President Xi Jinping's 2024 New Year message (english.news.cn)
Biden Administration Again Bypasses Congress for Weapons Sale to Israel (www.nytimes.com)
Archived link: archive.is/…/biden-us-israel-weapons-sale.html
Argentina’s Milei Lays Off 7,000 Workers After Christmas (orinocotribune.com)
Netanyahu pushes for 'voluntary migration' for Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli media (www.aa.com.tr)
From Israel Hayom: www.israelhayom.co.il/news/…/15002089 (in Hebrew)
Pope condemns attacks on civilians in Gaza: ‘It is war; it is terrorism’ (www.vaticannews.va)
Israeli hostages killed in Gaza were holding white flag, official says (www.reuters.com)
Tunnels once connected Egypt and Gaza. Here's what they looked like 10 years ago (www.npr.org)
MARTIN: There’s a report that the military was using artificial intelligence to try to map these tunnels. Do you have any sense of how that would work?...
57% Gaza and 82% Wedt Bank residents agree with Oct Hamas attack (mtstandard.com)
“Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October attack, the poll indicated.”
High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (apnews.com)
On foreign policy, Argentina’s Milei leans neocon, not libertarian (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract (www.theguardian.com)
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
Footage to date fails to prove Gaza complex was nerve centre for attacks on Israel, as military had claimed
Australian naval divers injured after being subjected to Chinese warship’s sonar pulses (www.theguardian.com)
Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear
Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank (apnews.com)
A Jewish settler has shot dead a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the West Bank city of Nablus, the man’s uncle said.
China on track to complete the building of 1000 schools in Iraq (english.almayadeen.net)
EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
Israeli air strike hits Gaza hospital, hundreds dead, health officials say (www.reuters.com)
U.S. B-52 bomber makes first-ever landing in South Korea - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmus.org/post/1165004...
Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza? | Financial Times (www.ft.com)
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Biden may seek $100 billion aid package for Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Bangkok: Three die and 14-year-old held over Siam Paragon mall shooting (www.bbc.com)
A 14-year-old is arrested on suspicion of opening fire at the iconic Siam Paragon mall, officials say.
Russia police crisis: Burned out, disappointed and demoralised (www.bbc.com)
Russia's police force is in crisis, with officers are quitting to become taxi-drivers and couriers.