UK's Rishi Sunak holding full Cabinet over potential strike after Houthi Red Sea attacks (www.independent.co.uk)
‘Still no endgame’ as Blinken concludes latest Middle East tour: Analysts (www.aljazeera.com)
The latest rhetoric underscored the “yawning gap” between Washington’s vision for a post-war Gaza and what Israel’s government is willing to accept, according to Joshua Landis, the director of the Center of Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma....
Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism (peoplesdispatch.org)
At least 15 dead in Papua New Guinea rioting and looting (www.aljazeera.com)
China lodges ‘solemn representations’ after Chinese shops targeted and some citizens injured after day of chaos....
Germany to resume arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia with IRIS-T missiles (www.reuters.com)
2023 hottest recorded year as Earth nears key limit (phys.org)
Ecuador in 'internal armed conflict' after gang leader's prison escape, president says (www.cbc.ca)
Children Born During the War in Gaza Will Never Truly Escape It (www.nytimes.com)
Archived link:...
Israel’s Gaza war leads to a massacre of journalists (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived link:...
Red Sea attacks see exporters turn to China-Europe Railway Express ahead of Lunar New Year (www.scmp.com)
Nord Stream Probe Hampered by Resistance From Poland (www.wsj.com)
Archived link:...
China's COSCO halts shipping to Israel - Israeli media (www.reuters.com)
US Minuteman III Missiles Are Too Old to Upgrade Anymore, STRATCOM Chief Says (www.military.com)
Time is Ripe for Dollar-Free Grain Trade Within BRICS (sputnikglobe.com)
Hamas using ‘massive’ stockpile of Chinese weaponry in Gaza, says Israel (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Another Israeli minister calls for encouraging Palestinians to leave Gaza (www.aa.com.tr)
Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees (www.972mag.com)
Palestinians arrested in the northern Gaza Strip describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence.
In Gaza 'safe zone,' Palestinians are living out their nightmares (www.972mag.com)
Israel ordered thousands to evacuate to Al-Mawasi, where they are struggling to find food, water, and shelter amid the war and winter cold.
China’s ‘sponge cities’ struggle to soak up flooding from severe storms despite billions in investment (www.scmp.com)
Women and Girls in Gaza Are Suffering Through Their Periods Without Water, Medicine, Pads (jezebel.com)
One hospital worker said she’s encountering “numerous instances of fever directly linked to vaginal yeast infections" due to the absence of feminine products....
UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues (www.theguardian.com)
South Africa Emerges as Moral Giant on Gaza (consortiumnews.com)
Baby Formula Prices and Production Practices Impact Availability (peoplesdispatch.org)
Why Europe is not free to relate to China - China Daily op-ed - Yanis Varoufakis (www.yanisvaroufakis.eu)
Ukraine's Leopard Tanks Dwindling, Not Being Repaired: German MP (www.businessinsider.com)
