Bloomberg analysts outline three possible scenarios for how the war in Ukraine could end – Meduza

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  1. Bloomberg analysts outline three possible scenarios for how the war in Ukraine could end  Meduza
  2. A Carve-Up That Leaves Ukraine Sidelined  Bloomberg
  3. Why Zelensky’s talks with Trump officials will be his toughest yet  The Times
  4. Heavy Casualties May Spur Ukraine War Negotiations  UVA Today
  5. Thursday, February 13. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine  Forbes
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Nearly 200 faculty members sign letter urging Columbia to implement safety measures for Jewish students – CU Columbia Spectator

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  1. Nearly 200 faculty members sign letter urging Columbia to implement safety measures for Jewish students  CU Columbia Spectator
  2. US House panel demands Columbia University turn over disciplinary records for anti-Israel protesters  The Times of Israel
  3. House Ed Committee Hammers Columbia's 'Continued Failure' To Protect Jews, Requests Fresh Disciplinary Docs  Washington Free Beacon
  4. Exclusive | House Republicans demand Columbia turn over records on 'pervasive antisemitism' on campus  New York Post
  5. Chair Walberg Questions Columbia’s Efforts to Protect Jewish Students  Committee on Education & the Workforce
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China proposes Putin-Trump summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports – Reuters

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  1. China proposes Putin-Trump summit to end Ukraine war, WSJ reports  Reuters
  2. Exclusive | China Tries to Play the Role of Peacemaker in Ukraine  The Wall Street Journal
  3. 'We cannot defend ourselves' — Russian drones crash, explode in Moldova during attack on Ukraine  Kyiv Independent
  4. China 'pleased' by Trump-Putin call after reportedly proposing summit  Nikkei Asia
  5. China hails strengthened Russia-US dialogue on Ukraine crisis  chinadailyhk
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Group was ‘drunk, rowdy’ before WA teenager Cassius Turvey allegedly murdered, court hears

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Witness tells trial the group accused of murdering WA boy was ‘a little bit drunk’ and armed themselves with weapons before the incident

An Indigenous teenager’s alleged killers were drunk, rowdy and packing weapons, a witness has said, before admitting he lied under oath at a murder trial.

Cassius Turvey, a 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, died in hospital 10 days after prosecutors say he was chased down, knocked to the ground and “deliberately struck to the head with a metal pole” in Perth’s eastern suburbs on 13 October 2022.

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Russia’s military spending soars, surpassing all of Europe’s defense budgets combined — The Financial Times – Meduza

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  1. Russia’s military spending soars, surpassing all of Europe’s defense budgets combined — The Financial Times  Meduza
  2. Russian defense spending overtakes Europe, study finds  POLITICO Europe
  3. Russia outspends Europe on defense as bloc looks to boost security  Semafor
  4. Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds  Financial Times
  5. The Military Balance 2025: Defence Spending and Procurement Trends  International Institute for Strategic Studies
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Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five – CNN

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  1. Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five  CNN
  2. At Least 4 Dead After Gas Explosion Tears Through Food Court of Busy Shopping Mall: Reports  PEOPLE
  3. Videos show deadly gas explosion at Taiwan mall  CNN
  4. Suspected gas blast at Taiwan mall kills four, injures 26  Reuters
  5. At Least 4 Killed in Suspected Gas Explosion at Taiwan Shopping Mall  The New York Times
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Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar’s scam centres – BBC.com

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  1. Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres  BBC.com
  2. 261 trafficking victims rescued from Myanmar scam center  Voice of America
  3. Thailand receives hundreds of human trafficking victims held at Myanmar scam centers  UPI News
  4. Chinese-led scam gangs leave Payathonzu  Bangkok Post
  5. Over 300 crypto scam center slaves freed after electricity shutdown  Protos
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Influencer to provide unedited video of nurses’ anti-Israeli threats as pair prevented from practising in Australia

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Mark Butler says pair have had their nurses’ registrations suspended following their ‘sickening comments’

New South Wales police have spoken to an Israeli influencer who they say has agreed to provide investigators with an unedited version of a video chat in which two Bankstown hospital nurses allegedly threatened Israeli patients.

The video attracted widespread political condemnation after it was published by the Israeli content creator Max Veifer and led to the male nurse issuing an apology. The video depicted an edited online conversation Veifer had with the two staff members on a video chat platform similar to Chatroulette.

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Belle Gibson: Victorian authorities ‘won’t let up’ on pursuit of cancer con artist’s unpaid $410,000 fine

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Speaking after Netflix released Apple Cider Vinegar, Jacinta Allan says consumer watchdog is ‘constantly’ working to recover fine imposed in 2017

The Victorian premier says the state’s consumer watchdog is “constantly” pursuing cancer conwoman Belle Gibson and “won’t let up” until she pays the fine she was ordered to pay more than seven years ago.

Gibson, who is the now the subject of a new Netflix series, Apple Cider Vinegar, was in 2017 ordered by the federal court to pay a $410,000 fine plus $30,000 in legal costs for misleading and deceptive conduct, after she falsely claimed to have been diagnosed with brain cancer and cured through alternative therapies and nutrition.

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Australia condemns ‘unsafe’ airspace encounter and rejects Chinese allegations RAAF plane ‘deliberately intruded’

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Australian defence department says it is monitoring three Chinese ships in the Coral Sea

Australia has rejected Chinese allegations an Australian airforce plane “deliberately intruded into China’s airspace” and undermined its national security, saying the actions of a Chinese navy fighter pilot who released flares near the Australian aircraft were “wrong … and very very dangerous”.

Australia’s defence department accused the Chinese navy of an “unsafe and unprofessional” incident by allegedly dropping flares dangerously close to an Australian patrol flight on what it described as routine operations in the South China Sea on Tuesday.

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