Israeli War in Gaza Revives the Arab Solidarity with Palestine (peoplesdispatch.org)
Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought (www.euronews.com)
China sanctions five U.S. defense industry companies over arms sales to Taiwan (english.news.cn)
Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation (apnews.com)
Security camera video from a West Bank village shows a young man standing in a central square when he is suddenly shot and drops to the ground. Two others rushing to his aid are also hit, leaving a 17-year-old dead, moments before Israeli military jeeps roll in....
Air Canada passenger opens cabin door, falls out of plane before takeoff at YYZ (globalnews.ca)
‘Still no endgame’ as Blinken concludes latest Middle East tour: Analysts (www.aljazeera.com)
The latest rhetoric underscored the “yawning gap” between Washington’s vision for a post-war Gaza and what Israel’s government is willing to accept, according to Joshua Landis, the director of the Center of Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma....
Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism (peoplesdispatch.org)
Delegation to Honduras Launches Campaign to Indict the US, Canada (popularresistance.org)
Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the...
How Russian oil is reaching the U.S. market through a loophole in the embargo (www.pbs.org)
Venezuelan President Rejects Terrorist Acts in Ecuador (www.telesurenglish.net)
Congo's constitutional court upholds election results, declares President Tshisekedi the winner (apnews.com)
Famine in Gaza is a Culmination of Israel’s Long War on Palestine’s Food System (truthout.org)
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 97: Israeli Bombardment Continues in Gaza Even as South Africa Presents Arguments to the ICJ (mondoweiss.net)
UK's Sunak says tax cuts will be paid for by curbing welfare spending (www.itv.com)
Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman (www.reuters.com)
Trump told EU that US would never help Europe under attack - EU official (www.reuters.com)
Biden Administration Backs Legislation to Seize Frozen Russian Assets (www.bloomberg.com)
American Victims of Hamas Attack on Israel Plan to Sue North Korea (www.voanews.com)
‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade
Alleged audio leak of Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen amounts to ‘foreign interference’, DPP lawmaker says (www.scmp.com)
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Norway becomes first country to approve commercial deep-sea mining (www.semafor.com)
Norway has become the first country to allow for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. On Tuesday, the Norwegian Parliament approved a controversial plan to open up 280,000 square kilometers (108,000 sq miles) of Norway’s northern waters for potential mining....
At least 15 dead in Papua New Guinea rioting and looting (www.aljazeera.com)
China lodges ‘solemn representations’ after Chinese shops targeted and some citizens injured after day of chaos....