1. Germany is facing strikes on three fronts, as train drivers, airport security workers and Lufthansa ground staff walked off the job. These are the latest in a wave of industrial actions to hit the country, where high inflation and staff bottlenecks have soured wage negotiations in key parts of the transport sector.

2. The Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir has been transformed and integrated with the rest of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, crediting the change to his government's contentious decision to revoke its special status. Modi is visiting the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley for the first time since 2019.

3. An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then "likely" opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack that lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, according to a new report.

4. Turkey's Kizilay (Red Crescent) is sending its biggest aid shipment yet to Gaza via Egypt, with a ship carrying some 3,000 tons of food, medicine and equipment leaving for the Egyptian port of Al-Arish. Meanwhile, the US said a Gaza ceasefire is still possible.

5. China's export and import growth in the January-February period beat forecasts, suggesting global trade is turning a corner in an encouraging signal for policymakers as they try to shore up a stuttering economic recovery. China's improved export data joins those of South Korea, Germany and Taiwan.

6. In more Big Tech news, the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce is expected to vote on legislation giving ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok or face a US ban. Committee approval would set up a vote by the House that represents the first significant momentum for a US crackdown on TikTok.

Source: Reuters
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