India snow leopards: First-ever survey puts population at 718 (www.bbc.com)
Dying man tells police he was on Japan’s most wanted list for 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
Now deceased man said he was Satoshi Kirishima who was allegedly member of radical group in 1970s that bombed Japanese firms...
Russia finds ‘errors’ in paperwork of candidate hoping to stand against Putin (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s elections commission has said it found “dead souls” among the more than 100,000 signatures of support submitted by Boris Nadezhdin, the sole anti-war candidate in next month’s presidential election, in a sign that he could be disqualified from a carefully managed ballot meant to deliver victory for Vladimir...
We need to be ready for war with Putin, Romania’s top general says (www.politico.eu)
Gheorghiță Vlad issued a stark warning about the state of the nation’s army, calling for immediate action....
How did a raccoon knock out power for large swaths of downtown Toronto last night? (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
A raccoon was behind the massive power outage that knocked out electricity to some 7,000 customers in downtown Toronto for hours Thursday night.
EU agrees new law granting consumers a ‘right to repair’ products (www.euractiv.com)
European consumers will have the right to have common household appliances, including mobile phones, repaired, while EU countries will have to produce schemes to boost repair rates according to a new law adopted on Friday (2 February)....
Mass Grave in Gaza Points to “Execution-Style” Killings by Israeli Forces (www.democracynow.org)
More video and eyewitness info on Al Jazeera so far...
Sorry Appin, We’re Not Taking Down Our Article About Your Attempts To Silence Reporters (www.techdirt.com)
European Union agrees on a new 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto threat (apnews.com)
The leaders of the 27 European Union countries sealed a deal Thursday to provide Ukraine with a new 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) support package despite Hungary’s weeks of threats to veto the move....
Israeli army occupies Gaza homes – then burns them down (www.haaretz.com)
Israeli soldiers have begun in recent weeks to set fire to homes in the Gaza Strip, following direct orders from their commanders, without the necessary legal permission to do so, according to information obtained by Haaretz....
Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....
‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place in history...
French move to make abortion a ‘guaranteed freedom’ gains big win in lower house (www.theguardian.com)
Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30...
Sweeping strikes impact entire country [of Finland] Wednesday through Friday (yle.fi)
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We oppose axing UNRWA mid-war, senior Israeli official says amid global funding halt (www.timesofisrael.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not support the immediate discontinuation of UNRWA, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday as a host of Western countries moved to suspend funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians amid allegations that roughly a dozen of its employees took part in Hamas’s...
CIA director: Not passing Ukraine aid would be a mistake 'of historic proportions' (www.politico.com)
Helping Ukraine is “a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns,” the CIA director wrote....
Ukraine Situation Report: Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb's Arrival Finally Imminent (www.twz.com)
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
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Hamas regroups in northern Gaza to prepare new offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Ethiopia to ban importation of non-electric cars (apanews.net)
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics on Tuesday announced that it will not allow vehicles to enter into the country unless they are electric ones....
Foreign-born residents in Japan sue the government for alleged racial profiling (www.cnn.com)
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Israel ‘hit squad’ kills three in West Bank hospital operation (www.aljazeera.com)
Hamas rejects hostage deal amid Qatari, US optimism (www.jpost.com)
Hamas rejected a hostage deal drafted in Paris over the weekend because it did not include a permanent ceasefire.
Why is Canada so vulnerable to foreign meddling? (www.bbc.com)
The allegations kept mounting in Canada: Election-meddling by China, an Indian-backed assassination on home soil, and a campaign to harass Iranian dissidents. Is Canada especially vulnerable to foreign interference?...
