260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar’s online scam centers are being repatriated – The Associated Press

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  1. 260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated  The Associated Press
  2. 261 trafficking victims rescued from Myanmar scam center  Voice of America
  3. Chinese-led scam gangs leave Payathonzu  Bangkok Post
  4. Thailand Promises Further Measures Against Scam Operations in Myanmar  The Diplomat
  5. About 260 human trafficking victims rescued from telecom scam operations in Myanmar  ABC News
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Whale swallows kayaker in Chile then spits him out – DW (English)

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  1. Whale swallows kayaker in Chile then spits him out  DW (English)
  2. A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on camera  The Associated Press
  3. Watch: Humpback whale swallows kayaker in viral video  cleveland.com
  4. Watch: Kayaker swallowed by whale  Yahoo
  5. 'I thought I was dead': Kayaker gets swallowed by humpback whale in dramatic moment caught on camera  Fox News
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Sweet romance: Japanese boys start buying into gift giving on Valentine’s Day

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Women are traditionally expected to buy chocolates for male colleagues on Valentine’s Day but teenage boys are shunning the one-sided custom

It has been several years since Japanese women first signalled their contempt for the long tradition of showering male colleagues with chocolates on Valentine’s Day. Now the country’s young people are slaying another sacred cow associated with Friday’s orgy of commercialised romance: one-sided gift giving.

Traditionally, women are expected to buy gift-wrapped chocolates for the men in their working lives, usually senior colleagues and others to whom they feel indebted – a tradition called giri choco, literally “obligation chocolates”.

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Trump tells CNN reporter ‘nobody watches’ her network because it has ‘no credibility’ – Yahoo

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  1. Trump tells CNN reporter 'nobody watches' her network because it has 'no credibility'  Yahoo
  2. Trump brutally slams CNN's Kaitlan Collins, says ‘nobody watches’ her network  Hindustan Times
  3. Donald Trump schools Kaitlan Collins and reminds viewers why Americans don't trust the media anymore  New York Post
  4. Trump slaps down CNN darling Kaitlan Collins in Oval Office showdown  Daily Mail
  5. Trump Blasts CNN, Biden Again During Press Conference  iHeartRadio
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Ukraine war briefing: Stray Russian drones ‘hit Moldova and Romania’ – The Guardian

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  1. Ukraine war briefing: Stray Russian drones ‘hit Moldova and Romania’  The Guardian
  2. Moldovans to Russia: Say, Are These Drone Parts Yours, Comrade?  National Review
  3. Two Russian drones crash in Moldova after violating its airspace, authorities say  Euronews
  4. Moldova's Sandu says two Russian drones exploded on Moldovan soil  Reuters
  5. Moldova Summons Russian Ambassador After Drones Explode on Its Territory  The Moscow Times
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2,000-year-old Roman basilica found in London office basement – The Washington Post

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  1. 2,000-year-old Roman basilica found in London office basement  The Washington Post
  2. Archaeologists unearth ruins of nearly 2,000-year-old Roman basilica in London  Fox News
  3. London’s first Roman basilica found under office block  The Guardian
  4. Archaeologists Unearth London’s First Roman Basilica in ‘Amazing’ Discovery  artnet News
  5. Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper  The Associated Press
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Australia news live: ‘we have got your back’, Albanese tells steel workers amid speculation over Trump tariffs

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Australia prime minister says Trump giving ‘great consideration’ for an exemption. Follow the latest news headlines live

Dutton calls for more details on interaction between Australia and China in South China Sea

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has also weighed in on that interaction between Australian and Chinese aircraft in the South China Sea on Tuesday.

And then Richard Marles did a press conference to provide details. So we haven’t had a briefing on it as yet, but on what the deputy prime minister says it is deeply concerning because it puts that safety at risk, the safety of our personnel. And that is not something that Australia can tolerate.

[It] needs to be transparent in terms of what’s happened, and I just don’t think we’ve seen all of the detail yet from Richard Marles.

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Hundreds of Sydney trains cancelled as negotiation between NSW government and rail workers come to a halt

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Unions chief says ‘no one can predict the level of disruption that this is going to cause’

Sydney commuters have been warned to avoid non-urgent rail travel on Friday amid delays and hundreds of service cancellations, as a pay negotiations between the train unions and state government grinds to a halt.

The state transport minister, John Graham, said the network was in the midst of a major disruption. “We’ve had more than 350 services cancelled this morning and that is having a big impact across the network,” he told Sydney radio 2GB on Friday.

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The heartlessness of the deal: how Trump’s ‘America first’ stance sold out Ukraine

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The US president does not care who controls east Ukraine, so long as he can access the rare earth minerals underneath

In Donald Trump’s world, everything has its price.

There is no place for sentiment in his politics. Common values cannot secure loans for military aid. And the US president does not care who controls the blood-soaked soils of east Ukraine, so long as he can access the rare earth minerals that lie beneath.

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