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Military-backed party secures Myanmar election win with opposition excluded

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party has claimed victory in the country's first election since the army seized power in 2021

The Independent UK

Israel agrees to partially reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing if body of hostage is found

Israel agreed to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for pedestrian passage only once the body of Israeli soldier Ran Gvili is found.

Euronews

‘This is a fake election’: Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail

After arresting political opponents, banning the most popular party and using violence to crush dissent, the military’s proxy is on course to win by a landslide

The Guardian - AU

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‘Big Microsoft Paint energy’: Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically a recycled golden AI slop of the UN logo

At least someone is using clip art?

The Mary Sue

Australia once enshrined white superiority. These 10 trailblazers helped shift our attitudes to race

In early 20th century Australia, Indigenous people were denied citizenship and the nation had a racially exclusive immigration policy. Most people not only accepted the “White Australia” policy but openly identified with its assumption of white supremacy. Popular culture was replete with overtly racist terms and images.

The Conversation

Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going

In his fresh intoxication with global conquest, Trump is following an established pattern – one that promises disaster

The Guardian - US

The global rule of law is not collapsing – Trump is the lone problem and he can be defeated

The president’s approval ratings are plummeting and most Americans see him as an aberration. It is now up to them to curtail his despotic reign, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

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Is Kamenei hiding in bunker? Tensions rise after Trump says 'armada' of US warships heading towards Iran

Amid heightened US attack fears, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has reportedly moved to a fortified underground shelter. This follows US President Trump's warning of a naval "armada" deployment to the Middle East. Iran's military vows a strong response to any aggression, as domestic unrest over economic hardship continues.

The Times of India

'Had a history of drug-related crimes': Dilraj Singh Gill shot dead in Canada, gang rivalry suspected

A 28-year-old Vancouver man with known gang links, Dilraj Singh Gill, was fatally shot in Burnaby on Thursday evening. Investigators believe this is part of B.C.'s escalating gang conflict, with a torched vehicle found nearby linked to the killing. Gill had a history of drug-related convictions and alleged ties to…

The Times of India

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland: the strategic calculations at play

Somaliland is not internationally recognised as a sovereign state, though it declared independence from Somalia in 1991. A territory becomes a sovereign state when its independence is recognised by the United Nations. For this reason, it has no seat at the UN and is considered, under international law, part of…

The Conversation

Myanmar military proxy expected to win landslide in widely denounced election

Voting ends in month-long poll derided internationally as sham designed to cement army’s grip on power

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk joins Trump troll train at Davos: Is it ‘peace’ or ‘a little piece of Greenland?’

Trump's best frenemy is at it again.

We Got This Covered

Growing demand for local products in Africa's €1bn baby food market

Across Africa, a third of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition, according to Unicef, while in recent years the baby food industry has been rocked by a series of scandals, many involving major multinationals. But a growing number of local agri-food companies are moving into the…

Radio France Internationale

Race to patent plankton genes raises concerns over control of ocean’s riches

Companies around the world are racing to patent the genetic building blocks of plankton – microscopic ocean life that produces much of the oxygen humans breathe – as a long-awaited United Nations treaty on the high seas aims to limit private control of marine resources.

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Euronews

Thousands rally and hundreds of businesses close in protest against ICE presence in Minnesota

Thousands of people protested against US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Friday, after a five-year-old boy and his father were detained by ICE agents.

The Guardian - UK

They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

The Independent UK

Trump’s brutal attempt at a new world order shows cooperation is more important than ever

COMMENT: Massive cuts to aid have rocked the world of international development, writes Tabitha Ha. As the future of global health hangs in the balance, community voices must be front and centre

The Guardian - UK

‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade

Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuation

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The Independent UK

After accepting US deportees, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top official, documents show

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds

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Everyone's saying the same thing about Trump's Board of Peace logo

The man with the Midas touch strikes again.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is a symbol of the president’s own isolation after his Davos debacle

NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump’s new ersatz United Nations is made up of Trump’s favorite friends because he’s alienated America’s allies. Andrew Feinberg explains the president’s pay-to-play peace club

The Guardian - US

United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza

Exclusive: Blueprints describe a ‘case study’ community where residents submit biometric data to gain entry

The Guardian - UK

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far?

The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Independent UK

Nearly half of countries on Trump’s Board of Peace banned from entering US

The Board of Peace is expected to try and mediate global conflict and has been accused of trying to replace the UN

The Independent UK

Stephen Colbert taunts network bosses while mocking Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ fee: ‘CBS got to do it for just $16 million’

‘Now, admittedly, the idea of paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep; after all, CBS got to do it for just $16 million,’ the late-night host quipped.

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