Kremlin says Putin didn't threaten to use nuclear weapons, U.S. took him out of context (www.reuters.com)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Putin had merely been answering a journalist’s questions on the subject and restating the already well known circumstances in which Russia would theoretically be forced to use nuclear weapons....
Biden announces 'emergency' US military mission to build pier off Gaza coast to deliver aid (abcnews.go.com)
CIA terminates whistleblower who prompted flood of sexual misconduct complaints (apnews.com)
Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire proposal and vows to fight until ‘total victory’ (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian warship. Moscow says Patriot missiles downed its plane (apnews.com)
China's usually strict sensors are seemingly ignoring rising antisemitism online (www.cnn.com)
Women in Gaza having c-sections without painkillers as girls use tent scraps for period products (news.sky.com)
North Korea to launch 3 new satellites in 2024, as Kim warns war inevitable (www.aljazeera.com)
Tesla sues Swedish agency as striking workers stop delivering license plates for its new vehicles (abcnews.go.com)
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden’s Transport Agency after striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country stopped delivering license plates for new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker
Israeli forces carry out deadly raids in the West Bank amid Gaza truce (www.aljazeera.com)
Gaza war to continue for at least two more months, says Israel defence minister (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Rishi Sunak considers tax cut for top earners after byelection defeats (www.theguardian.com)
‘Mutiny Brewing’ Inside State Department Over Israel-Palestine Policy (www.huffpost.com)
Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon (www.hrw.org)
Lindsey Graham Proposes U.S. Start Bombing Iran: ‘Time to Take the War to the Ayatollah’s Backyard’ (www.mediaite.com)
Russia plans to try to block VPN services in 2024 (www.reuters.com)
New US sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war (apnews.com)
Press release from the State Department home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1731...
Japan tells citizens in China to lie low after Fukushima release (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Japan has told its citizens living in China to keep a low profile, including talking quietly in public, after Beijing blasted Tokyo for releasing treated radioactive water from a wrecked nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Is conservative Islam gaining ground in secular Kosovo? (www.dw.com)
There have been a number of attacks on journalists in Kosovo in recent years. Now, conservative Muslims in the southern Kosovar city of Prizren are agitating against a news portal and a journalist.
President of Niger: My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage (www.washingtonpost.com)
This is an opinion piece by the democratically elected president of Niger.
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman gets death penalty (www.bbc.co.uk)
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UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ukrainian Men Desperate to Escape War Are Drowning as They Flee (www.wsj.com)
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