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Leaked files from Chinese firm show vast international hacking effort (www.washingtonpost.com)

U.S. Finds Some Israeli Claims on U.N. Staff Likely, Others Not (www.wsj.com)

Rebels linked to the Islamic State group kill at least two dozen civilians in eastern Congo (apnews.com)

Gaza: Israeli forces attack MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi (www.doctorswithoutborders.org)

Exclusive: Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles (www.reuters.com)

Syria says an Israeli strike that hit a Damascus residential area killed 2 people (abcnews.go.com)

SANA, the state news agency, quoted an unnamed military official as saying that the missiles were fired from the direction of Syria's Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and hit a building, killing two civilians and wounding another....

Polish, Ukrainian governments should meet at border, Zelensky says (kyivindependent.com)

The Polish government, including Prime Minister Donald Tusk, should come to the border with Ukraine to meet its Ukrainian counterparts and solve the ongoing blockade led by Polish farmers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message on Feb. 21....

Argentina's poverty levels hit 57% of population, a 20-year high in January, study finds (apnews.com)

Israel-Hamas war: Bombardment of Rafah intensifies as Gaza death toll reportedly near 30,000 (www.irishtimes.com)

Mexico talks with Canada about high number of asylum requests (www.reuters.com)

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China's childcare costs among highest in world, think tank says (www.reuters.com)

China is one of the world’s most expensive places to raise a child, relative to its GDP per capita, a prominent Chinese think tank said on Wednesday as it detailed the time and opportunity costs for women who opt to have children in the country....

Poland starts process of exiting EU’s "Article 7" rule-of-law procedure (notesfrompoland.com)

Explainer-Why are South Korean trainee doctors on strike over medical school quotas? | Reuters (www.yahoo.com)

SEOUL (Reuters) - Almost 8,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job in South Korea to protest a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, and more are expected to join them....

Poland is concerned by pro-Putin slogans at farmers' protests, saying Russian agents may be to blame (apnews.com)

Polish authorities voiced grave concerns Wednesday after slogans praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine appeared at Polish farmers’ protests....

Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)

Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...

China’s coast guard has triggered ‘panic’ in Taiwan. That’s only part of Beijing’s plan (www.cnn.com)

King Xia, a Taiwanese tourist boat, was taking 23 passengers on a journey around Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Islands just miles from China’s southeastern coast when it was intercepted by two Chinese coast guard vessels....

Israeli soldiers are looting Gaza homes en masse (www.972mag.com)

Soldiers describe how stealing Palestinian property has become totally routine in the Gaza war, with minimal pushback from commanders.

Israel’s economy slumps 19.4% in the fourth quarter as war takes a toll | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals (edition.cnn.com)

Beijing criticizes proposed US sanctions — RT World News (www.rt.com)

”China has the right to conduct normal cooperation with countries around the world. We have always opposed unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ that have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council,” Chinese FM spokeswoman Mao Ning said in response to Washington’s...

Exclusive: ADL pushed BMG to drop Roger Waters by threatening to weaponize company’s Nazi past - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)

The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.

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