Ukraine to compete at 2024 Olympics on one condition: athletes from Russia and Belarus must perform under neutral flags (www.rt.com)
Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth (www.businessinsider.com)
Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating (www.reuters.com)
Water bombers flew low over Yellowknife as thick smoke blanketed the capital of the vast and sparsely populated Northwest Territories. Officials say the fire, which is moving slowly, is now 15 km (10 miles) northwest of the city and could reach the outskirts by Saturday if there is no rain....
McConnell on Ukraine proxy war: "We haven’t lost a single American in this war. Most of the money that we spend, is spent on replenishing weapons, so it’s actually employing people here."[paraphrased] (edition.cnn.com)
Mitch McConell says the quiet part out loud....
Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annually (www.politico.eu)
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Burger King follows McDonald's in cutting tomatoes from its India menu (www.cnn.com)
Tomatoes are off the menu in India as Burger King becomes the latest fast food chain to be impacted by rising prices of the culinary staple.
Hundreds riot in Israel, demand settler detained for murdering Palestinian teenager freed. (www.timesofisrael.com)
Yehiel Indore, the man in question, was released to house arrest two days ago.
India's Modi faces a no-confidence vote over silence on ethnic violence tearing at remote Manipur (apnews.com)
NEW DELHI (AP) — His social media accounts suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching high-speed trains and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders as a powerhouse on the global stage and the face of an ascendant India....
The Hard Reality: Ukraine’s Last-Gasp Offensive Has Failed (www.19fortyfive.com)
Mexico Demands Texas Remove Floating Barrier of Buoys with Saw Blades in Rio Grande (www.democracynow.org)
Pakistan: Mob burns churches over blasphemy claims (www.bbc.co.uk)
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President Maduro Demands the Return of Citgo from the United States (popularresistance.org)
On Monday, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, demanded the return of the company Citgo, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to the Government of the United States (US), after denouncing that it was stolen by that country....
Caste matters: in India Dalit Student Attacked for Studying Well, Anti-Caste Groups Ring Alarm (www.newsclick.in)
A group of high school students broke into the Dalit student’s home and hacked him with a sickle.
South Korea's low fertility won't slow down housing prices in time (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
Radioactive material found as Australian border force raid Sydney home (www.bbc.co.uk)
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"U.S. bullying ends now!" - Putin issues stunning military plan | Redacted w Clayton Morris (rumble.com)
Putin offering arms to other countries. Russian version of NATO....
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Chinese economy expected to have slipped into deflation as recovery falters (www.theguardian.com)
US approves landmark missile defence deal between Israel and Germany (www.aljazeera.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes (www.hackingbutlegal.com)
When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was a confluence of state repression and the sometimes capricious attention of a Western audience that, as she asserts, often views Chinese activists more as ideological tokens than...
Spain's new registry for stillborn babies sparks deeply personal debate (www.euronews.com)
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Malaysia air crash: Deaths feared as plane hits motorway (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Tenerife wildfires lead to evacuation of villages (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Nato official suggests Ukraine could give up land in exchange for membership (www.theguardian.com)
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