American Fighter Downs Houthi Missile Heading Toward USS Laboon (news.yahoo.com)
Pakistan launches strikes into Iran two days after missile strike (www.bbc.com)
Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into neighbouring Iran, two days after an Iranian attack inflamed relations between the two states....
Crown Prince Leka II and Crown Princess Elia of Albania Declare Impending Divorce After Grand 2016 Wedding (menzmag.com)
The Pope acknowledges resistance to same-sex blessings but doubles down on his decision (apnews.com)
Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price you have to pay” when you make difficult decisions....
American passenger bites flight attendant forcing plane to return to Tokyo (Japan) (edition.cnn.com)
Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Terrorist Designation of the Houthis (www.whitehouse.gov)
Secret WhatsApp messages show co-ordinated campaign to oust Antoinette Lattouf from ABC (www.smh.com.au)
The ABC sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after a high-level and co-ordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists that directly targeted the corporation's chair, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson....
Gaza 100 days on: Stop the War on Children (plan-international.org)
The killing of 10,000 children. Blasts leading to amputation—sometimes carried out without anaesthetics—and lifelong disabilities. Entire populations, including pregnant women and children, facing hunger, a quarter of them (576,600 people) at catastrophic levels, – that means at the risk of starvation and death. Warnings...
Nazis, no thank you'; Germans take to streets to call for AfD ban (www.reuters.com)
China population decline accelerates as birthrate hits record low (www.theguardian.com)
Restaurant owner fights inflation by making soap out of leftover bacon grease (www.wbaltv.com)
It’s one of the world’s highest ski resorts. So where’s all the snow? (edition.cnn.com)
Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV station shot and killed (www.theguardian.com)
César Suárez killed in brazen daylight attack in Guayaquil as country shaken by dramatic recent surge in violence...
Major human rights violations at Del Monte farm in Kenya, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists in China report cloned rhesus monkey has survived for two years (www.independent.co.uk)
A “healthy” rhesus monkey cloned in China has survived for more than two years and is providing “valuable insights” into the scientific process, according to researchers....
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest Middle East flashpoint (www.theguardian.com)
Iran has launched airstrikes on Pakistan territory, apparently aimed at a Sunni militant group, in the latest sign of a wave of violence rolling across the Middle East and beyond....
Beheaded on Oct 7 then put up for sale in Gaza: Father finally finds ‘missing part’ of son (www.i24news.tv)
Fico says Slovakia backs Hungary, will fight any attempt to restrict voting rights (news.yahoo.com)
EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting (www.theguardian.com)
On Wednesday, members of the European parliament [MEPs] voted to outlaw the use of terms such as “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” without evidence, while introducing a total ban on using carbon offsetting schemes to substantiate the claims.
Israel not only prevents entry of aid into Gaza, but also kills those who try to receive it (euromedmonitor.org)
Euro-Med Monitor has documented shocking testimonies of the Israeli army killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians on Thursday 11 January 2024 on Al-Rashid Street, in the west of Gaza City, who were trying to receive humanitarian aid. The human rights organization demanded that the involved United Nations agencies be held...
Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos (www.theguardian.com)
In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction (www.972mag.com)
Denying water to Gaza has been a key tactic of the war from the very beginning, with Israel shutting off the pipes supplying the enclave on October 7. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that Israel was “imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are...
Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over airstrike that killed 2 children (www.latimes.com)
Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases of a militant Sunni separatist group. Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a “blatant violation” of its airspace and said it killed two children....
Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged (www.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting....
