Good morning. We’re masking Israel’s most intense strikes within the occupied West Bank in a long time and Janet Yellen’s upcoming journey to China.

A serious assault on the West Bank

Israel launched the most intense airstrikes on the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades and despatched tons of of floor troops into the crowded Jenin refugee camp, saying it was attempting to root out armed militants after a yr of escalating violence there. At least eight Palestinians have been killed, in response to the Palestinian well being ministry.

The Israeli navy mentioned the operation started shortly after 1 a.m. and included a number of missiles fired by drones. Military officers mentioned the operation was targeted on militant targets within the refugee camp, an space of lower than 1 / 4 of a sq. mile abutting town of Jenin, with about 17,000 residents.

On the bottom: “The camp is a war zone in the full meaning of the word,” Muhammad Sbaghi, a member of the native committee that helps run the Jenin camp, mentioned after the operation started. He added that residents had feared a large-scale incursion by the Israeli navy however had not anticipated one thing so violent and harmful.

Deaths: So far, this yr has been one of many deadliest in additional than a decade for Palestinians within the West Bank, with greater than 140 deaths over the previous six months. It has additionally been one of many deadliest for Israelis in a while, with almost 30 killed in Arab assaults.

What’s subsequent: A former Israeli nationwide safety adviser mentioned he anticipated Israel to wrap up the operation inside just a few days to attempt to keep away from the spreading of hostilities to different areas, corresponding to Gaza. There are rising fears that the latest tit-for-tat assaults might spiral uncontrolled.

A high-stakes go to to China

Janet Yellen will travel to China this week for the primary time because the U.S. Treasury Secretary, in a bid to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Yellen’s journey, which begins on Thursday, follows Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s go to to Beijing final month. In latest weeks Yellen has taken a softer tone on China, and she or he is predicted to make the case that the 2 nations are too intertwined to “decouple” their economies, regardless of U.S. actions designed to make it much less reliant on China to guard its nationwide safety.

“The visit is Yellen’s biggest test of economic diplomacy to date,” mentioned my colleague Alan Rappeport, who covers financial coverage.

“The trip is months in the making and comes after President Biden and President Xi agreed last year that they would try to improve the frayed relations between the U.S. and China,” Alan mentioned. “But there are deep differences on a lot of economic policy issues, and Yellen will be working to rebuild trust with her counterparts.”

A know-how arms race: Citing nationwide safety threats, the U.S. is attempting to restrict China’s access to semiconductors, A.I. and different delicate high-end know-how. China cited cybersecurity issues when it applied a ban aimed at Micron Technology, a U.S.-based maker of common reminiscence chips.

Economic snapshot: The two economies are in a second of heightened uncertainty. China’s post-pandemic output is flagging, whereas the U.S. is attempting to keep away from a recession whereas containing inflation.

Russia’s surveillance marketing campaign

Russia is incubating a new cottage industry of digital surveillance tools to trace its residents and suppress home opposition to the battle in Ukraine. Some of the businesses are attempting to increase operations abroad, elevating the chance that the applied sciences don’t stay inside Russia.

The applied sciences have given Russian authorities entry to snooping capabilities targeted on telephones and web sites, together with the flexibility to trace exercise on encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal, establish nameless social media customers and break into individuals’s accounts, in response to paperwork from Russian surveillance suppliers obtained by The Times.

The instruments may also establish whether or not somebody is utilizing a number of telephones and map their relationship community, even when the know-how doesn’t intercept their messages.

Analysis: “There has been a concerted effort in Russia to overhaul the country’s internet regulations to more closely resemble China,” an knowledgeable in on-line oppression mentioned. “Russia will emerge as a competitor to Chinese companies.”

Tunisians love canned tuna. They put it on every little thing from pizza to pastries. But inflation is remodeling the staple right into a luxurious merchandise.

And as globalization would have it, little or no native Tunisian tuna goes to Tunisians. Most of it’s exported, and the nation has needed to begin importing lower-quality fish.

Refashioning an Indonesian artwork kind

Josephine Komara is an Indonesian designer of batik, an Indigenous cloth dyeing course of. She is one among a number of designers who’re redefining the intricate art form, which was as soon as so locked in custom that it bordered on staid.

Komara modified the traditional artwork by entwining disparate textile traditions with an aesthetic all her personal to create a contemporary Indonesian silhouette. Through her work, she is decided to boost the profile of Indonesia. Currently, the nation boasts no globally iconic manufacturers. But BINhouse, her trend home, has turn into a worldwide drive in spreading batik’s magnificence.

“Tradition is the way we are,” Komara mentioned. “Modern is the way we think.”

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