China at the International Court of Justice: "Palestinian people have the right to armed struggle... Armed struggle in pursuit of self-determination is not terrorism" https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/111/976/402/662/870/598/original/45d5e604feaa2d74.mp4
US Charges Yakuza Leader Over Conspiring to Sell Nuclear Material from Myanmar (www.irrawaddy.com) cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/15912671...
Ukraine needs more fighters, but further mobilization is unpopular—and politically sensitive. (foreignpolicy.com)
Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says (www.nbcnews.com) cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12263119...
The West hasn’t given up on Ukraine. But its overriding focus on risk management reveals a desire to wind down the conflict and make a deal with Putin, if possible sooner rather than later. (www.politico.eu)
Brazil pushes for stronger representation of developing nations as G20 FM meeting opens (www.africanews.com) Archive link
Police called to investigate alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda at Russian 'My Little Pony' convention (abcnews.go.com)
Survey on February 5-10 by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology found that 72% of respondents agreed with the opinion that Ukraine should also look for a diplomatic way to end the war (www.kiis.com.ua)
Another executive in Japan's Eneos group sacked for sexual harassment (mainichi.jp) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The chairman of a subsidiary of Japanese major oil refiner Eneos Holdings Inc. has been dismissed over sexual harassment, the firm said Wednesday, in the third such incident within the corporate group since 2022.
Putin's critic Alexia Navalny is dead (www.bbc.com) Some sources suggest he was taking a walk and suddenly fell to the ground. Very mysterious. Guess they ran out of windows.
‘Ruining my career’: calls grow for Japan to change law on married surnames (www.theguardian.com) Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inaction, appetite for change is building