Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)
‘De-dollarization is happening’: Are countries ditching the USD in favor of China’s yuan? FXC analysts share ‘true picture’ of what is really happening — and how that might impact you (moneywise.com)
Which countries are still funding UNRWA amid Israel’s war on Gaza? (www.lemkininstitute.com)
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), visited Ireland this week following the country’s decision to pledge 20 million euros (just under $21.5m) in support for the crisis-hit agency....
Why oil autocracies and private equity bullies are coming for the NBA next (www.theguardian.com)
As the NBA has emerged as the first professional league in the US to cozy up to global sport’s burgeoning class of nation-state investors, the shape of its guiding dualism under Silver is starting to become crisper: lip service to social justice issues at home, a studied obliviousness to human rights violations abroad. In the...
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife (www.bbc.com)
AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants...
The West was ‘overly optimistic’ about Russia's war against Ukraine in 2023 - NATO admiral (news.yahoo.com)
Sinking feeling: Is the AUKUS plan feasible? (www.theaustralian.com.au)
AUKUS is something of a phenomenon. The bombshell announcement at 7am on September 15, 2021, must rank as one of the most spectacular policy coups in Australia’s history. Though details were scarce, it was immediately and almost universally acclaimed as a triumph. Internationally, too, it has been a sensation, seen as...
Colombia’s Right Is Trying to “Soft Coup” Gustavo Petro (jacobin.com)
Britain's Labour Party deals double blow to PM Sunak's Conservatives (www.reuters.com)
Britain’s opposition Labour Party won contests for two new lawmakers on Friday, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives before a national election later this year....
BRICS: Nigeria Plans To Sell Oil in Local Currency, Not US Dollar (watcher.guru)
France imposes sanctions on violent Israeli settlers (thecradle.co)
The ruling by Paris follows similar moves by London and Washington against West Bank settlers...
ICC chief prosecutor says probe underway into Israeli war crimes in Gaza (thecradle.co)
Tel Aviv withdrew its signature from the Rome Statute that founded the ICC and has maintained since 2022 that it does not recognize the court’s authority
Ireland and Spain seek ‘urgent review’ of Israel trade over EU deal’s human rights obligations (www.irishtimes.com)
IDF Sent in Handcuffed Prisoner to Evacuate Hospital, Then Killed Him When He Left (theintercept.com)
The young man, bound by zip-tie cuffs, delivered his Israeli captors’ message but was shot as he tried to walk out of the hospital gate....
"Centuria", one of the most powerful neo-Nazi organizations in Ukraine, has an offshoot in Germany (www.jungewelt.de)
The leader of the “National Militia” of the “Azov” movement swore his comrades to the final “clash of civilizations” on August 1, 2020 at the edge of a forest near Kiev. “The age of absolute darkness lies before us,” predicted Igor “Tcherkas” Mikhailenko and demanded that the hundreds of mostly masked...
"Go back to Hong Kong": Anger breaks out over Canadian supervised consumption site (dailyhive.com)
Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Rafah causing mass civilian casualties (www.amnesty.org)
At least 95 civilians – nearly half of them children killed in four unlawful strikes in Rafah...
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware (apnews.com)
India locks down capital as farmers mass over crop prices (www.scmp.com)
Police Use Tear Gas on Protesting Farmers at Punjab-Haryana Border (thewire.in)
Jalandhar: Chaos prevailed at the Punjab-Haryana Shambu border on Tuesday (February 13) afternoon, after the Haryana police fired tear gas at protesting farmers. The farmers are trying to reach the national capital for their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest, and were breaking and removing barricades at the border when the police fired...
Calls for ceasefire in Gaza are mounting up before catastrophe: USA, China, France, Germany, Egypt, UK
Allow me to aggregate plenty of news in the same post for a good reason. Heads of State, of government and ministers of plenty of countries though the world have urged Israel to pause hostilities during the last few days, including many that have positioned with them during the last few months....
China’s consumers tighten belts even as prices fall (www.ft.com)
Biden on TikTok: ‘Lol’ or national security worry? (www.straitstimes.com)
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