Biden freezes approvals to export U.S. gas, imperiling major projects (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
How the World’s Deadliest Crises Go Unseen (undark.org)
Grenville Cross, Hong Kong's longest-serving Director of Public Prosecutions, pens open letter to UK Prime Minster Rishi Sunak (www.chinadailyhk.com)
French Parliament Considers Constitutionalization of Right to Abortion (peoplesdispatch.org)
The Center of Gravity is Tilting to the South (popularresistance.org)
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research opens the year with a preliminary look at the dramatic shifts unfolding in the world order in our new dossier, “The Churning of the Global Order.”
Ukraine floats the theory it may have been tricked into shooting down the plane Russia says was full of Ukrainian POWs (www.businessinsider.com)
-A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine....
Gaza health ministry says 20 Palestinians killed in strike on food aid queue (www.reuters.com)
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust. The People Talk of System Change. (portside.org)
British Gen Z will not accept conscription as the price of previous generations’ failures (www.lbc.co.uk)
U.S. and Israel Finalize Major Military Aircraft Deals Amid Gaza War (www.haaretz.com)
Progress was made toward the procurement of three new squadrons: a third squadron of F-35s with 25 planes; a new squadron of F-15s with 25 planes; and an additional squadron of Apache attack helicopters, ostensibly involving 12 aircraft. Purchases will be made using U.S. aid provided to Israel.
Ukrainian-born model wins Miss Japan 2024, sparks identity controversy (globalnews.ca)
Ukrainian intelligence: Senior Russian officials were supposed to be on Il-76 flight but did not board (kyivindependent.com)
Zelenskiy signs decree claiming half a dozen Russian regions are historically Ukrainian lands (www.intellinews.com)
How Israel has destroyed Gaza’s schools and universities (www.aljazeera.com)
Iran bars Hassan Rouhani from seeking re-election to key body (www.theguardian.com)
Sparanise. Al Foscolo un incontro sulle guerre in corso (59) e la pace con il Movimento per la pace, il Movimento di Riconciliazione e l'Associazione Reduci e Combattenti. (www.caserta24ore.it)
Ukraine to probe Belgorod crash as Russia questions future prisoner swaps (www.aljazeera.com)
Clean energy was top driver of China’s economic growth in 2023 (www.carbonbrief.org)
Israeli minister renews call for striking Gaza with ‘nuclear bomb’ (www.aa.com.tr)
Israel mulls decision not to extend water deal with Jordan over criticism of Gaza war (www.aa.com.tr)
France turns down Russian request to hold UNSC meeting on downed plane Wednesday (tass.com)
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to Meet China’s Wang Yi for Talks on Houthi Attacks in Red Sea (www.wsj.com)
Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda (www.theguardian.com)
