipino crew are injured (apnews.com)
Five Killed as Myanmar Junta Jet Strafes Monastery Housing Displaced People (www.irrawaddy.com)
U.N. report: ‘Convincing’ information Hamas raped, tortured hostages (www.washingtonpost.com)
A team of United Nations experts tasked with gathering information on sexual violence linked to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel found “reasonable grounds to believe” that some victims were sexually assaulted, including rape and gang rape, according to a U.N. report released Monday....