Honduras reaches agreement to extend extradition treaty with the US

Honduras reverses previous position that it would not extend the treaty, seen as a symbol of heavy-handed US presence.

Source: Al Jazeera

Blame bad laws on an excess of coyness

Cutting corners in debate has only one result: poorly formulated policy

Source: Financial Times

Trump signals Ukraine should hold elections as part of Russia peace talks

Remarks come hours after first high-level talks between Washington and Moscow since full-scale invasion

Source: Financial Times

Pope Francis, still hospitalized, has pneumonia in both lungs

Vatican officials cleared his schedule through the weekend due a “complex” infection plaguing the 88-year-old pontiff.

Source: Washington Post

Returning to our homes in Gaza

After 15 months of war, thousands of displaced Palestinians returned to northern Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera

2/17: CBS Evening News

Multiple people injured after Delta plane lands upside down at Toronto airport; The evolution of Presidents Day

Source: CBS News

US judge declines to halt Trump’s push to slash federal workforce

Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled against a 14-state effort to get a restraining order against DOGE efforts to access data.

Source: Al Jazeera

In defence of the state

A complex society is best served by a competent, professional and neutral public service

Source: Financial Times

All fores! Miranda July among artists to create feminist mini-golf course in Melbourne

Swingers, which aims to celebrate the sport’s feminist history, will take over the Flinders Street station ballroom as part of the 2025 Rising festival

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Source: The Guardian

Russian and US officials meet in Riyadh – without Ukrainians | First Thing

Negotiations get under way, with Kyiv and other European powers sidelined. Plus, why gen Z has ditched capitalization

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Source: The Guardian

All passengers and crew survive plane crash at Toronto airport

The flight from Minneapolis had 80 people on board - 76 passengers and four crew - Delta Air Lines says.

Source: BBC

Trump nominates January 6 activist to serve as top DC prosecutor

Ed Martin was lawyer for three January 6 defendants and was also in charge of dismissing Capitol attack charges as interim US attorney

A conservative activist who has consistently defended …

Source: The Guardian