- More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump’s deal-making foreign policy The Associated Press
- Venezuela's Maduro says two US citizens arrested among group of 'mercenaries' Reuters Canada
- Venezuela’s Maduro says US nationals among group of ‘mercenaries’ detained Al Jazeera English
- 2 Americans arrested in Venezuela on eve of Maduro inauguration over ‘terrorism’ claims Fox News
- Two Americans, five other 'mercenaries' detained in Venezuela FRANCE 24 English
Archaeologists Just Made a Stunning New Artifact Discovery in Egypt – The Daily Galaxy –Great Discoveries Channel
- Archaeologists Just Made a Stunning New Artifact Discovery in Egypt The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
- Egypt uncovers blocks from 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut temple Reuters
- Still plenty to discover Alamogordo Daily News
- Egypt discovers 4,000-year-old tombs in Luxor Hindustan Times
- AP Trending SummaryBrief at 12:47 p.m. EST WDRB
Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump
The outgoing president also says he is considering pardons for Trump foes.
Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump
The outgoing president also says he is considering pardons for Trump foes.
Russia May Have Lost 400 Troops In One Battle – Forbes
- Russia May Have Lost 400 Troops In One Battle Forbes
- A Russian Marine Corps Brigade Has Headquarters All Over Kursk. Twice In Two Weeks, Ukraine Blew Them Up. Forbes
- Ukraine Launches New Attack in Kursk Region of Western Russia The New York Times
- Ukraine war latest: Ukraine hits Russia's infantry brigade command post in Kursk Oblast, military claims Kyiv Independent
- Nearly a third of North Korean troops in Russia are already casualties, Zelenskyy says Stars and Stripes
China’s Biggest-Ever Bid for Foreign Tourists Is Falling Flat – Bloomberg
- China’s Biggest-Ever Bid for Foreign Tourists Is Falling Flat Bloomberg
- Shanghai draws S Koreans in droves as China’s visa-free entry entices travellers South China Morning Post
- GLOBALink | Counters launched at Beijing airports to provide one-stop services for foreign visitors Anhui News
- Travel services in Beijing enhance convenience for international visitors People's Daily
- 'Traveling in China' trending on social media China Daily
Day two of LA fires: Inferno skies and charred homes
One resident watching as her home burned said her neighbourhood was like driving through a "war zone".
Baby born on migrant boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands
The baby born was born less than an hour before Spanish rescuers reached the crowded raft.
How is Sudan’s conflict worsening the humanitarian crisis?
Half of Sudan's population faces acute food shortages.
Jailed Belarus opposition figure seen for first time in months
Viktor Babaryko was arrested in 2020 after challenging authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko at the polls.
Quaker group pulls NYT ad over paper’s refusal to let it call Israel’s Gaza bombing ‘genocide’
Organization said paper’s refusal ‘outrageous attempt to sidestep the truth’, choosing ‘silence over accountability’
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization that advocates for peace, said on Monday the group cancelled a planned advertisement in the New York Times in response to the paper refusing to allow it to refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide.
“The refusal of The New York Times to run paid digital ads that call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza is an outrageous attempt to sidestep the truth,” said Joyce Ajlouny, general secretary for the AFSC, in a press release. “Palestinians and allies have been silenced and marginalized in the media for decades as these institutions choose silence over accountability. It is only by challenging this reality that we can hope to forge a path toward a more just and equitable world.”
Continue reading...Brazil says Meta getting rid of factcheckers is ‘bad for democracy’
Brazilian officials also ask tech giant to clarify whether it intends to implement changes in country within 30 days
The decision by the social media giant Meta to end factchecking in the United States is “bad for democracy”, Brazil’s newly appointed communication minister, Sidonio Palmeira, said on Wednesday.
Meta’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, stunned many with his announcement on Tuesday that he was pulling the plug on factchecking at Facebook and Instagram in the US, citing concerns about political bias.
Continue reading...‘We must stand together’: European leaders warn Trump over Greenland threat
Trump's refusal to rule out using military force, economic coercion to seize island causes disquiet, calls for unity.
IDF: From now on, nearly all soldiers will be blurred in media interviews – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF: From now on, nearly all soldiers will be blurred in media interviews The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli Soldiers on Vacation Are Being Investigated for War Crimes in Gaza The New York Times
- Israeli soldier flees Brazil over risk of arrest abroad for alleged war crimes in Gaza NBC News
- Amid efforts abroad to prosecute combat soldiers, IDF to try to conceal their identities The Times of Israel
- War-crime complaints filed against IDF soldiers in Argentina JNS.org
US special operators are going back to their ‘roots’ with an eye on China and Russia, senior Pentagon official says – Business Insider
Russian strike kills 13 in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
The attack came hours after Ukraine’s military struck a depot deep inside Russia.
Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home – Reuters
- Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison, returns home Reuters
- An Italian journalist is freed from detention in Iran and returns home The Associated Press
- Italy Says Cecilia Sala, Journalist Detained by Iran, Has Been Released The New York Times
- Iran Releases Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala The Wall Street Journal
- Trump agrees to suspend extradition of Iranian detainee - Italian media ایران اینترنشنال
Industry groups sue over Biden ban on medical debt in credit reports
Consumer watchdog said new rule would lead to rising credit scores and an additional 22,000 low-cost mortgages annually.
Ros Atkins on…Trump’s threats to Greenland
The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a look at why President-elect Donald Trump is talking about annexing Greenland.
‘América Mexicana’: Mexico’s president responds to Trump with renaming of her own
Claudia Sheinbaum joked about renaming the entire continent in retort to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comments
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has responded to Donald Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America with a counter-proposal to rename North America.
Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that the continent should be known as “América Mexicana”, or “Mexican America”, because an 1814 founding document that preceded Mexico’s constitution referred to it that way.
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