- Experts: New Chinese Combat Aircraft Likely a Medium-Range Bomber Air & Space Forces Magazine
- China’s new stealth fighter, Hong Kong’s wealthy lose billions: 7 highlights South China Morning Post
- China Revealed Two New Stealth Fighter Designs In One Momentous Day Forbes
- New Chinese Advanced Combat Aircraft Emerge In Flight Aviation Week
- J-36: Assessing China’s New Generation Combat Aircraft The Diplomat
Maduro government offers reward for location of exiled opposition candidate
Human rights panel calls on Venezuelan government to respect civil liberties as beginning of presidential term nears.
Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself – ABC News
- Montenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself ABC News
- Montenegro shooting spree sees gunman kill 12 people including 2 children before turning gun on himself CBS News
- At least 10 people were killed in a shooting in Montenegro, including 2 children, the interior minister says ABC News
- An armed man kills at least 10 people, including 2 children, in a shooting rampage in Montenegro The Seattle Times
- Montenegro Shooting Kills 12, Including 2 Children, Officials Say The New York Times
Virgin Australia Airline crew allegedly sexually assaulted, robbed in Fiji – USA TODAY
- Virgin Australia Airline crew allegedly sexually assaulted, robbed in Fiji USA TODAY
- Virgin Australia crewmembers allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed in Fiji CBS News
- Suspect questioned over alleged sexual assault of Virgin Australia flight crew member in Fiji The Guardian
- Virgin Australia crew allegedly raped and robbed in Fiji on New Year’s Day The Independent
- Suspect questioned over alleged sexual assault of Virgin Australia crew member Fijivillage
Biden honors Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson with presidential medal
President bestows medals upon congressman and ex-congresswoman who led investigation into Capitol attack
Joe Biden has bestowed the second highest civilian medal on the Democratic congressman Bennie Thompson and the Republican former congresswoman Liz Cheney, who led the bipartisan congressional investigation into the deadly 6 January 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters intent on overturning his election defeat by Biden.
Trump, who takes office again on 20 January after winning November’s election, has said the leaders of that committee, which published its conclusions in December 2022 after a series of high-profile public hearings, should be jailed, not rewarded.
Continue reading...Court strikes down US net neutrality rules
The ruling marks a significant moment in the long running battle over how to regulate internet providers.
Grenfell firefighters exposed to toxic smoke developed health disorders, study finds
Exclusive: Data from 524 firefighters who risked their lives showed 136 reported life-changing conditions
More than a quarter of firefighters exposed to toxic smoke during the Grenfell Tower fire have had long-term health disorders, a study shows.
Ministers are facing demands for an urgent review after data from 524 firefighters who risked their lives at the 2017 disaster showed that over the first three years, 136 reported life-changing conditions. These included 11 cases of cancer, 64 respiratory diseases, 22 neurological disorders and 66 digestive illnesses.
Continue reading...Driver in Las Vegas Cybertruck blast was decorated US army soldier, officials say
Suspect, 37, who authorities believe shot and killed himself before Tesla vehicle detonated, served as Green Beret
The person who died when a Tesla Cybertruck packed with explosives burst into flames outside the hotel in Las Vegas part-owned by Donald Trump was a highly decorated US army Green Beret who was deployed twice to Afghanistan, officials have said.
The driver and lone occupant of the electric-powered Tesla Cybertruck that caught fire and exploded has been identified as Matthew Livelsberger, from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Continue reading...Grieving killer whale who carried calf’s body spotted again with dead baby
Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population
An apparently grieving killer whale who swam more than 1,000 miles pushing the body of her dead newborn has lost another calf and is again carrying the body, a development researchers say is a “devastating” loss for the ailing population.
The Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said the orca, known as Tahlequah, or J35, was spotted in the Puget Sound area with her deceased calf.
Continue reading...Italy-Iran diplomatic tangle escalates over detained citizens as US seeks man over drone attack – The Associated Press
- Italy-Iran diplomatic tangle escalates over detained citizens as US seeks man over drone attack The Associated Press
- Iran confirms arrest of Italian journalist, state media reports CNN
- Italy presses Iran for immediate release of journalist held in Tehran The Guardian
- Italy summons Iranian ambassador, demands release of journalist Reuters
- Italy summons Iran envoy over detention of journalist Cecilia Sala FRANCE 24 English
Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It’s unclear who it belongs to. – Business Insider
- Photos show the 1,000 pounds of space debris that crash landed in Kenya. It's unclear who it belongs to. Business Insider
- A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya The New York Times
- Kenya space junk: Experts investigate huge ring that crashed into village BBC.com
- Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware Space.com
- 500-kilogram metallic object falls from the sky in Kenya Al Jazeera English
Toxic waste from India’s 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years – Reuters India
- Toxic waste from India's 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy site moved for disposal after 40 years Reuters India
- Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’ The Guardian
- India clears toxic waste from Bhopal gas leak site, 40 years after disaster Al Jazeera English
- Union Carbide waste disposal in Pithampur won’t harm environment, says M.P. CM Mohan Yadav The Hindu
- After 4 Decades, Bhopal Rid Of Toxic Waste From 1984 Gas Tragedy NDTV
Ukraine Ends Party for Europe’s Gas Addicts – Center for European Policy Analysis
- Ukraine Ends Party for Europe’s Gas Addicts Center for European Policy Analysis
- Slovakia threatens to reduce aid to Ukrainian refugees in spat over Russian gas CNN
- Russia Warns Europe Will 'Pay the Price' for Ukraine Cutting Off Gas Newsweek
- Ukraine closes Russian natural gas pipeline into Europe NBC News
- Russia just lost a multibillion-dollar income stream Yahoo! Voices
Record number of migrants, refugees reached Canary Islands by sea in 2024
Spain received 63,970 people who arrived through irregular routes last year, including 46,843 in the Canary Islands.
Ecuadorian President Noboa names interim vice president amid spat
Noboa has tussled with Vice President Veronica Abad over questions of insubordination as new general elections approach.
Surfer missing off South Australia’s west coast believed to be victim of shark attack
Witnesses say 28-year-old man from Port Lincoln was attacked just after 7pm on Thursday while surfing south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula
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Emergency crews are searching for the body of a man believed to be the victim of a fatal shark attack in South Australia.
A 28-year-old man from Port Lincoln was attacked by a shark just after 7pm on Thursday while surfing near Granites beach, south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, according to witnesses.
Continue reading...The Situation: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Trump – Lawfare Blog
- The Situation: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Trump Lawfare Blog
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- Q & Trey: A New Year Calls For New Questions FOX News Radio
- President-Elect Trump's 4 Big New Year's Resolutions Newsmax
- New Year’s resolutions for Trump Washington Examiner
Photos: More than 60 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Head of the enclave's police, his deputy and a journalist among those who lost their lives.
Russian gas shutdown forces closure of almost all industry in Transnistria
Pro-Russia Moldovan region suffers major hit after Ukraine ends transit agreement, with only food producers functioning
The shutdown of Russian gas supplies to Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers.
The mainly Russian-speaking territory of about 450,000 people, which split from Moldova in the 1990s as the Soviet Union collapsed, has suffered a painful and immediate hit from Wednesday’s cut-off of Russian gas supplies to central and eastern Europe via Ukraine.
Continue reading...Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia’s siege of Pokrovsk tightens – NPR
- Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens NPR
- Kursk incursion had 'big impact' on Global South countries, Zelensky says. Kyiv Independent
- Russians conduct almost 90 attacks on 3 fronts and try to break through Ukrainian defences in Kursk Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
- Ukraine’s New Mechanized Brigade And Its Leopard 2 Tanks May Reinforce Pokrovsk—Right Before Russia Attacks Forbes
- Battlefield situation most challenging in Pokrovsk, Kurakhove axes - Zelensky Ukrinform