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At first, it may be hard to recognise the privileges patriarchy gives men. Totally worth taking them into consideration, especially if we want equality in society.
Hundreds of advocates, turned away from the Oakland courtroom due to capacity issues, called on President Biden to end military aid to Israel, as Palestinian deaths mount....
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones....
Foreign ministers of the European Union denounced on Monday morning the controversial remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting Palestinian statehood....
Moody's found 21 million "red flags" in its an analysis of shell companies. One listed director — at 942 years old — would have been born in the 11th century.
Early on Friday, Israeli security forces ended a two-day raid in Tulkarem, a West Bank city straddling the wall separating Palestinian communities and Israel that hasn’t been known as a hotbed of militancy in recent years, leaving at least eight Palestinians dead....
The terminal of the Russian Novatek natural gas company caught on fire in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko announced on Telegram. Novatek is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia.
Under the Mississippi Constitution, people convicted of 10 specific felonies, including bribery, theft and arson, lose the right to vote. Under a previous state attorney general, the list was expanded to 22 crimes, including timber larceny — felling and stealing trees from someone else’s property — and carjacking....
Alice Weidel told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview that the UK decision would be “dead right” for Germany, and that a “Dexit” would boost the country’s self-determination....
Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States.
Pakistan’s political and military leaders have moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad this week that killed at least 11 people and imperiled fraught relations between the neighbors....
A senior Egyptian who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity says terror group Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal for a two-month ceasefire in which Hamas would release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners....
The proposal comes following Netanyahu's rejection of a Hamas offer that sought an end to the war in return for the release of the remaining hostages....
"That proposal has been approved by the Israeli side and now we have an initial positive confirmation from the Hamas' side," Majed al-Ansari told an audience at a Washington-based graduate school.
A source close to Hamas said, however, that there was still no consensus on the proposal.
"There is no agreement on the framework of the agreement yet... and the Qatari statement is rushed and not true," the source told AFP in Gaza.
Berlin Stops Blocking Artists From Criticizing Israel After Massive Boycott (www.vice.com)
A controversial rule restricting speech about Israel was dropped after artists abandoned festival lineups in Germany’s techno mecca.
A new global gender divide is emerging (www.ft.com)
Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards say
Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ probe made incredibly accurate landing, but is now upside down (www.theguardian.com)
Conservatives Are So Scared of Diversity They’re Starting to Boycott ‘Woke’ Airlines (www.rollingstone.com)
Right-wingers have convinced themselves that planes are unsafe because of diversity initiatives — and some have sworn off flying altogether
Germany sees second day of large protests against far right (www.dw.com)
The weekend of protests against right-wing extremism continued in Germany, as tens of thousands took to the streets in Berlin, Cologne and Munich....
Utah joins 10 other states in regulating bathroom access for transgender people (apnews.com)
The law requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
Lawsuit Seeking to Stop US Aid to Israel Has First Court Hearing in Oakland (www.kqed.org)
Hundreds of advocates, turned away from the Oakland courtroom due to capacity issues, called on President Biden to end military aid to Israel, as Palestinian deaths mount....
Gaza hostage relatives burst into Israeli parliament, calls for action mount (www.reuters.com)
JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones....
Palestine state a must, EU ministers say, in rebuke to Netanyahu (www.euronews.com)
Foreign ministers of the European Union denounced on Monday morning the controversial remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting Palestinian statehood....
Over 2,000 shell companies have directors aged 123 years or older, Moody's found. The oldest known human lived to 122 (fortune.com)
Moody's found 21 million "red flags" in its an analysis of shell companies. One listed director — at 942 years old — would have been born in the 11th century.
Israel Intensifies Raids Against Palestinians in West Bank (www.wsj.com)
Early on Friday, Israeli security forces ended a two-day raid in Tulkarem, a West Bank city straddling the wall separating Palestinian communities and Israel that hasn’t been known as a hotbed of militancy in recent years, leaving at least eight Palestinians dead....
Russian seaport terminal on fire (kyivindependent.com)
The terminal of the Russian Novatek natural gas company caught on fire in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko announced on Telegram. Novatek is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia.
Can Mississippi permanently strip felons of voting rights? 19 federal judges will hear the case (apnews.com)
Under the Mississippi Constitution, people convicted of 10 specific felonies, including bribery, theft and arson, lose the right to vote. Under a previous state attorney general, the list was expanded to 22 crimes, including timber larceny — felling and stealing trees from someone else’s property — and carjacking....
Far-Right Congressman Complains There Aren’t Enough White People Joining the Army (www.vice.com)
Rep. Paul Gosar blamed the drop in white recruits on the army’s supposed “woke Marxist ideologies.”
Far-right AfD leader vows to campaign for Brexit-style EU exit vote in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Alice Weidel told the Financial Times in an exclusive interview that the UK decision would be “dead right” for Germany, and that a “Dexit” would boost the country’s self-determination....
A Belgian port seized tons of cocaine. Criminals tried to take it back. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Belgian customs officers seized three times as much cocaine in the port of Antwerp last year as U.S. customs and border officials seized in all of the United States.
Pakistan seeks to de-escalate crisis with Iran after deadly airstrikes that spiked tensions (apnews.com)
Pakistan’s political and military leaders have moved to de-escalate tensions with Iran after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad this week that killed at least 11 people and imperiled fraught relations between the neighbors....
Hamas rejects Israel’s offer of two-month pause in Gaza fighting — Egyptian official (www.timesofisrael.com)
A senior Egyptian who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity says terror group Hamas has rejected Israel’s proposal for a two-month ceasefire in which Hamas would release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners....
Israel rejects Hamas Gaza war truce, lays out own terms (www.newarab.com)
The proposal comes following Netanyahu's rejection of a Hamas offer that sought an end to the war in return for the release of the remaining hostages....
Ukraine floats the theory it may have been tricked into shooting down the plane Russia says was full of Ukrainian POWs (www.businessinsider.com)
-A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine....
Hamas gives 'initial positive confirmation' on ceasefire (www.newarab.com)
Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman has said that a meeting that took place in Paris "succeeded in consolidating the proposals" for a ceasefire....