Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 planes after section blows out mid-air (www.bbc.com)
Russia bans anti-war candidate from challenging Putin (www.bbc.com)
You wanted a multipolar world? You got chaos. [Edit: Do Hamas represent Palestinians?] (paulmasonnews.medium.com)
Paywall bypass:...
Israeli death toll passes 600, another 2,048 injured (www.timesofisrael.com)
You can now react to messages on Gmail | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it....
German journalists detained by Israeli soldiers: 'Asked if we were Jewish at gunpoint' (www.haaretz.com)
Original article in German...
Video of Palestinians stripped, forced to sit outside by IDF soldiers raises ire (abcnews.go.com)
Gaza war's staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead (apnews.com)
Far-right party set to win most seats in Dutch elections, exit polls show (www.theguardian.com)
Netflix Is Reportedly Planning a Price Hike After the Ongoing Hollywood Actors’ Strike Ends | Entertainment News (www.gadgets360.com)
Matthew Perry dead (www.tmz.com)
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)
French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea ramps up preparations for war with US (www.newsweek.com)
Milei begins dismantling the Argentine State by imposing 300 reforms in a single decree (english.elpais.com)
Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....
Elon Musk says Ireland's Leo Varadkar 'hates Irish people' (www.euronews.com)
Heads of 3 top US colleges refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment (www.timesofisrael.com)
Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana (www.cbsnews.com)
Argentina’s gig workers are rallying against regulation — and supporting the libertarian candidate (restofworld.org)
Today 4 years ago, Dr. Li Wenliang warned of a suspected SARS patient in a Wuhan WeChat group. Soon later, he was arrested for “making false comments on the Internet about unconfirmed SARS outbreak.” (harakahdaily.net)
Dr. Wenliang’s message went viral, becoming the earliest warning of what we now know today as Covid-19. He returned to work, but contracted Covid from a patient, and died on February 7, 2020....
Escaping Xi’s China by paddleboard: ‘I rushed into the water and thought if they catch me, they catch me’ (www.theguardian.com)
