Indigenous people sue over alleged Canadian secret medical experiment (www.theguardian.com)
Pictou Landing First Nation members say in lawsuit that radiologists subjected them to a secret study without their knowledge or consent
Jordan air-drops aid into Gaza with help of French plane (www.pdclarion.com)
The Jordanian army on Monday said it had carried out a series of humanitarian aid drops of food and other supplies into the besieged Gaza Strip, one of them by a French army plane. Jordanian forces made "four air drops carrying aid for the people of Gaza", under the directive of Jordanian King Abdullah II, a statement said....
A man set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, the police said. (www.nytimes.com)
A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday. He live streamed the self-immolation action on Twitch where he captured himself standing outside the gates of the Israeli embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force....
New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption (www.reuters.com)
Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019 began on Monday, with the prosecutor warning those sentenced may not be able to pay a fine....
Europe Greenlights Two Avian Flu Vaccines (www.medscape.com)
The vaccines, Celldemic and Incellipan, protect against the H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended the approval of two vaccines for active immunization against the H5N1 subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes avian...
India's Assam scraps colonial-era Muslim marriage law (www.reuters.com)
India's Assam state has scrapped an 89-year-old law that allowed marriage involving underage Muslims, against opposition from leaders of the minority community who called the plan an attempt to polarise voters on religious lines ahead of elections.
A Gaza doctor’s fear: Displacement, detention or death (www.washingtonpost.com)
More than 100 medical professionals have been detained since Oct. 7, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Ghost archive link here
Germany set to join legal cannabis club (www.reuters.com)
Germany's parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated to use the drug.
Germany's Bundestag votes for cannabis legalization (www.dw.com)
Germans will be able to possess and cultivate marijuana starting April 1. German lawmakers have approved the partial legalization of cannabis in the country. 407 parliamentarians voted in favor of the legislation put forward by the ruling coalition, comprising Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD),...
How a secretive Ethiopian security committee ordered killings, arrests: Reuters investigation (www.reuters.com)
A secretive committee of senior officials in Ethiopia’s largest and most populous region, Oromiya, has ordered extra-judicial killings and illegal detentions to crush an insurgency there, a Reuters investigation has found....
African Development Bank: High Cost of Living in Africa Could Cause Unrest (www.voanews.com)
The African Development Bank is warning that the rising cost of energy, food and other commodities in several African countries, including Angola, Ethiopia and Kenya, could trigger social unrest. Already, people in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria, have been marching to protest the high cost of living, prompting the...
ICJ hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestine updates: Day 3 (www.aljazeera.com)
Top UN court is holding a week of public hearings on the consequences of Israel’s six-decade occupation of Palestine....
Posing as Americans, Chinese accounts on X aim to divide and disrupt (www.washingtonpost.com)
X hasn’t sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies.
Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Opposition leader, 47, was being held in jail about 40 miles north of Arctic Circle
Palestinian doctor flees hospital stormed by IDF only to go back to work in overcrowded Rafah (www.nbcnews.com)
Dr. Mohammad Harara, whom NBC News has been following since December, joined an estimated 1 million displaced Gazans crammed in the southern border town.
Swiss antisemitism shock at Davos shop sign saying no skis for Jews (www.bbc.co.uk)
Anti-racist groups argue the case violates discrimination laws and police are investigating.
UN warns Israel: Rafah invasion could 'lead to slaughter' (www.reuters.com)
The United Nations on Tuesday warned against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying an offensive could "lead to a slaughter" in the southern region of the Palestinian enclave where more than 1 million people are sheltering.
Senegal cuts internet again amid widening crackdown on dissent (www.reuters.com)
Senegal cut mobile internet access on Tuesday ahead of a banned march against the postponement of a presidential election, and rights groups accused the authorities of using overly repressive tactics to stifle widespread opposition to the delay.The abrupt postponement of the Feb. 25 vote to December has plunged Senegal into...
Indonesia election: polls close after millions vote for new president (www.theguardian.com)
Counting set to begin in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation in race between former general and two former provincial governors
EU lawmakers ratify political deal on artificial intelligence rules (www.reuters.com)
Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules ahead of a vote by the legislative assembly in April that will pave the way for the world's first legislation on the technology....
Community Mourns Abdul Ezedi's Tragic Fate by the River Thames (diceuropanew.uk)
In a tragic and heart-wrenching development, the relentless search for Abdul Ezedi, the missing 16-year-old who disappeared after falling into the…
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’ (www.theguardian.com)
Remarks by former president and presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee would be ‘music’ to Putin’s ear, critic says
Hungarian president resigns over sex abuse case pardon (www.reuters.com)
Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, resigned a week after her presidential pardon was first reported by local news site...
Israel developing dual plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of strike on Hamas: Netanyahu (nypost.com)
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered his military to prepare an evacuation plan for Palestinian citizens in Rafah ahead of the expected invasion.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy fires top Ukraine army commander (www.theguardian.com)
Valerii Zaluzhnyi to be replaced by land forces commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in ‘renewal’ of armed forces
