Milei Heading to Pro-Trump Event on Heels of Blinken Meeting (news.yahoo.com)
'It is urgent': European leaders appeal for greater support for Ukraine as Russia makes major gain (www.cnbc.com)
The West is suffering a “colossal failure of imagination” in thinking Russia’s war in Ukraine will not hit them next, defense policymakers heard at Munich Security Conference....
DOJ to give Ukraine $500K worth of forfeited Russian funds (thehill.com)
Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to give $500,000 worth of forfeited Russian funds to Ukraine as the embattled country tries to fend off the Kremlin’s invasion....
Despair in Russia as Putin Spirals Out of Control (www.thedailybeast.com)
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman informed Russians this week that the “special military operation” that Putin launched in Ukraine in February 2022 was set to go on much longer because it is now “a war against the collective West.”...
Hundreds of Navalny Mourners Detained Across Russia (www.nytimes.com)
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German, Danish leaders launch construction of new ammunition plant as Europe ramps up production (abcnews.go.com)
The leaders of Germany and Denmark have joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory, underlining Europe’s efforts to ramp up its weapons production as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on...
In Russia’s Arctic, Alexei Navalny’s mother searches for her son’s body (apnews.com)
For the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony, the journey to recover her son’s body Saturday was an odyssey with no clear destination....
Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
Netanyahu Says He Won’t Bow to Pressure to Call Off Rafah Invasion (www.nytimes.com)
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal (www.wsj.com)
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the U.S. pushes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, according to current and former U.S. officials....
Japan Loses Third-Largest Economy Spot To Germany After Slipping Into Recession (www.forbes.com)
A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting spree with a Kalashnikov rifle (apnews.com)
China foreign minister warns against decoupling at Munich Security Conference (www.reuters.com)
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi warned the West that it would be making a historical mistake if it sought to decouple from China in the interests of reducing risk....
El Salvador, where a miscarriage can land you in jail (www.france24.com)
Gazan youth shot dead by Hamas police over attempted aid theft, sparking fiery protests (www.ynetnews.com)
Prominent Black Church Leaders Call for End of U.S. Aid to Israel
Prominent Black Church Leaders Call for End of U.S. Aid to Israel www.nytimes.com/…/ame-church-us-israel-aid.html?s…
UNRWA officials warn funding suspension puts agency’s fate ‘on the line’ (jordantimes.com)
AMMAN — Seventyfive years into the Palestinian “Nakbah”, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has taken the responsibility to provide humanitarian aid to Palestine Refugees across the region....
Thousands take part in pro-Palestine protests across the world (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps....
'More and more hunger': Argentina's soup kitchens on brink of collapse from high inflation (www.reuters.com)
A week ago, 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of pasta was enough to feed the dozens of families who visit the Sal de la Tierra soup kitchen in Villa Fiorito, a poor Buenos Aires suburb beset by the economic crisis ravaging Argentina. But with monthly inflation topping 20%, the number of hungry residents has soared. This week, the soup...
Tens of thousands at pro-Palestinian march in London (www.bbc.com)
SA, CAR teams attend neo-colonialism event in Russia (clubofmozambique.com)
Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state 'not a taboo' for France (www.lemonde.fr)
Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform (vancouversun.com)
Video is said to show U.N. relief worker taking Israeli shot on Oct. 7 (www.washingtonpost.com)
A U.N. relief worker alleged by Israel to have participated in the Oct. 7 attacks was captured on video that day removing the limp body of an Israeli man who had been shot at Kibbutz Beeri and driving off with it, according to information released Friday by Israeli authorities....