Unknown flu-like disease kills at least 79 people in DR Congo
Authorities say those infected have symptoms including headaches, fever and a runny nose.
Lucy Letby questioned over suspicious deaths of babies in Liverpool
Jailed neonatal nurse’s lawyer condemns ‘leaking by police’ as possible link to Liverpool Women’s hospital emerges
Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday as he condemned “leaking by the police” after it was confirmed the neonatal nurse had been interviewed over more suspicious deaths of babies.
Letby, who is serving a whole-life sentence for killing and maiming newborns in her care, was questioned under caution about other unexpected deaths and collapses of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital and, for the first time, at Liverpool Women’s hospital where she trained as a student, Cheshire police said.
Continue reading...South Korea opposition files motion to impeach President Yoon
The country faces an uncertain future after its leader Yoon Suk Yeol suddenly declared and then reversed martial law.
World chess champ Ding and teen challenger Gukesh tied past halfway mark
Gukesh Dommaraju gives up strong position in middle game with inaccurate moves in eighth match of world championship.
Mexico says Canada wishes it had its ‘cultural riches’ amid tariffs feud
Leaders cast the other as ill-prepared after Trump threatens to apply 25% taxes on goods from both countries
Mexico’s president has said Canadians “could only wish they had the cultural riches” of her country as tensions mount between the two nations, caught in a feud over tariffs and trade exacerbated by Donald Trump.
The US president-elect threatened in a social media post last week to apply devastating levies of 25% on all goods and services from both countries, and to keep them in place until “such time as drugs, in particular fentanyl, and all illegal aliens stop this invasion of our country!”
Continue reading...Police raid Georgia opposition parties’ offices as protests continue
The opposition Coalition for Change party says its leader Nika Gvaramia is detained by police.
Russia says ‘many’ countries eager to host Ukraine talks but no grounds yet
Kremlin says Qatar and a number of other countries willing to host negotiations but conditions are not yet right.
British army could be wiped out within six months of Ukraine-scale war, minister warns
Alistair Carns says a casualty rate similar to Russia’s invasion could lead to the army being ‘expended’ within six to 12 months
The British army would be wiped out in as little as six months if it was forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict, a defence minister has warned.
Alistair Carns said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months.
Continue reading...Threat of RSF invasion looms over el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur
Displaced people are taking up arms to defend themselves against the paramilitary and the atrocities it is known for.
World’s oldest known wild bird lays egg at 74
Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted with her new partner and egg at a Pacific Ocean refuge.
Democrats win final seat in US House, cutting into Republican majority
Republicans hold a 220-215 majority in House of Representatives but will have to deal with three early vacancies.
Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa
'The situation' in the home city of one of Mexico's most notorious cartels is explosive and likely to get much worse.
US healthcare executive fatally shot in ‘targeted’ New York attack: Police
Police say killing of Brian Thompson, CEO of major insurance firm UnitedHealthcare, 'does not appear to be random act'.
Georgians show “sheer anger” over suspended EU membership bid
Alex Scrivener of the Democratic Security Institute talks about why massive protests in Georgia broke out.
Russian criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash
UK drug gangs paid Russian criminals to swap their dirty street cash for untraceable cryptocurrency, police say.
Crypto-Rich Russian Networks Moving Oligarch Billions Shut Down by UK – Bloomberg
- Crypto-Rich Russian Networks Moving Oligarch Billions Shut Down by UK Bloomberg
- Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network The Guardian
- Crypto ‘Laundromat’ Tied to Russian Financial Sector and Cocaine Trade - Police OCCRP
- Authorities Target Russian Criminal Gangs Who Used Crypto to Move Cash The Wall Street Journal
- UK uncovers vast crypto laundering scheme for gangsters and Russian spies Financial Times
Israel “suffocating” humanitarian aid intended for Gaza
Ahmed Bayram on the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and its worsening effects as winter approaches.
“Rapid collapse” of front lines in Syria due to complacency
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi on what led to the Syrian government being caught off-guard by opposition forces taking Aleppo.
How South Korea woke up to the shortest martial law in history
And how a nation quashed its first attempted coup in more than 40 years, in just a matter of hours.
Video: UN aid worker describes dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza
UNRWA emergency officer Louise Wateridge tells Al Jazeera about the desperate shortage of humanitarian aid in Gaza.