China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’ (www.wsj.com)
Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family
China’s Tesla-beating EV maker BYD has carmakers around the world ‘in a state of shock’ over its prices (fortune.com)
When China’s BYD recently overtook Elon Musk’s Tesla as the global leader in sales of electric vehicles, casual observers of the auto industry might have been surprised....
To Defend Israel as 'Moral Society,' Knesset Member Backs South Africa's ICJ Genocide Case (www.commondreams.org)
Woman in her 90s pulled alive from rubble 124 hours after Japan quake (www.cnn.com)
An elderly woman in her 90s has been rescued from under the rubble of a two-story house more than five days after a powerful earthquake struck Japan....
Milei’s cuts to maternity leave blocked by court in Argentina (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Armed ethnic alliance in northern Myanmar is said to have seized a city that was a key goal (apnews.com)
Carrefour pulls PepsiCo products in four EU countries over price hikes (www.theguardian.com)
For context, Carrefour is one of Europe’s largest retailers. And French; they take no shit
Hydroxychloroquine could have caused almost 17,000 deaths in six countries during COVID, study finds (www.politico.eu)
Freed Israeli hostage says she endured ‘psychological warfare’ during 50 days of Hamas captivity | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Russia announced it had deployed, to Ukraine, its best new artillery-detecting radar. Hours later, the Ukrainians blew it up—with artillery. (www.forbes.com)
Ukraine plinking a Russian GPS-jammer with a GPS-guided bomb. Ukrainian drones blowing up Russian drone-jammers. Ukraine’s cruise missiles striking Russian air-defense sites whose missions include, you guessed it, shooting down cruise missiles....
Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll (www.theguardian.com)
Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge according to new poll...
Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warns (www.businessinsider.com)
Iran arms Hezbollah ahead of wider conflict with Israel (www.ynetnews.com)
Advanced weapons include precise missiles, surface to air missiles and air defenses transported mostly via Damascus airport which has come under repeated strikes attributed to Israel...
First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation (www.eia.gov)
Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters hit in Khan Younis (www.aljazeera.com)
Protests erupt in Argentina against President Javier Milei’s economic shock decree (argentinareports.com)
Russia is drastically underplaying the toll of its warship exploding, report suggests (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Russia confirmed a Ukrainian missile attack damaged one of its Black Sea Fleet warships....
Hezbollah anti-tank missile hits church in northern Israel, injuring 9 IDF soldiers, 1 civilian (www.i24news.tv)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that a Hezbollah anti-tank missile struck St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church in Iqrit, northern Israel....
Ukraine destroys 20% of Russian Black Sea fleet in 4 months, says British defense minister (english.nv.ua)
Over the past four months, 20% of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been destroyed by Ukraine, according to British Defense Secretary Grant Schapps on Dec. 26....
Younger Americans are friendlier to China (www.economist.com)
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader found, says team (www.bbc.com)
WSJ: Biden pressured Netanyahu to abandon plans for preemptive strike on Hezbollah (www.ynetnews.com)
Israel planned to launch a preemptive strike against Hezbollah on October 11 which was narrowly averted due to intervention from U.S. President Joe Biden, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday....
Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in one of war's deadliest nights, Gaza officials say (www.reuters.com)
Guyana: UK to send warship to South America amid Venezuela tensions (www.bbc.com)
It comes after neighbouring Venezuela renewed its claim for a disputed part of Guyanese territory that is rich in oil and minerals....
Brazilian girl commits suicide due to Fake News on big Instagram Gossip Page (g1.globo.com)
They basically posted that she had an affair with Whindersson Nunes. When she posted that it was fake, the owner of the page responded: oh come on, you can’t fool anyone with those acting skills. She ended up committing suicide due to all the harassment from the fake news. There’s a Xwitter thread explaining everything...
