The Ukraine and Israeli/Palestine Conflicts Show the Demise of Western Imperialism and Foreshadow Its Coming Collapse (orinocotribune.com)
Deaths in Gaza Cross 7,000 on Third Week of Non-Stop Israeli Bombing (peoplesdispatch.org)
Relatives of Texans, Jewish and Muslim, remain trapped in Gaza (www.texastribune.org)
Two Texans — a Jewish man, a Muslim woman — want more support from the federal government to bring their loved ones home. Their families are stuck in a war zone, along with hundreds of other Americans.
Sahel: Russia to build nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso (north-africa.com)
Burkina Faso last year experienced two military coups — both triggered in part by discontent at failures to stem a raging jihadist insurgency. More than 17,000 people have died in attacks since 2015, more than 6,000 just since the start of this year, according to a count by an NGO monitor called the Armed Conflict Location and...
Thousands join Paris's first authorised pro-Palestinian demo since Hamas attacks (www.reuters.com)
British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts (www.artnews.com)
The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.
Starbucks, Workers United union sue each other in standoff over pro-Palestinian social media post (apnews.com)
One year post-acquisition, X traffic and monthly active users are in decline, report claims | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
‘War knows no religion’: Gaza’s oldest church shelters Muslims, Christians (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli airstrike kills Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon, wounds 6 others. (www.cnn.com)
Journalists hit as Israel fired at Lebanon were clearly marked as press, CNN analysis shows (edition.cnn.com)
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police (www.bbc.com)
Saudi Arabia puts Israel deal on ice amid war, engages with Iran, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit airports in Damascus and Aleppo, damaging their runways (apnews.com)
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Biden Reports Photos of 'Terrorists Beheading Children,' IDF Yet to Confirm (www.rollingstone.com)
Gaza: “The situation is catastrophic; the hospitals are overwhelmed” (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)
US announces $200m military assistance package for Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel-Gaza War Risks 'Distracting' From Ukraine: Zelensky (www.barrons.com)
IMF Pushes World’s Poorest Countries into “Starvation Diet” as Debt Burdens Spiral (peoplesdispatch.org)
Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire as Israeli soldiers battle Hamas on second day of surprise attack (apnews.com)
Israeli settler, far-right activist: 'Spitting on Christians is a Jewish custom' (www.jpost.com)
'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)
Drunk recruits, insubordinate soldiers and convicts are among hundreds of military and civilian offenders pressed into Russian penal units known as "Storm-Z" squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year. Few live to tell their tale.