Bolivia and China Finalize Agreement to Use Yuan in Bilateral Trade (orinocotribune.com)
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Subject to IDF Censor (theintercept.com)
Live: Japan Airlines plane on fire at Tokyo's Haneda airport - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
China's solar sector steams ahead of EU, US (www.dw.com)
65,000 houses completely destroyed in Gaza (www.aa.com.tr)
Russia exports almost all its oil to China and India - Novak (www.reuters.com)
Iraqi government calls air strikes 'hostile acts' after Pentagon said it struck areas used by pro-Iran forces to target US forces. (www.middleeasteye.net)
Reminder that Iraq has formally asked US to withdraw the occupation forces previously and US continues to refuse.
First rupee payment for oil to UAE: India looks for more deals, but finds no targets (www.thehindu.com)
Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds (edition.cnn.com)
Washington to Tel Aviv: End War by End of Year – The Economist (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Israel must wrap up its war against Hamas by the end of this year or risk losing Washington’s support for its offensive in Gaza, The Economist has reported, citing sources with knowledge of diplomatic discussions between the two allies....
What ‘tunnels’ and ‘hostages’ mean in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
March 2, 2009: The pasta, paper and hearing aids that could threaten Israeli security
Explained: Why truckers are blockading the EU's border with Ukraine (www.euronews.com)
Polish truck drivers have spent nearly a month blockading different crossing points along the border with Ukraine. Last Friday, Slovak drivers joined the protest, turning the dispute into an all-out European crisis. #EuropeDecoded
WHO says time to hike alcohol, sugary drinks tax | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Greenwashing (theintercept.com)
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
Erdogan tells UN chief Israel must be tried in international courts for Gaza crimes (www.reuters.com)
Post-affirmative action, Asian American families are more stressed than ever about college admissions (www.latimes.com)
Japan ordered to compensate wartime 'comfort women' (www.bbc.com)
A South Korean court has ordered Japan to compensate a group of women who were forced to work in wartime brothels.
Israel Implemented 'Mass Hannibal' Directive on 7 October: Israeli Pilot (new.thecradle.co)
Israeli ex-PM claims Hamas centre is in the south of Gaza not al-Shifa Hospital (www.euronews.com)
As Israel intensifies its ground offensive in Gaza, amid serious humanitarian concerns, its former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Euronews: "the war must go on" until Israel reaches its endgame: the end of Hamas.
Bonds go bonkers as the US government now pays more than Vietnam or Morocco to borrow (markets.businessinsider.com)
Japan to scrap rule requiring testing of new drugs on Japanese (asia.nikkei.com)
Dropping slow process in early clinical trials would make medicines available sooner
‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother