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Identifying the Mystery Vessel at the Site of Trinidad & Tobago’s National Emergency Oil Spill - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)

Gaza doctors: ‘We leave patients to scream for hours and hours’ - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

Norway to help transfer of frozen tax funds to Palestinian Authority (www.reuters.com)

Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England (www.theguardian.com)

Arrests after Iran’s iPhone ban paves way for multimillion-dollar scam | Technology News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)

Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)

Largest Covid vaccine study finds links to health conditions (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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Dozens killed in outbreak of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea highlands (www.theguardian.com)

Inflation Hits 30-Year High In Argentina (menafn.com)

“Argentina registered a year-on-year inflation rate of 254.2 percent in January, the highest in 32 years, according to data released Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC)”...

Knesset to vote on expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif over signing ICJ petition (www.haaretz.com)

Putin critic’s ‘bruised body seen in morgue’, claims independent newspaper - live (www.independent.co.uk)

Alexei Navalny’s team, as well as the Russian authorities, have not confirmed the whereabouts of his body...

‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)

There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...

Major fire breaks out at French plant housing lithium batteries (www.france24.com)

Palestinians live in scarcity in Rafah as Israeli ground assault looms (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)

The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...

Moscow to host PLO-Hamas unity talks on Feb. 26, Palestinian PM says (www.jpost.com)

The Death Throes of a Ukrainian City (www.nytimes.com)

Since Jan. 1, President Vladimir V. Putin’s forces have dropped around one million pounds of aerial bombs on an area encompassing just 12 square miles, according to estimates by Ukrainian officials and British intelligence....

German city of Dresden commemorates WWII bombing (www.dw.com)

Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)

Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....

US conducts strikes against Houthi underwater vessel for the first time since Red Sea attacks began (www.cnn.com)

The US on Saturday conducted strikes against Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles and vessels, including on the first unmanned underwater vessel the Iranian-backed rebel group has used since the attacks in the Red Sea began, according to US Central Command....

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