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The Russian flag is flown at the Winter Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, with Ukraine among eight countries to boycott the opening ceremony at Verona Arena in protest.  Source link

Tourism has become Japan’s second largest export, after cars, but success has come at a cost for some cities. Source link

ABC NEWS Verify has analysed footage and satellite imagery to investigate what happened at a girl’s elementary school in Minab, Iran. Source link

Donald Trump says there will be no US-Israeli deal with Iran that does not involve Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” just hours after Iran’s president claimed mediation efforts were underway.  Source link

Indonesia will be the first country in Southeast Asia to restrict the access of children to social media. Source link

Flights from Middle Eastern travel hubs are arriving in Australia half-empty despite thousands of Australians remaining stranded in the region. Source link

Finding criticism of the Islamist militant group and political party — an organisation once seemingly untouchable — is much easier than it used to be on the streets of Beirut.  Source link

Kristi Noem discovers that loyalty alone doesn’t make you untouchable, becoming the first cabinet secretary to be fired in Donald Trump’s second administration. Source link

The Justice Department releases additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against US President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review. Source link

A coalition of Iranian Kurdish groups who oppose the regime say they are preparing to enter the war and have amassed thousands of fighters near the border with Iraq. Source link